- ColdHubs plans to roll out 100 new facilities by next year.
- The company currently operate 54 solar cooling systems under a cooling as a service model.
Nigeria-based provider of solar-powered cold-storage space, ColdHubs, has announced plans to expand its services with 100 new facilities by the end of next year. Founder Nnaemeka C. Ikegwuonu made this known during a webinar organized by Oxford Martin School as part of the Cooling for COP26 series: “Models for Sustainable Cooling,”
ColdHubs’ currently operate 54 R290 cold storage systems, which help farmers, retailers and wholesalers to reduce food waste and improve living conditions via rental space for any kind of perishable food on a per-crate daily basis. Ikegwuonu noted that ColdHubs had saved 42,024 metric tons of fruit and vegetables from spoilage over the past four years, increasing the incomes of 5,250 farmers, retailers, and wholesalers by about 50% per month while creating 66 jobs for women as facility operators. Ikegwuonu added that their systems have also avoided about 1147 tons of CO2 emissions