Serpo
1st December 2012, 05:49 PM
Nov 30, 2012 - 8:37AM PT
Post Sandy wish list: solar-powered public chargers (http://gigaom.com/cleantech/post-sandy-wish-list-solar-powered-public-chargers/)
By Katie Fehrenbacher (http://gigaom.com/author/katiefehren/)
A Serbian startup called Strawberry Energy has a new design for its solar powered public chargers and recently installed its eighth “Strawberry Tree” in Serbia. In the wake of the Sandy-induced power crunch, I’d love to see some of these in a public areas in cities in the U.S.
http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/011.jpg?w=900&h=600&crop=1
http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/02.jpg?w=705&h=900 (http://gigaom.com/cleantech/post-sandy-wish-list-solar-powered-public-chargers/02-4/)In the wake of super storm Sandy, images emerged of New Yorkers without power crowded around public outlets desperate to charge their cell phones. A Serbian startup called Strawberry Energy (http://senergy.rs/) has actually been installing devices, well before Sandy hit, that would have come in pretty handy after the storm’s power crunch.
Strawberry Energy builds solar-powered public charging stations that enable passersby to charge up their cell phones and gadgets. A member of the team, Tijana Manitašević, tells me that they have a new design (pictured left), created by architect Miloš Milivojević, which is meant to more closely mimic the structure of a tree and is called the Strawberry Tree Black. Manitašević calls the new design more “user friendly” and a better fit into the environment (see former design to the right).
http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dscn9515.jpg?w=900&h=675 (http://gigaom.com/cleantech/post-sandy-wish-list-solar-powered-public-chargers/dscn9515/)The team installed this latest version in Tašmajdan Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C5%A1majdan_Park), in Belgrade — the installation was their eighth one in Serbia and their second one in Belgrade. The trees are three and a half meters long and five meters tall, and have their own batteries, which store energy when the sun isn’t shining.
The new design also includes a bench in front of the tree with space for people to sit while charging their phones, as well as nine thin film solar panels that also act as a partial roof for users if there’s bad weather. Previously the design used two more traditional solar panels.
Do you want one of these in your local town center?
http://gigaom.com/cleantech/post-sandy-wish-list-solar-powered-public-chargers/
Post Sandy wish list: solar-powered public chargers (http://gigaom.com/cleantech/post-sandy-wish-list-solar-powered-public-chargers/)
By Katie Fehrenbacher (http://gigaom.com/author/katiefehren/)
A Serbian startup called Strawberry Energy has a new design for its solar powered public chargers and recently installed its eighth “Strawberry Tree” in Serbia. In the wake of the Sandy-induced power crunch, I’d love to see some of these in a public areas in cities in the U.S.
http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/011.jpg?w=900&h=600&crop=1
http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/02.jpg?w=705&h=900 (http://gigaom.com/cleantech/post-sandy-wish-list-solar-powered-public-chargers/02-4/)In the wake of super storm Sandy, images emerged of New Yorkers without power crowded around public outlets desperate to charge their cell phones. A Serbian startup called Strawberry Energy (http://senergy.rs/) has actually been installing devices, well before Sandy hit, that would have come in pretty handy after the storm’s power crunch.
Strawberry Energy builds solar-powered public charging stations that enable passersby to charge up their cell phones and gadgets. A member of the team, Tijana Manitašević, tells me that they have a new design (pictured left), created by architect Miloš Milivojević, which is meant to more closely mimic the structure of a tree and is called the Strawberry Tree Black. Manitašević calls the new design more “user friendly” and a better fit into the environment (see former design to the right).
http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dscn9515.jpg?w=900&h=675 (http://gigaom.com/cleantech/post-sandy-wish-list-solar-powered-public-chargers/dscn9515/)The team installed this latest version in Tašmajdan Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C5%A1majdan_Park), in Belgrade — the installation was their eighth one in Serbia and their second one in Belgrade. The trees are three and a half meters long and five meters tall, and have their own batteries, which store energy when the sun isn’t shining.
The new design also includes a bench in front of the tree with space for people to sit while charging their phones, as well as nine thin film solar panels that also act as a partial roof for users if there’s bad weather. Previously the design used two more traditional solar panels.
Do you want one of these in your local town center?
http://gigaom.com/cleantech/post-sandy-wish-list-solar-powered-public-chargers/