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| + | |headline = Welcome to the <big>'''Productive Use Portal'''</big> | ||
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| + | === Overview on Productive Use === | ||
| + | *[[Productive Use of Electricity]] | ||
| + | *[[Mechanical Energy|Productive Use of Mechanical Energy]] | ||
| + | *[[Productive Use of Thermal Energy]] | ||
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| + | === Promotion, Financing & Business Models for Productive Use === | ||
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*[[Public Private Partnerships (PPP) - INENSUS|Promotion of PUE through Public Private Partnerships - Inensus Senegal]] | *[[Public Private Partnerships (PPP) - INENSUS|Promotion of PUE through Public Private Partnerships - Inensus Senegal]] | ||
*[[:File:Enterprise Based Promotion of Watermills.pdf|Enterprise Based Promotion of Watermills (pico hydro) in India]] | *[[:File:Enterprise Based Promotion of Watermills.pdf|Enterprise Based Promotion of Watermills (pico hydro) in India]] | ||
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*[[Business Plan for Solar Processing of Tomatoes|Business Plan for Solar Processing of Tomatoes - Ethiopia]] | *[[Business Plan for Solar Processing of Tomatoes|Business Plan for Solar Processing of Tomatoes - Ethiopia]] | ||
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| + | === Case studies on Productive Use === | ||
| + | *[[Publication - Remote but productive: practical lessons on productive uses of energy in Tanzania|Remote but productive: practical lessons on productive uses of energy in Tanzania]] | ||
*[[Mini-grid Webinar Series#3rd Webinar: Productive End Use|Case study from Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal]] | *[[Mini-grid Webinar Series#3rd Webinar: Productive End Use|Case study from Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal]] | ||
| − | *[[Micro Hydro Power and Productive Use Promotion (GIZ ESRA Afghanistan)|Afghanistan: Micro Hydro Power and Productive Use]] | + | *[[Micro Hydro Power and Productive Use Promotion (GIZ ESRA Afghanistan)|Afghanistan: Micro Hydro Power and Productive Use]] |
*[[Anchoring Productive Use Promotion in National Administrative Structures|PU Promotion in National Administrative Structures (Afghanistan)]] | *[[Anchoring Productive Use Promotion in National Administrative Structures|PU Promotion in National Administrative Structures (Afghanistan)]] | ||
*[[Assessing the Productive Use Potential of Various Districts for Prioritising Project Areas - Afghanistan|Assessing the Productive Use Potential of Various Districts in Afghanistan]] | *[[Assessing the Productive Use Potential of Various Districts for Prioritising Project Areas - Afghanistan|Assessing the Productive Use Potential of Various Districts in Afghanistan]] | ||
| − | *[[Tomato Processing by Solar Energy|Tomato Processing by Solar Energy in Ethiopia]] | + | *[[Tomato Processing by Solar Energy|Tomato Processing by Solar Energy in Ethiopia]] |
| − | *[[Smart Grid on Main Street: Electricity and Value-added Processing for Agricultural Goods|Electricity and Value-added Processing for Agricultural Goods in Haiti in Rural Haiti]] | + | *[[Smart Grid on Main Street: Electricity and Value-added Processing for Agricultural Goods|Electricity and Value-added Processing for Agricultural Goods in Haiti in Rural Haiti]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Photovoltaic (PV) Pumping in India]] |
*[[IDEAS Innovation Contest|Latin America and the Caribbean: IDEAS Innovation Context]] | *[[IDEAS Innovation Contest|Latin America and the Caribbean: IDEAS Innovation Context]] | ||
*[[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative - Winners|Powering Agriculture Examples from Various Countries]] | *[[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative - Winners|Powering Agriculture Examples from Various Countries]] | ||
