Website Pages
The most current version of each topic is on this website. These pages are expanded and refined versions of the original programme documents.
| Page | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| The Kit | The crate-is-the-product design. What arrives, what it can power, how it opens, why each component was chosen, deployment procedure, expandability, maintenance, containerization, and cost. |
| Deployment | Five deployment phases from design sprint to continental procurement. What each phase tests, what happens after deployment, and why this is not a pilot programme. |
| Partner Countries | The offer to governments. The 10-item clearance checklist with full reasoning for each requirement. Three engagement lanes. Public statement requirements. Anti-capture protections. Landlocked corridor system. |
| Funding | The financial case for funders. Per-kit cost breakdown, programme scale, context for the numbers, SDG alignment, funding structures, accountability, and what this is not funding. |
| Manufacturers | The proposition for component suppliers across all categories — panels, inverters, batteries, cabling, connectors, structure, and hardware. Volume, certification, warranties, supply chain, and the expansion market. |
| Budget | Detailed cost model. Hardware and non-hardware per kit, container economics, assembly factory, cost sensitivity analysis, comparison to alternatives, village revenue, and scaling economics. |
| Risks | Everything that can go wrong. Logistics, political, financial, technical, environmental, reputational, and organizational risks — each with specific mitigations and honest acknowledgment of what can't be fully controlled. |
| The SunCrate Prize | Open design competition for the best deployable crate. Requirements, judging criteria, reference dimensions, major manufacturer data, and open-source submission rules. |
Programme Documents
The original detailed programme documents cover additional material not fully replicated on the website — including the organization structure, executive brief, country invitation letter template, and political engagement strategy. These are working drafts under active development.
| # | Document | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Challenge Brief | The public-facing pitch. The problem, the kit, the scale, the principle. |
| 02 | Organization & Mission Structure | SunCrate's five functions: standard-setting, prize, partner coordination, certification, deployment finance. How the non-profit is structured and what it does and does not do. |
| 03 | Country Allocation & Readiness | Clearance checklist, corridor system for landlocked countries, readiness classification, reallocation rules. |
| 04 | Deployment Phasing | Five phases from design sprint to continental procurement. Each phase answers a different question. |
| 05 | Kit Specification | The crate-is-the-product design. Components, deployment procedure, expandability, cost targets. |
| 06 | Political Engagement | Three engagement lanes (political, administrative, ground). Public statement framework. Anti-capture rules. |
| 07 | Executive Brief | One-page summary for presidents, ministers, funders, and manufacturers. The entire programme on a single page. |
| 08 | Manufacturer Partner Memo | What manufacturers provide, what they get, branding rules, certification process, supply chain structure. |
| 09 | Funding Memo | The financial case. Programme scale, SDG alignment, funding structures, accountability. |
| 10 | Country Invitation Letter | Template letter for governments. The offer, the requirements, and the clearance process. |
| 11 | Risk Register | Named risks with mitigations across logistics, political, financial, technical, reputational, and organizational categories. |
| 12 | Budget Model | Per-kit cost breakdown, container economics, scaling economics, cost sensitivity, and village revenue model. |
Open Standard
All SunCrate specifications, designs, and documentation are published under an open license. The kit specification is public. The winning Prize design will be open-source. The programme documents are available to anyone.
This is deliberate. SunCrate is building a standard, not protecting intellectual property. If another organization wants to adopt the specification and deploy independently, that is not competition — it is the goal. The more organizations that can produce and deploy standardized village power stations, the faster the problem gets solved. Open standards are how infrastructure becomes infrastructure.
Contact
For questions, partnership inquiries, or to discuss any aspect of the programme: contact@suncrate.org