Solar Streetlight Project in the Pacific Islands: How Tongan Communities Cope with Hurricanes and Extreme Heat
When our field engineer arrived in Tonga, the local project manager did not present light distribution charts or technical specifications. Instead, he pointed to a crooked, aging light pole and said: “Since the hurricane, we’ve repaired it three times. Each time, the connectors loosened first, water entered the battery box, and then the light stopped …
























