Phoenix was settled in 1867 as an agricultural community near the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers. It became a thriving farming community based on alfalfa, cotton, citrus, and hay. The Phoenix of today would have been impossible without air conditioning (A/C), which arrived around 1945.

Summer months are unbearable in the Phoenix Valley without A/C.

During the hottest months of the year, life in Arizona takes place in a “cooling chain” from the air-conditioned home to the air-conditioned car, to the air-conditioned workplace, to the air-conditioned mall, and back to the air-conditioned home.

But removing heat from a building requires enormous amounts of electricity.

Climate change is not only baking Phoenix, which broke and then demolished the number of consecutive days above 100° F in 2023 but also places like India.

Like in Phoenix, having A/C in India is becoming a matter of survival.

The Critical Need for Air Conditioning. Photo Credit: The New York Times.

According to a recent report by the Guardian, India’s market for A/Cs is growing faster than almost anywhere else in the world. Between 8% and 10% of the country’s 300 million households have an A/C, expected to reach 50% by 2037.

Reliable power becomes critically important. The PowerBloc can run air conditioners.

Its plug-and-play stackable, hand-installed modules make deployment in markets like India easy.