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Solar Micro-Grid Kits for Off-Grid Workshops

A modular solar power kit that lets small repair shops and workshops in off-grid regions run real power tools reliably, for the first time.

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Naomi Chen

Lagos · 2 projects created

In off-grid regions across the continent, small workshops, the welders, woodworkers, tailors, and repair shops that keep local economies running, are limited to hand tools after sundown, or forced to pay for unreliable diesel generators that eat into already-thin margins.

We have spent the last two years building a modular solar micro-grid kit specifically sized for a single workshop: enough panels to run a welder, a drill press, lighting, and charge tools simultaneously, with a battery buffer that handles cloudy days.

We have already piloted twelve of these kits with workshops in three regions. The feedback was consistent: workshops using the kit reported a 40% increase in jobs completed per week, simply because they were no longer constrained by daylight hours or fuel costs.

Your support funds the next production run of 200 kits, plus a training program to help workshop owners install and maintain them independently.

We hit 90% funded!

Sep 23, 2026

Thank you to everyone who has backed this project. We're now finalizing the supplier order for the battery buffers.

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