Pilot project · Holguín, Cuba
Solar Aid Center Holguín
Planned solar-powered aid center with battery storage, refrigeration, safe supplies storage, lighting, water treatment and phone charging. The starting point is an existing house with a well in Holguín.
Project status: Planned
Planned; quotes, local usage rights, technical design and funding are being reviewed.
Background
Frequent power cuts make it hard to keep food and medicines cool and to provide everyday supplies.
Location
Holguín, Cuba. An existing house with a well is intended as the pilot site; ownership and usage rights are still to be clarified.
Planned features
- Photovoltaics and battery storage
- Refrigeration of food and – where medically suitable – temperature-sensitive medicines
- Safe storage of aid supplies
- Water treatment
- Lighting
- Phone charging station
- Possibly cooking facilities, subject to a realistic energy balance
Refrigeration of medicines, including insulin, only with reliable temperature monitoring and a qualified partner.
Project logic
- 1
Review needs and load profiles
- 2
Obtain quotes
- 3
Secure usage rights
- 4
Install in stages
- 5
Record operation, maintenance and output
Preliminary funding milestones
Draft targets, not confirmed cost estimates. The amounts are target stages, not a secured scope of work.
Target stage
€2,000
Entry into basic solar infrastructure, refrigeration and first aid supplies.
– subject to technical quotes
Target stage
€5,000
Larger solar/storage capacity, additional refrigeration and equipment.
– subject to technical quotes
Target stage
€12,000
Intended expansion of the pilot including logistics, water treatment and a first operating reserve.
– subject to technical quotes
Association formation in progress; not yet registered or tax-recognized.
Tax-deductible receipts are not currently guaranteed.