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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.
14th May 2021 3:39 pm
Dundee-based start-up SolarisKit has developed a thermal collector flat pack kit that promises to provide cheaper access to hot water in Rwanda.
The company was founded by mechanical engineer Dr Faisal Ghani in 2019, aiming to provide an affordable, sustainable and practical solution for heating water after reading a journal on Rwanda’s energy usage.
Recently, SolarisKit completed the Royal Bank of Scotland’s three-month Climate Entrepreneur Accelerator programme. RBS has established a corporate partnership with SolarisKit as its first UK customer, with plans to install the thermal collector at its Gogarburn HQ in Edinburgh.
The ‘S200’ thermal collector developed by SolarisKit is one of the world’s easiest and cheapest to install according to the team, with product trials set to begin in June and 80 units already shipped to Rwanda.
A SCOTTISH company has developed the “Ikea solution” to solar power with a flat-pack thermal collector that is set to provide cheaper access to hot water in Rwanda. Production of the pioneering SolarisKit solar thermal collector has started in Dundee and is set to undergo field trials in Africa while the firm is also looking at entering other markets in the UK, Europe and the US, and is in talks with Amazon. It said one use in the UK could be for glamping and holiday parks while the more temperate climate makes it useful for heating public swimming pools. The firm, which will plant 25 trees for every kit installed, is planning the move after graduation from Royal Bank of Scotland’s Climate Entrepreneur Accelerator Programme.
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.