If you need even more power from your generator, you can daisy chain two or more mPower Solar Generators to double, triple or more, the available energy.
The mPower is the world’s first solar generator to come with a smart App, which is very much needed to keep you powered, extend the life of the battery and deliver the best value for your investment.
These are but a few of the gifts that you'll find bundled into our Perks.
Recharge your smartphone a few times during the day while keeping up the battery power with the solar panels.
View our Perks to see how these great gifts are bundled together.
Why? Because instead of spending money on advertising, we redirect this money and part of our profits, towards the donations.
We believe every adult and child in the world should have access to electricity and through our BUY 1 — DONATE 1 model, we aim to provide millions of units to developing countries.
Access to electricity is essential to a family’s health, safety, education, economic progress and quality of life.
Imagine what your life would be without electricity. Say goodbye to your cellphone, laptop, internet, TV, radio, music, refrigerator, air conditioning, lights at night, most medical exams, treatments, surgeries and much more.
Read how these people manage their lives without electricity.
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mPower Solar Generator
Product Information
The mPower comes in three sizes starting from the M6, M12, and the M24.
A quick look inside
Looking at the interior of the mPower Solar Generator you get all of the required electronics for a perfectly balanced system.
The charge controller and the battery management system optimize the transfer of electricity from the solar panels to the battery and keep the batteries properly fed and safe for the long term. The inverter provides you with the alternating current.
Manufacturing and Assembly
We source the very best components around the world to ensure that you get the very best Solar Generator your money can buy at an incredibly competitive price. For example, the world’s best solar cells of today are made in California, the best material for the case are made in Germany, and so on. Finally, we invented the mPower Solar Generator in Florida, USA, the Sunshine State, where we will continue to design, develop and ultimately assemble the product.
Where we are today
We have already:
- Identified the best vendors around the world for each component of the mPower.
- Built a fully-functional prototype following precise UL Certification guidelines.
- Produced a case to fine-tune the design and test connecting parts.
- Engaged the electronics experts to design the Communications module.
- Engaged a top App programming company to create our IOS and Android Apps.
- Filed Utility and Design provisional patents.
The next major steps include:
- Apply for UL Certification.
- Produce the aluminum mold to thermoform the case.
- Once we know demand to Indiegogo campaign, place order with the vendors.
- Quality control of delivered parts.
- Assembly at our facility in Melbourne, Florida.
- Quality control of the manufactured Solar Generators.
- Delivery.
Our Timeline
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Our Story
In 2013 we started a cleantech incubator—GreenTech Endeavors—to find, fund and launch revolutionary green technologies that can help create an abundant, safe and non-polluted world where no one is left behind.
Our vision is to help solve many of the world’s most pressing challenges by incubating and marketing revolutionary clean technologies developed by some of the brightest scientists working at American Universities and Federal Labs.
The mPower Solar Generator is our first product to market. We continue to research other very exciting clean technologies.
Meet our Management Team
Entrepreneurs and managers who have launched 26 technology startups with several exits, combining 71 years of experience.
From left to right: Rodo Novarini, Will Perego, Craig Nelson.
CEO: Will Perego, serial entrepreneur, expert marketer and dealmaker.
CMO: Craig Nelson, savvy manufacturing engineer, proficient in automated industrial processes for battery technologies.
Our Advisory Board
Social Entrepreneurship: Bob Hacker, former CFO at One Laptop per Child.
Strategy: Gus Souss, global track record at P&G, McKinsey, etc.
Growth: Aquiles Nunez, strong Fortune 500 executive leading complex international projects.
Logistics: Scott Brinks, global supply chain optimization expert.
Rodo Novarini, business developer, skilled in growing start-ups and new divisions of Fortune 500 companies.
Risks & Challenges
Supply Chain / Component Sourcing
Establishing the primary and secondary suppliers of the critical components so that there is consistency of their performance that allows every generator to meet or exceed operating specifications.
Manufacturing
Ability to ramp manufacturing operations to meet the demand.
Product Related
Potential damage from water leaking into the electronics in the interior of the generator as this is not a water proof equipment.
Attempted repairs to the generator by unauthorized personnel.
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#LightUptheWorld Challenge
Our #LightUptheWorld Challenge
Passionate Travelers Apply for Rewarding Travel-with-Purpose Position to Provide Portable Electricity to Families in Need
Apply today for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel around the world and dramatically improve the lives of thousands of families in need.
Become our Global Ambassador for 2017!*
The Global Ambassador will deliver donated solar generators to families without electricity around the world.
If you care about people and want to help us #LightUptheWorld, you’re in the right place. It’s easy to apply.
Our Global Ambassador will receive:
- A salary of US$150,000 for the twelve-month contract, starting on January 1, 2017*
- 12 roundtrip airfares from Ambassador’s nearest capital city
- All travel expenses and travel insurance paid
The Ambassador’s Main Responsibilities:
Deliver solar energy – The Global Ambassador will bring the donated Solar Generators to families without electricity, in collaboration with mPower’s non-profit partner: TECHO. TECHO has built more than 110,000 transitional homes throughout Latin-America & the Caribbean. All logistics will be taken care of and managed.