*[[Sheabutter Processing|Sheabutter Processing in Benin]] | *[[Sheabutter Processing|Sheabutter Processing in Benin]] | ||
| − | *[[Implementing a Productive Use Grant Scheme in Uganda| | + | *[[Implementing a Productive Use Grant Scheme in Uganda]] |
| + | *[[Energy input in the Maize value chain in Benin|Energy Input in the Maize Value Chain in Benin]] | ||
| + | *[[Solar Drying for Farmer-Clusters and Cooperatives|Solar Drying for Farmer-Clusters and Cooperatives in Ethiopia]] | ||
| + | *[[Productive Use Promotion for Rural Entrepreneurs and Smallholder Farmers in Uganda]] | ||
| + | *[[Disseminating Rural Energy Access with Training in Uganda]] | ||
| + | *[[Increasing Access to Energy and Access to Finance for Coffee Farmers in Uganda]] | ||
| + | *[[Improving the Energy Supply for Ugandan Tea factories]] | ||
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| + | === Energy Technologies and Productive Use === | ||
| + | *[[Productive Use of Solar PV|Productive Use of Solar Photovoltaic (PV)]] | ||
| + | *[[Productive End Use of PicoPV|Productive Use of PicoPV]] | ||
| + | *[[Micro Hydro Power and Productive Use Promotion (GIZ ESRA Afghanistan)|Productive Use of Micro Hydro Power (MHP)]] | ||
| + | *[[Biogas Plant Projects in the Agricultural Sector of Kenya - KUT Umweltschutz Feasibility Studies|Productive Use of Biogas (Kenya)]] | ||
| + | *[[Productive Biogas: Current and Future Development]] | ||
| + | *[[:File:GIZ (2016) Catalogue PV Appliances for Micro Enterprises.pdf|PV Appliances for Micro Enterprises - Catalogue]] | ||
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| − | === Productive Use | + | <div class="width-1-3 card"> |
| + | === Examples of Productive Use === | ||
| + | *[[Lighting]] | ||
| + | *[[Energy for Agriculture]] | ||
| + | *[[Solar Cooling]] | ||
| + | *[[Solar Drying]] | ||
| + | *[[Cooling for Agriculture]] | ||
| + | *[[Solar Milk Cooling]] | ||
| + | *[[Ice-Making as a Productive Application in Green Mini-Grid (GMG) Systems|Ice-Making in Green Mini-Grid Systems]]<span dir="auto"></span> | ||
| + | *[[Energy Needs in Smallholder Agriculture]] | ||
| + | *[[Productive Use of Energy - Approaches of GIZ Projects|Productive Use (PU) - Approaches of GIZ]] | ||
| + | *[[Solar Kiosk]] | ||
| + | *[[Grain Mill]] | ||
| + | *[[Milling as a Productive Application in Green Mini-Grid (GMG) Systems|Milling in Green Mini-Grid Systems]] | ||
| + | *[[Views on productive use in rural areas]] | ||
| + | *[https://www.usaid.gov/powerafrica/beyondthegrid/off-grid-solar-market-assessments#PUEcatalogs Off-grid Productive Use of Energy Catalogs] | ||
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| + | === Climate Change and Productive Use === | ||
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| + | === Monitoring & Evaluation of Productive Use === | ||
| + | *[[Materials for Quantitative Methods]] | ||
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| + | === Impacts of Productive Use === | ||
| + | *India: [[Access to Electricity for Productive Uses of Energy and Economic Development]] | ||
| + | *[[Productive Use of Energy for Micro-hydro Power in Indonesia]] | ||
| + | *[https://sun-connect-news.org/fileadmin/DATEIEN/Dateien/New/Productive_use.pdf Reviewing the outcomes and impacts] | ||
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| + | === Productive Use Resources === | ||
| + | *[https://www.get-transform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Productive-Use-of-Energy-2-0_GET.transform2022.pdf Energy for Rural Industrialisation Productive Use of Energy 2.0] | ||
*[https://energypedia.info/images/2/25/GIZ_HERA_Modern_Energy_Services_for_Modern_Agriculture_(EN).pdf GIZ HERA: Modern Energy for Modern Agriculture] | *[https://energypedia.info/images/2/25/GIZ_HERA_Modern_Energy_Services_for_Modern_Agriculture_(EN).pdf GIZ HERA: Modern Energy for Modern Agriculture] | ||
