The Smart Power, Inc. is a Barbados-based company that uses “clean technology” in manufacturing consumer products. Clean technology has become a buzz phrase in the wake of the recent global oil crisis which drove home the ominous message that the energy that fuels industries, and which practically makes the world go round, is not inexhaustible. On the other hand, solar energy is limitless, and as yet, underutilized. This is something Simon Wilby, CEO of The Smart Power, Inc., knows and intends to make full use of.

Simon Wilby is a U.K.-born, Canadian entrepreneur-cum-inventor. Frustration prodded him to create an alternative battery for cell phones which is solar-based, lasts longer and can charge with practically any source of light, at all. This eventually became “The Smart One” — which is the lithium-based, solar-powered battery that comes with a 20-second retrofit kit now being offered by The Smart Power, Inc. on the market. Ever the innovator, Simon Wilby extended this idea into the realm of laptops, which he calls “The Smart Juice.”

These are only two of Simon Wilby’s inventions. Indeed, the consumer products on the menu of The Smart Power, Inc. are smart, and as they mostly harness the power of the sun, clean.

“The Smart Power” Simon Wilby has been victorious in his attempt to reinvent possibly the most popular and highly visible gadget in the market – the cellular phone.

With the major support that Simon Wilby was getting from his company, The Smart Power Incorporated, he was able to design a device specifically geared towards mobile phone batteries being charged using solar energy. The technology that Simon Wilby created is called “The Smart One” which is a first of its kind. It allowed the cell phone to be charged using only solar power coming from any source of light such as the sun.

All you need to do is attach the device at the back side of your mobile phone. One of the best things about this product is that it is compatible to all cell phones models found in the market. Simon Wilby also included in the package a battery that receives the charge.

Simon Wilby’s selling point during the official launch of “The Smart One” in the island of Barbados, is that his invention provides cell phones the capacity to incur fourteen (14) hours of talk time compared to the four (4) hours that regular batteries supplies. That is definitely a feat that is hard to beat.