Jan. 22, 2010 (4:02 am) By: Doug Osborne
"As the country of Haiti continues recovery efforts - restoring power, water and communications is a monumental effort after a 7.0 earthquake devastated the country last week. But thanks to some generosity by a few green technology companies, donations of solar power tech have been sent to help speed aid.
For example, one such company is solar equipment manufacturer Sol, which has delivered some fifteen solar powered street lights to the area in order to expand the time doctors and other rescue personnel help the wounded and expects to send 100 more as soon as they can find a shipper.
Another green company pitching in with some of their solar generating equipment is SolarWorld as they have donated and shipped enough solar panel products to power ten water pumping stations for those areas in Haiti desperately in need of drinking water.
Communication is also another major issue in Haiti’s disaster recovery and to help coordinate aid efforts Dutch based company Intivation has offered to assist by giving away 1,000 solar powered phones to be used for relief initiatives in and around Port-au-Prince. Even a company called Solar Ovens International is accepting donations to purchase solar ovens and has partnered with Feed My Starving Children to send 270,000 meals to Haiti along with solar powered cooking devices.
Thankfully the overall generosity to those suffering in Haiti has been worldwide and immense. And in addition, with the advances of solar technology the Haiti Earthquake has served as an unlikely stage to prove their usefulness."
Read more at CNET
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