Toronto company develops low-cost concentrated solar system
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Jenn Kho over at Greentech Media has a great story about John Paul Morgan, a guy from Toronto who was working overseas for Doctors Without Borders when he decided to develop a concentrated solar PV system that was affordable enough for African villages. He formed a company last year, called Morgan Solar, that has raised a couple million dollars but is looking for a new $10 to $20 million round. It’s an inspiring story about a guy who saw a need and decided to fill it. But it’s also a story about the challenges that lie ahead.
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
