Solar power brings cool solution to vaccine preservation problem

Posted on 10 Jan 2019 by The Manufacturer

A collaboration between a Peterborough renewable energy firm and the University of Sheffield's AMRC means vaccines can now be transported through some of the hottest climates on Earth.

Solar-Polar’s Michael Reid and Robert Edwards with the innovative system following installation on a rooftop in Ahmadabad – image courtesy of AMRC. A form of solar refrigeration technology has received a boost as technology that slashes its production costs has been developed. Solar-Polar, whose raison d’etre is to bring solar cooling to the developing…

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