Solvatten AB will, in co-operation with the Institute of Environment and Water, a Kenyan-based charitable trust, provide an innovative household water treatment technology in Africa’s largest slum. The project, in Kibera, Nairobi, will secure safe drinking water for 13,000 residents. In addition greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced and the quality of life and economic status of the residents, especially the women, will be significantly improved.

Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events in East Africa. Low income urban settlements are particularly vulnerable to the impact because of poor water infrastructure and inadequate sanitation. The result is increased incidence of gastrointestinal and diarrheal infections from contaminated water, especially during the floods and droughts. The project’s primary goal is to build local adaptive capacity for households to cope with the impacts of climate change on water quality.

The project will utilize Solvatten’s innovative yet simple solution which harnesses solar energy to heat and treat water.

This project is funded by The Nordic Climate Facility (NCF). NCF promotes technological innovations and know-how partnerships on climate change in areas susceptible to climate change such as energy, transport, water and sanitation, health, agriculture, and forestry. NCF is financed by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) and implemented jointly with the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO).

Bosoley, a US-based solar lighting solution provider, and Solvatten have signed an agreement to assist the people of Haiti. The two companies share the vision of improving the living conditions of people across the globe. In this venture, Bosoley will act as the exclusive agent of Solvatten in Haiti, the Bahamas and Turk and Caicos.

Bosoley operates on the principle that there is no better way of lighting the world than harnessing energy from the sun itself. The company offers an array of solar lighting options including portable lighting kits, weatherproof floodlights and vandal proof street lights.

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Solvatten AB has teamed up with Tricorona, a leading company in the global climate economy, to offer CDM* projects under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol. The first project is now starting in the Western Province of Kenya. As well as UNFCCC registration, Solvatten projects are expected to be certified ‘Gold Standard’- a certification reserved for high quality carbon offsets and approved by all the major environmental organisations.

Swedish company Middagsfrid was one of the first to embrace this scheme. They have set a target of offsetting a whole year’s carbon emissions by distributing Solvatten units to families. These families would otherwise be collecting and burning wood to heat and treat their water. The result – everyone wins.

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* Clean Development Mechanism