Aaron Liss [English] The Lima Smart Villages Workshop aimed to facilitate the analysis and exchange between the public and private sectors and civil society, from first-hand experiences in the field of energy in rural off-grid communities. Topics for discussion include rural electrification; energy generation and distribution; the inclusion of renewable energy sources (RES) in the energy matrix; productive use of energy in rural communities; clean cooking technologies; efficient heating; and rural energy entrepreneurship. The discussions are aimed at outlining new prospects for reducing rural poverty in South American countries through the access and use of sustainable energy sources. [Español] Dinamizar el análisis e intercambio entre el sector público y privado, a partir de experiencias en el campo de la electrificación rural fuera de la red, la generación distribuida y la penetración de las energías renovables en la matriz energética; a fin de esbozar nuevas perspectivas para reducir la pobreza en América Latina. More info: http://e4sv.org/events/lima-smart-villages-workshop/

1. Mission: To provide rural farming
communities in the developing world
with access to clean water, electricity
through renewable energy, and
sustainable solutions.
Green
Empowerment

2. Types of Support:
Technical
Financial
Operational
Organizational
IN-COUNTRY NGOs

3. 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

4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

5. PARTNER LOCATIONS

6. WATER DISTRIBUTION
FROM THIS … TO THIS

7. SOLAR WATER PUMP
Submersible pump
160Wp PV
Main tank
10,000 gal
Tank #2
upper tank
1,500 gal
2.7kWp Solar

8. SOLAR WATER PUMP

9. 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

11. NICARAGUA, PHILIPPINES, PERU:
10-50kW micro-hydro for villages

12. ELECTRICITY VIA RENEWABLE ENERGY

13. TECHNOLOGY IN SUMMARY
Each energy need can be met with a
technology suited for:
◦ Energy need
◦ Local resources (wind, water, sun…)
◦ Culture
◦ Institutional factor

14. ALUMBRE: ENERGY USES
Vaccine refrigerator
Radio transmitter and cell
phones, run by a small
business
School Computers

15. 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

16. 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?

17. 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

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