The refrigerator was warm inside yet was still being used to store vaccines, which were likely useless. He was told there was no electricity to power the refrigerator because there was no kerosene to fuel its generator.
That’s the kind of problem NovoMoto, founded by two UW-Madison doctoral students, hopes to solve through its pay-as-you-go approach to providing solar power to people, schools and communities in places such as sub-Saharan Africa.