Solar Power to the People

Twenty-three Georgia Tech students take "Progress and Service" to a health clinic in Haiti — and bring a lot of lessons home.
Students from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech install a self-made microgrid on the roof of the Hope Center health clinic in Haiti.

Students from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech install a self-made microgrid on the roof of the Hope Center health clinic in Haiti.

Today, an estimated 7 million Haitians live without access to reliable power, limiting their individual and collective prospects for economic growth and prosperity. 

With no stable, large-scale energy solution on the horizon, microgrids offer small pockets of hope.

And thanks to a Georgia Tech student team and their benefactors, a remote village health clinic now has electricity 24/7.

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