lima | jan-16 | green empowerment
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Mission: To provide rural farming
communities in the developing world
with access to clean water, electricity
through renewable energy, and
sustainable solutions.
Green Empowerment
Types of Support:
Technical
Financial
Operational
Organizational
IN-COUNTRY NGOs
Communities prioritize projects in consultation with NGO partner – targeted electrification to meet needs NGO partner requests assistance from Green Empowerment Each community forms committee to operate/maintain system/project… and collect monthly maintenance tariff from each household
OUR APPROACH
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
PARTNER LOCATIONS
WATER DISTRIBUTION FROM THIS … TO THIS
SOLAR WATER PUMP
Submersible pump
160Wp PV
Main tank 10,000 gal
Tank #2
upper tank 1,500 gal
2.7kWp Solar
SOLAR WATER PUMP
El Bote is a 1300 acre community forest reserve upstream from a 950 kW microhydro system.
The preservation of this reserve includes Agroforestry Training and Ecosystem Restoration via shade-grown coffee, live fences, riverbank stabilization, riparian recovery from grazing, re-vegetation, natural fertilizers
There is a strong connection between water/energy and the ecosystems that provide it
WATERSHED CONSERVATION
NICARAGUA, PHILIPPINES, PERU: 10-50kW micro-hydro for villages
ELECTRICITY VIA RENEWABLE ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY IN SUMMARY
Each energy need can be met with a technology suited for:
◦ Energy need
◦ Local resources (wind, water, sun…)
◦ Culture
◦ Institutional factor
ALUMBRE: ENERGY USES
Vaccine refrigerator
Radio transmitter and cell phones, run by a small
business
School Computers
COST COMPARISONS OF TECHNOLOGY
Technology Cost/kWh Notes
Solar PV $1.50-$3.50 / kWh -Need sun -Batteries
Microhydro $0.10-$0.50 / kWh ($3000-$5000/kW)
-Need water source -24 hour energy
Small Wind $0.30-$0.80 / kWh -Need wind -Batteries
Diesel $0.3-$1.20 /kWh -Needs continual fuel source
-Noise and pollution
Biomass Not for electricity
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT MODELS
Who will fund the project equipment,
installation, training, maintenance (users,
NGOs, government?)
What model is appropriate at different
scales, from a village or a thousand
villages?
What model is equitable and financially
sustainable?
What systems can increase with
population growth?
Even if there is a village-level
management, who will provide back up
technical, administrative and financial
support to multiple energy systems?
MANAGEMENT CONCLUSIONS 1. Energy should not be free --
ability/willingness to pay is underestimated
2. Electrons do not equal development (productive uses must be included to ensure sustainability/replicability)
3. Think globally -- national policies
4. Act locally – diversify energy systems to fit local needs -- distributed mini-grids
5. Technology is usually the “easy” part of the project
6. All human-made things need maintenance -- make sure there is a way to pay for it, or else the project will not last
7. Community organizing, feasibility studies, and pre-/post health assessments all help make the case for the project and establish long term need and benefit
www.greenempowerment.org
Facebook: Green Empowerment
Twitter: @grnempower
Instagram: @greenempowerment
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(503) 284-5774