Video: How To Charge Your Phone For Free In Central London

By Geoff Marshall Last edited 113 months ago
Video: How To Charge Your Phone For Free In Central London

On a corner outside Tottenham Court Road tube station sits London's first Solarbox. It's a disused phone box which has been painted green and now offers a solar-powered charging point for mobile phone users.

It's taken 14 months from concept to launch and now the first of these Solarboxes — more are planned — is now up and running and available for anyone who needs to re-juice their smartphone in a hurry.

Solarbox is the invention of Kirsty Kenny and Harold Craston, and it earned them second place in the Mayor of London’s Low Carbon Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

You can get updates about the box on Twitter at @solarboxlondon

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Last Updated 08 October 2014