Building a renewable energy startup to serve the residential sector in Lebanon

The objective of this project is to build a startup that provides solutions to the electricity shortage problem for the residential market in Lebanon based on solar battery backup systems. The project entails:

• Sizing market demand
• Surveying the market for available products (benchmarking the competition)
• Designing the supply chains for the range of products offered (e.g. imported vs. locally made components, lithium vs. lead-acid batteries, different solar panel technologies, etc.)
• Determining the optimal number, location and size of the warehouse(s) needed for component storage and distribution to market (cost-optimal)
• Designing a warehouse facility layout
• Pricing of the products including installation costs

Conducting a life-cycle assessment of the solution

Project Details

• Student(s): Team 1: Cyril Kayrouz, Alexandre Maalouf, Antonio El Chaar, Jimmy El Corm / Team 2: Wissam Hafez, Maria Saade, Andrea Daccache, Joseph Akoury
• Advisor(s): Dr. Pierrette Zouein & Dr. Marc Haddad
• Year: 2022-2023