Former Heriot-Watt University academic Dr Ghani says the accelerator enabled the burgeoning firm to establish a commercial plan, network, and find investors to back the product.
RBS said that as principal partner of the COP26 conference in Glasgow, it recently relaunched the accelerator with a climate focus – saying the digital, three-month programme underlines its commitment to its own climate change goals,.
The lender has also established a corporate partnership with SolarisKit, becoming its first UK customer, with plans in place to install the thermal collector at its Gogarburn HQ in Edinburgh.
The six-strong team behind SolarisKit is also exploring the possibility of supporting rural communities in India, and Dr Ghani hopes to grow the company in the coming months. Currently, the firm has the capacity to produce 20,000 kits a year, with ambitions to reduce global carbon emissions by one billion kilogrammes in just five years.