Category Archive: Maurice Ile Durable

An introduction to the basics of electricity and solar systems in Mauritius by Onyedika Atuchukwu

April 2, 2020

Intro by Dietmar After reading the interesting and inspiring thesis of Onyedika Atuchukwu on a Hybrid System for a rice factory processing plant in Nigeria that is connected to an unreliable grid, I discussed with him if we could do a project on the basics of electricity and an introduction on solar systems in Mauritius […]

Is a greener Mauritius possible?

December 7, 2014

I just finished reading the book Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman which speaks about global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the expansion of the world’s middle class through globalization which have produced a dangerously unstable planet–one that is “hot, flat, and crowded.” He also shows how the very habits that led us to […]