Create awareness – One billion people still don’t have access to electricity. In collaboration with the United Nations’ “Sustainable Energy for All” Practitioner Network, the Global Ambassador will report back to the world via social media, blogging, interviews with journalists and YouTube updates.
#LightUptheWorld – By bringing light to this dramatic human condition, the Global Ambassador will be instrumental in assisting the United Nations in achieving its Sustainable Development Goal #7, “to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” by 2030.
Main Requirements:
- Passionate for volunteerism and for helping families in need
- Enthusiastic about the outdoors and overcoming challenges
- Able to engage with others and successfully lead teams
- Willingness to visit places with precarious accommodations
- Good written and verbal English skills
- 18 years or older as of April 11, 2016
About the Application Process:
The top 12 applicants with the most Referrals’ visits to our mPower Indiegogo campaign by May 24th will become the Finalists and will be invited to an online interview selection process.
Between June 30th and July 14th a jury of distinguished business professionals and philanthropists will select the most qualified person among the 12 Finalists.
On July 14th the mPower Ambassador will be announced. Good luck!
It’s Easy to Apply:
- Sign Up at Indiegogo (it’s free!)
- Share the mPower campaign using Indiegogo’s social sharing tools (links on the left)
- Keep Sharing and Make it to the Top 12!
Sign Up and Start Sharing Right Now.
Good Luck!
Hurry! The Challenge closes at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on May 24, 2016.
(IMPORTANT: Make sure you are logged into Indiegogo when you send your friends the link of this campaign. Otherwise, we have no way of tracking your Referrals’ visits.)
Do you want to track the number of Referrals’ visits you are attracting to this campaign to make it to the Top 12? Do you have other Questions related to our Challenge? See FAQ's to find out.
*Note: in the case that mPower Solar Generators’ combined sales of M24s and M12s do not reach 240 units by September 30, 2016; the mPower Ambassador annual engagement will commence on January 1, 2018 in order to have enough donated generators to deliver throughout the year.
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Why we need your help?
Through this campaign we are launching the mPower Solar Generator to provide clean portable energy, with a business model aimed at improving the daily life of families in need around the world.
Your contribution to this campaign will directly impact many of the one billion people without access to electricity.
How can you help?
Historically, gas generators have provided off-grid or portable electricity.
But gas generators have significant limitations
Solar energy has hardly any of these problems
Some products claim to be solar generators but they come in separate pieces with solar panels on one hand and batteries on the other, and they require you to carry each piece separately and additional setup.
Our mPower Solar Generator is all-in-one, easy to carry, easy to set up and easy to use.
Models M24, M12 & M6 (left to right). More details here.
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Get one of our Perks today
(see right column)
Here are some of the other main differences between the mPower Solar Generator and a comparable solar kit currently on the market, which as you can see is not an all-in-one solution:
And like all technologies, solutions to the same problem evolve
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#LightUptheWorld Challenge
Apply for Rewarding Travel-with-Purpose Position
to Provide Portable Electricity to Families in Need
Find out how to participate
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Partnerships & collaborators
Through our BUY 1 — DONATE 1 program, initially, we’ll make donations through the amazing non-profit organization TECHO (which means roof in Spanish).
TECHO is youth led and present in Latin America & the Caribbean. Through the joint work of families living in extreme poverty with youth volunteers, TECHO seeks to overcome poverty in slums.
Over the last 19 years, through the work and donations of more than 750,000 caring volunteers and donors, TECHO has built over 100,000 transitional homes in 19 Latin-American countries for the poorest of the poor. Upon completion, TECHO implements social inclusion programs to show these people how to escape poverty for good.
We will be distributing the mPower Solar Generators with TECHO's Haiti organization.
United Nations has called on businesses, governments, and civil society to achieve Sustainable Energy for All by 2030.
The Energy Access Practitioner Network is at the heart of the movement to bring sustainable energy for all, helping expand energy access in 170 countries, facilitating partnerships and finance and catalyzing national efforts to move towards a clean energy future. We are proud members of the Energy Access Practitioner Network.
#LightUptheWorld Challenge
Apply for Rewarding Travel-with-Purpose Position
to Provide Portable Electricity to Families in Need
Find out how to participate
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Who’s talking about this
Prestigious newspaper The Economist considers Future In Review, "The best technology conference in the world."
Every year, Future In Review showcases up to 12 top startups, called FiReStarters, that are "on the cusp of making great strides in improving our world".
We are honored to have been selected a 2016 FiReStarer see details here: www.futureinreview.com/firestarters
Also seen on
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FAQs
** We are constantly adding more FAQs into this section, if your
question is NOT covered here please send as an inquiry and we'll get back to
you as soon as we can**
How do I share this campaign to get Referrals for the #LightUptheWorld Challenge?
