Diversification Through Innovation
In March 2018, MIC-IT and ProtoFabTT joined forces to create the remarkable Green-Tech Facility – a hub for the revolutionary Battery Regeneration Project [IonHammer]. Through this collaboration, a range of groundbreaking and innovative products has been developed, including the award-winning SolarPonix, Octoport Charger, and Rotating Vertical Farming Unit. All of these products were meticulously engineered with a strong focus on environmental sustainability, paving the way for a more sustainable future. With Ancel Bhagwandeen, a visionary leader at the helm of ProtoFabTT, the company is steadfastly dedicated to eco-friendliness and global impact.
SolarPoniX
Our revolutionary solution to climate-adaptive agriculture not only relies on renewable resources but also supports youth education and automates family farming. This cutting-edge technology has been thoroughly piloted and tested in 16 schools in Trinidad, delivering a wide range of scalable benefits and long-term value. With its ability to promote sustainable living and learning outcomes across all social strata, our Climate Smart Agriculture solution is ideal for primary and secondary school environments as well as private residences.
The following are the impressive features of our award-winning innovative tower garden that we are proud to offer:
- Produces a fully vegan diet (including root crops)
- 100% off-grid, compact portability (20Kg), suitable for nomadic or less abled people
- Requires no arable land being doorway/stairwell ready, reducing farmland deforestation pressure
- Fully automated with child-safe technology, including crop pest deterrence
- Platform for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary curricula, STEM & entrepreneurial training outcomes
- Economically affordable, return on Investment in < 1 year, 10-year life cycle
- Every personal tower garden captures 1 tonne of CO2 per year
- 90% recyclable within the Caribbean
- Suitable for the tropical/hurricane belt globally, prevents crop loss, and no electricity dependency
- Can produce ‘passive’ subscription revenue via access to its ever-growing microclimate-shift data array
- Consumes spent lithium batteries as renewable power storage (Upcycling e-waste & lowering costs)
- UNSDG amplifier: 2,3,4,7,9,11,13,17
Award Winner of:
- UNDP(TT): Green Innovation (2021)
- Energy Conference (TT) 2023: Best Technology Innovation (renewable energy related)
- Energy Conference (TT) 2024: Best Social Investment Project
Related Achievements
- Represented T&T at the Caribbean finals for climatelaunchpad.org in 2023
- The UK’s earthshotprize.org invited SolarPonix to compete for their global environmental award in 2024
- The U.S. Embassy in TT nominated SolarPonix for the USA State Dept’s leadership exchange programme in 2024
- The World Intellectual Prop. Office and IPOTT selected the SolarPonix (Snail DeFENCE) as a finalist in Appropriate technology in 2024
- The UK’s trade accelerator programme selected SolarPoniX as a finalist in Caribbean tech in 2024 with an option to pitch to UK companies in 2024
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