I saw a group of Achiaasian friends who stood on the boat and waved their hands to the camera and said: 'Hanergy, Muchas Gracias (Thank you, Hanergy).'
There is a group of people in the world who do not need to meet and do not need to be greeted, but something they have done together makes them the most trusted friends of each other, such as myself and my friends.
We built a boat in Ecuador, the world's first full-thin-film solar-powered manned commuter boat to run in the Amazon rainforest, and not slow.
The world's first full-thin-film solar powered manned commuter boat operating in the Amazon rainforest
I believe my friends who are interested in the photovoltaic industry will certainly have seen reports about our company and the ship. Many thanks to some time ago media attention and support from industry partners. Although I did not pay attention to the specific data, After a lot of friends asked, said: 'You are not in Chile, how to run to Ecuador? Encounter quite a lot of difficulties, how the hull design out? This is not a job, do not expand the market, change to do Public welfare? Now how are you guys, plan to build a?
Busy for more than a year, want to say certainly more than those reported, if you are willing to listen, now is a good time.
The Amazon basin has a plain at the eastern foot of the Indian Mountains, and the Ecuadorians call this part of the territory "El Oriente," meaning "east," which is part of the Amazon basin in Ecuador. Our project is in the eastern part of the country The Achuar community.
Ascari is one of the oldest ethnic groups on this planet and land.
The Asciacians, with their ideal ethnic culture, have lived in ancient pristine tropical rainforests in Ecuador and Peru for 2 million inhabitants since ancient times, living in harmony with nature for generations to come.
Since the 1980s, when the Aschians saw the connection between their ethnic groups and the outside world and saw the desire of the outside world to gradually erode their lands and cultures, they made a bold decision: Destroy their external world and become partners.
Since the beginning of the new century, the villages in the depths of the rainforests in Ascot have gradually come into contact with the outside world, and the daily exchanges between the various villages have become increasingly frequent. Today, more than a dozen years later, they are not so strange to foreigners, One of these is the nonprofit Kara Solar, a community that has built relationships with many nonprofits and has been working to protect the Amazon's original ecosystem.
The establishment of a suitable water transport system in the Ascot community for easy commuting to and from villages is a long-cherished wish of the Ashiya and Kara solar, but perhaps because of the extremely fragile ecological environment of the area, perhaps due to the 1980s The doom foretned by the elders of the community and shamanic mages is always associated with oil, and the Aschians are instinctively excluded from the fuel-powered craft.
How to reach a certain balance between the protection of ecology and the development of the region is the first question they must consider.
I remember very clearly that on June 19, 2015, when I received a mail from Kara Solar NGO, my colleagues and I were busy doing the case at hand and wondered how to convert Hanergy's flexible thin-film solar products and solutions Fully penetrated into the South American market; while sighing, Chile this season is really a pleasant climate. Our work is passionate, but also very environmentally friendly, but with the public really does not matter.
Ecuador's nonprofit Kara Solar wants to work with us to build a full-film solar powered manned commuter boat in the Amazon basin.
Full-film solar powered manned commuter ship?
Yes, the pilot project in the Amazon rainforest caused us to be the first in the world.
What do they need?
Zero emissions, absolute environmental protection, light weight, flexible, easy installation, beautiful appearance, power, stable performance, the protection of the last rainforest.
The last request is a little empty, others are okay.
Customer demand first, this is our customer.
To give customers to solve all problems.
Our MiaSolé flex components meet all the requirements.
... do it.
In this way, as a representative of Hanergy, I joined Karasolar's demonstration project of 'Full-Film Solar Powered Manned Commuter Ship in the Amazon Era Basin, Ecuador.' Although it was only a small project, I was dragged by the funding and communication problems A year's time.
Kara Solar engineers assemble and paste MiaSolé flex components
Funding is their most difficult issues, are for public welfare, in the product price to give the discount is certainly indispensable.In order to help Kara solar the overall price down, we contacted many freight forwarding companies, several rounds of inquiry and bargain After that, the shipping cost was saved again.
MiaSolé flex components to be shipped from the United States to Ecuador, Ecuador's customs film and thin film solar products are not very understanding, customs clearance is very slow, and then transported by sea to land in the rain forest ground, just transport, it took some time.
When I was in Chile, I was able to communicate with other members of the project team only via email, Skype voice and video, and the rainforests were often powered down and disconnected from the Internet, and my communication with them was also affected.
From the very beginning, Kara Solar thought that the back of the MiaSolé flex could be glued to any surface, so the design of the roof did not use metal. We saw how this came about, and quickly called their engineers to email and suggest The top of the boat was replaced by a suitable metal surface, material problems were solved, and the MiaSolé flex components were also trained in the electrical properties, wiring, etc. However, when they went to the village in the depths of the rainforest, they would not be able to contact us. Design and data calculations done, good morning chatting, afternoon they may be missing, a few days after no news.
However, our full-thin-film Solar Powered Manned Commuter Ship was still created, and a few weeks before the first flight ceremony, the person in charge of Kara Solar sent a speech on Skype: 'Hey Hang, maiden voyage ceremony, do not have a look? I did not go because of my work, but after that day, I went for a drink.
'Tapiatpia' all-film solar-powered manned commuter boat piloted for the first time
Kara Solar named the boat 'Tapiatpia', which means 'swim dragon' in the Aschian language, but we still prefer to call it the 'hannon' privately. In late 2016 'Tapiatpia' From villages in the 13-kilometer waters of the Ascot community, locals call it 'our dear bus.'
At the beginning of the project, Kara Solar docking people always bring us to the local villagers are very curious about thin-film solar technology, they are eager to understand this knowledge, but also eager to communicate with us.So, we made some introductory solar energy applications Technology and Hanergy Thin Film Solar reading materials and PPT, translated into Spanish, to Kara Solar made the past.
At the successful conclusion of the 23-day maiden voyage, almost everyone in the region knew that there was a thin-film solar technology in the world and the owner of the technology called Hanergy helped them to fulfill their dream of guarding the last rainforest. "Later, Kara The director of solar sent me a video of a group of A-Cretaceous friends who stood on the boat and waved their hand to the camera and said: Hanergy, Muchas Gracias (Thank you, Hanergy).
Kara Solar's friends waving to the shore on 'Tapiatpia'
Thank you for listening to me about our story. In fact, after the start of this story - in June this year (2017), we are delighted to see that the second all-film solar powered manned commuter boat joins community traffic Ranks ...