Yes, I am officially one of those people addicted to mobile e-mail, text messages, mobile Facebook. Whatever. Which is why I had to blog about the existence of a new solar-powered Wi-Fi mesh device ...

Is it a solar cell? Or a rechargeable battery? Actually, the patent-pending device is both: the world’s first solar battery. Scientists have succeeding in combining a battery and a solar cell into one ...

A solar-powered wireless mesh network in the Amazon basin has played a part in the discovery of a new species of frog. The frog, nicknamed Yachanita, was discovered last month at a field station that ...

Okra Solar’s mission to provide reliable renewable energy solutions to people living off-grid in developing nations has received a major boost, with the startup raising $3 million to ramp up the ...

Scientists in Russia have developed an active cooling technique that spreads water on both sides of the module and uses a cotton wick mesh to absorb and spread the water that comes on the rear side.

Researchers at the Ohio State University have invented a solar battery -- a combination solar cell and battery -- which recharges itself using air and light. The design required a solar panel which ...

Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria (REA) has approved Okra Solar’s proprietary Mesh-grid technology for Output based funding subsidy under its $550m intervention program (NEP) launched in ...

Okra Solar, a leading mesh-grid technology provider, on Friday, unveiled Mesh-grid Beyond, a suite of new hardware that will help Nigerian energy developers power communities not on national grid, ...

In a significant development aimed at addressing energy access challenges in rural off-grid areas in Nigeria and other African countries, renewable energy solutions provider Okra Solar has ...