The development and demonstration of a unique low cost scalable PV technology for international development.

Big Solar Limited（BSL）正在开发Power Roll（PR），这是一种突破性的、超低成本和超轻量太阳能光伏（PV）解决方案。PR的设计代表了以比碳氢化合物更便宜的成本和比硅光伏低40%的成本产生可再生能源的挑战的突破。这是一项颠覆性的技术，有可能改变12亿没有电的人的生活，并帮助英国实现其碳减排目标。纽卡斯尔大学约瑟夫·斯旺爵士能源研究中心的目标是在撒哈拉以南非洲部署这种开创性的太阳能光伏。第一代Power Roll产品的两阶段部署将满足非洲市场农村离网社区的需求。这些社区中有许多仍然没有电力供应，而这些国家的电力基础设施有限，无法立即向这些社区提供基于电网的电力。这使得离网电力供应和存储解决方案成为一种宝贵的过渡解决方案，可能会对这些社区的生活质量产生直接影响。第一代光伏卷的拟议部署将整合一个小型和随后的中型Power Roll，以实现太阳能发电，旨在运行便携式或灌溉水泵，或处理收获的作物（例如干燥），以消除收获后的粮食损失，这是一个非常令人关注的问题，也是撒哈拉以南非洲农村社区饥饿和贫困的主要原因。该项目将继续监测系统性能，并将对汇编的数据进行分析，以评估系统性能，允许PV部署系统设计，并促进产品在欠发达农村社区的推广。

Big Solar Limited (BSL) is developing Power Roll (PR) that is a ground breaking, ultra-low cost and ultra-lightweight solarphotovoltaic (PV) solution. The design of PR represents a breakthrough in the challenge of generating renewable energyat a cost cheaper than hydrocarbons and 40% lower than silicon PV. This is a disruptive technology with the potential totransform the lives of 1.2 billion people without access to electricity as well helping the UK in delivering its carbon reductiontargets.Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research at Newcastle University aims to deploy this ground-breaking solar PV in Sub-Saharan Africa. A two stage deployment of first generation Power Roll product will address the needs of rural off-gridcommunities in African markets. Many of these communities are still without electrical power and the limited Electric PowerInfrastructure within these countries offers a dim outlook for immediate delivery of grid-based power to these communities.This makes off-grid electricity supply and storage solutions an invaluable transitional solution that could have an immediateimpact on the quality of life of these communities. The proposed deployment of first generation PV rolls will integrate asmall and subsequently medium size Power Roll to enable solar electricity generation aimed at operating portable orirrigation water pumping duties, or the processing of harvested crops (for instance drying) to eliminate post-harvest foodlosses which is of great concern and a major cause of hunger and poverty in SSA rural communities. The project willcontinue to monitor system performance and compiled data will be analysed to characterise system performance, allow PVdeployment system design and facilitate product roll-outs across under-developed rural communities.