Physics student Joanis Holzigel and e.quinox team win the J.P.Morgan Give-It Away Prize 2011

Joanis Holzigel, a second year Physics student and e.quinox Head of Business Strategy and IC team members won US$50,000 in the J.P.Morgan Award for this year. Congratulations all !

 A team of students from Imperial College has won the J P Morgan Give-It-Away competition.  The award of  US$50,000 will be used to deliver renewable energy to rural communities in Rwanda, Tanzania and other  developing countries via cost-effective and financially sustainable means.

 Joanis Holzigel (2nd year Physics and e.quinox Head of Business Strategy) expresses his gratitude to all  those in  the department whose votes helped the team win.

 More details of the e.quinox project can be found at www.e.quinox.org

 From J.P.Morgan's Give-It-Away  2011 Spring Donation web page:

 Congratulations! You voted for e.quinox, and they will receive our $50,000 Give-It-Away spring donation this  year.

“ We are deeply honored and thankful to be awarded the spring donation of US$50,000 from J.P. Morgan’s  Give-It-Away competition. It has been a difficult win, but this donation will go a long way in delivering  renewable energy to rural communities in Rwanda, Tanzania and other developing countries. We believe the  provision of electricity via cost-effective and financially sustainable means will empower rural communities to  strive towards a better quality of life, education, healthcare and other positive knock-on effects. J.P. Morgan’s  generous donation will allow e.quinox to not only electrify more communities, but to develop the blueprint for  sustainable electrification that can be replicated throughout the developing world."
 — Daniel Choudhury, Vice Chairman, Head of Information & Marketing, e.quinox

 e.quinox will use our Give-It-Away contribution to implement numerous energy kiosks over the next few  years. They will explore sources of energy beyond solar, in hydro-based energy kiosks and in further refining their business model to take a step closer to financial sustainability.