a Smart Mobile Solar-Battery Energy Hub for Rural Health Facilities and Underserved Communities in Southwestern Uganda

Rural health facilities and outreach programmes often face unreliable or inadequate electricity supply, limiting access to lighting, communication, ICT and other essential low-power services, particularly during outages and off-grid operations. This project will develop a portable smart solar-battery energy hub integrating deployable solar PV, LiFePO₄ storage, efficient power conversion, intelligent load prioritization, and remote monitoring. The prototype will be developed and tested at MUST before controlled deployment to selected rural health and community settings around Mbarara. It will provide clean and reliable electricity for priority services during outages, outreach activities, and off-grid operations, with potential scale-up for healthcare resilience, emergency response, and community energy access. The project aligns with Uganda’s NDP IV and clean-energy access agenda, advances SDGs 3, 7, 9, 10 and 13, and supports FAST and MUST priorities in renewable energy, public health, applied engineering and inclusive sustainable development.