The EE Off Grid Hub will focus on supporting the development of products and technologies that will provide energy, water and agriculture needs to populations in developing and emerging countries that are not connected to national water and energy grids.
The EE Off Grid Hub will provide startups and established companies in the energy, water and agricultural sectors with field testing facilities and a demonstration ecosystem to install, validate and showcase their off grid products and solutions.
Examples of off grid products and technologies that the EE Off Grid Hub will be aiming to develop include energy storage, horticulture, biogas, consumption monitoring, building concepts and more.
"The demand for off grid solutions is growing, especially in developing and emerging countries where electricity grids, water systems, sanitization facilities and other traditional infrastructure do not exist," explained Tomer Weinstein, Director of the EE Off Grid Hub. "By facilitating the development of off grid technologies, we can improve the daily lives of millions of people living in rural as well as urban and peri-urban areas in developing and emerging countries."
The long term goals of the EE Off Grid Hub include providing participating companies market entry support and assistance with fund raising activities through local partners in target markets.
The EE Off Grid Hub will be located on Kibbutz Ketura in southern Israel and will be jointly managed by the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative and the Arava Institute.