Just make sure you are signed in to Indiegogo and use the social sharing menu on the left of this page (see below) to send a personalized link to your friends and family.
Who can participate in the #LightUptheWorld Challenge?
Anyone from around the world that is 18 years old or older, by Apr-11-2016. General requirements are: passion for volunteerism and for helping families in need, enthusiasm about the outdoors and overcoming challenges, ability to engage with others and successfully lead teams, willingness to visit places with precarious accommodations and good written and verbal English skills
Does it matter for the #LightUptheWorld Challenge the amount contributed by the 'Referrals' I attract to the campaign?
No. The only thing that matters for the #LightUptheWorld Challenge is how many 'Referrals' actually visit the campaign. They do NOT need to contribute to add 'Referrals' points to your performance in the challenge.
Can I check how many 'Referrals' I’ve attracted so far within the #LightUptheWorld Challenge?
Of course. You can check as often as you want to. Please refer to the following instructions to do so: https://support.indiegogo.com/hc/en-us/articles/203660683
How do I know if I am within the 12 finalists in the #LightUptheWorld Challenge?
Starting May-10 we will send a weekly email informing their performance to the participants ranked within the Top 12 in the challenge (and also to those that are close to reach the Top 12). To make sure you will be receiving these emails please send us an email to community@mpowersolargenerator.com with the subject '#LightUptheWord Challenge' and your Indiegogo user name.
Are there other compensation components beyond the US$ 150,000 annual salary?
Yes! Additionally to the salary, the company will provide the mPower Ambassador with 12 round trip airfares from Applicant’s home nearest capital city, all travel expenses paid during the year of the assignment while delivering the donated solar generators and travel insurance for the same period.
Does the Buy 1-Donate 1 business model impact the retail prices of the mPower Solar Generators?
No. For-profit companies spend lots of money in advertising. We use the advertising money (plus, a portion of our profits) for donations instead of doing
advertising. We are confident that lots of caring people also want to help create a better world and one way of helping is by spreading the word about causes and products they care about. In this way, the portion of the sale that
usually gets reinvested in advertising, we can instead use it for donations resulting in a win/win/win for our customers, the company and the recipient of
the donation.
Where will you send the donated mPower Solar Generators?
The units donated as a result of the current Indiegogo campaign will be delivered by the mPower Ambassador jointly with TECHO's team to families without access to electricity in Haiti. After this campaign we will evaluate and design a distribution program to bring much needed mPower Solar Generators to other countries.
What is TECHO?
TECHO.org (which means roof, in Spanish) is a youth led organization present in Latin America & the Caribbean that seeks to overcome poverty in slums through engaging the joint work of volunteers and families living in extreme poverty. Over the last 19 years, through the work and donations of more than 750,000 caring volunteers and donors, TECHO has built over 100,000 transitional homes in 19 Latin-American countries for the poorest of the poor. Upon completion, TECHO implements social inclusion programs to show these people how to escape poverty for good.
Are mPower Solar Generators available in stores?
Currently, mPower products are available exclusively on Indiegogo.
Where is the mPower Solar Generator manufactured?
We invented the mPower Solar Generator in Florida, USA, the Sunshine State, where we will continue to design, develop and ultimately assemble the product with the very best components sourced from around the world.
What are the characteristics of the main components of the
mPower Solar Generator?
The mPower M12 and M24 include: crystalline silicon flexible solar panels, lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries with an embedded battery management system (BMS) that includes overcharge and over discharge protection, pure sine wave inverters, and thermal circuit breakers.
Do I need any additional cables or components in order to use
the mPower Solar Generator?
No. The mPower Solar Generator has been designed to be ready to
use by any adult without the need of additional cables or components.
Can anyone use the mPower Solar Generator?
The mPower Solar Generator generates and store electric power similar to that of the electric grid at home. Minors should never use the mPower Solar Generator without adult supervision.
Can I connect additional solar panels to the mPower Solar Generator?
Yes, the mPower M12 and M24 accept additional solar panels to be connected to them. You will need special cables available from mPower that are not included with the product since they are not part of its core functionality.
Can I get more power by connecting two mPower Solar Generators together?
Yes, you can connect (daisy-chain) two mPower Solar Generators with special cables available from mPower.
What warranty do you offer on the mPower Solar Generator?
All mPower Solar Generators have a 1 year warranty including all of the components, even the battery. The above warranty covers only defects arising under normal use and does not include malfunctions or failures resulting from misuse, abuse, neglect, alteration, problems with electrical power, usage not in accordance with product instructions, acts of nature, or improper installation or repairs made by anyone other than mPower or mPower’s authorized third-party service provider.
Where do you ship?
We ship worldwide! We make sure we ship the mPower Solar Generator according to safety transportation requirements.
Do you have a prototype ready?
Yes! We’ve built a fully-functional prototype following precise UL Certification guidelines and then produced a 3D printed case to fine-tune the design and test the connecting parts.