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Reliable and affordable solar energy in developing countries.
SunFarmer provides affordable solar energy for hospitals, schools, businesses, and farms in developing countries. In many parts of the world, electricity is unavailable, unstable, or extremely expensive. Yet reliable electricity is critical for high quality healthcare, modern education, economic development, and improved agricultural productivity. Learn more at sunfarmer.org
SunFarmer is a non-profit that installs solar energy in hospitals, health clinics, and schools in the developing world, aiming to power essential services with solar energy. Their work focuses on delivering solar solutions to improve access to electricity for health, education, and agriculture sectors in developing regions.
SunFarmer provides solar energy services by installing solar systems in targeted facilities such as hospitals, health clinics, and schools in developing countries. The organization highlights its approach and products as part of a solution set aimed at bringing reliable solar power to essential community sites, with documented metrics on units of clean electricity produced and CO2 offset.
Who it’s for: Hospitals, health clinics, and schools in developing countries; organizations seeking reliable solar energy solutions to power essential community services
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Co-Founder and CEO of Reunion, leading clean energy financing platform that has worked with Fortune 500s to invest over $7 billion in clean energy projects via tax credits Formerly co-founder and board member at SunFarmer (YC S15), and investor in a few awesome early stage companies including Chronosphere
Pioneer Fund - Founder and Managing General Partner. Previously, Co-Founder of SunFarmer, a solar energy company. Prior to that, Jason held various roles in finance, energy, and agriculture, including as General Manager and Vice President of SunEdison. In this role, he established the company’s Canadian division, building it to $250M in annual revenue and managed over $500M in debt in equity.

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