| − | *[[The Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa|ARE: Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa]] | + | *[[The Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa|ARE: Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa]] |
| − | *[[:File:EUEI PDF ProductiveUseElectricityManual.pdf|EUEI PDF: Productive Use Manual for Electrification Practitioners]] | + | *[[:File:EUEI PDF ProductiveUseElectricityManual.pdf|EUEI PDF: Productive Use Manual for Electrification Practitioners]] |
| − | *[[:File:PERACOD - Strategie de developpement des usages productifs.pdf|PERACOD: Strategie de Developpement des Usages Productifs]] | + | *[[:File:PERACOD - Strategie de developpement des usages productifs.pdf|PERACOD: Strategie de Developpement des Usages Productifs]] |
| − | *[[Value Chain Thinking and Energy Projects - A Problem-Centred Value Chain Approach to Energy Based Upgrading of Rice Farmers in the Philippines|Energy Based Upgrading in Agricultural Value Chains (Phillippins)]] | + | *[[Value Chain Thinking and Energy Projects - A Problem-Centred Value Chain Approach to Energy Based Upgrading of Rice Farmers in the Philippines|Energy Based Upgrading in Agricultural Value Chains (Phillippins)]] |
*[[EnDev Peru Document Index|Peru: EnDev document index (in Spanish)]] | *[[EnDev Peru Document Index|Peru: EnDev document index (in Spanish)]] | ||
| − | *[[Portal: | + | *[[:Portal:Water and Energy for Food|Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) portal on energypedia]] |
*[[:File:PUE Mini Business Plan Calculator.xlsx|Productive Use Mini Business Plan Calculator]] | *[[:File:PUE Mini Business Plan Calculator.xlsx|Productive Use Mini Business Plan Calculator]] | ||
*[[:File:Mini Business Plan Calculator French.xlsx|Productive Use Mini Business Plan Calculateur - Francais]] | *[[:File:Mini Business Plan Calculator French.xlsx|Productive Use Mini Business Plan Calculateur - Francais]] | ||
| − | *[http://www.produse.org/ Produse.org] | + | *[http://www.produse.org/ Produse.org] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[New report explores challenges and best practices for promoting productive use of energy in African micro-grids|Productive Use of Energy in African Micro-Grids: Technical and Business Considerations]] |
| − | + | *[[Toolbox on SPIS|Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems]] | |
| − | + | *[[:File:Maquinaria para Cacao.pdf|Catálogo de Maquinaria para Procesamiento de Cacao]] | |
| − | + | *[https://thisiscool.seforall.org/cooling-solutions (SEforALL) Cooling for All Solutions Tool] | |
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Latest revision as of 07:58, 20 September 2023
Overview on Productive Use
Promotion, Financing & Business Models for Productive Use
Promotion:
- Workshops at Community Level to Raise Awareness of Productive Use of Electricity
- Promotion of PUE through Public Private Partnerships - Inensus Senegal
- Enterprise Based Promotion of Watermills (pico hydro) in India
Financing & Business Models:
- Enhancing Access to Financial Services for Productive Use Projects
- Assessing the Economic Viability of Business Ideas for Productive Use
- Comparative Financial Analysis of Irrigation Solutions
- Business Plan for Solar Processing of Tomatoes - Ethiopia
- Opportunities for Agri-Food Chains to become Energy-Smart
Case studies on Productive Use
- Remote but productive: practical lessons on productive uses of energy in Tanzania
- Case study from Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal
- Afghanistan: Micro Hydro Power and Productive Use
- PU Promotion in National Administrative Structures (Afghanistan)
- Assessing the Productive Use Potential of Various Districts in Afghanistan
- Tomato Processing by Solar Energy in Ethiopia
- Electricity and Value-added Processing for Agricultural Goods in Haiti in Rural Haiti
- Photovoltaic (PV) Pumping in India
- Latin America and the Caribbean: IDEAS Innovation Context
- Powering Agriculture Examples from Various Countries
- Sheabutter Processing in Benin
- Implementing a Productive Use Grant Scheme in Uganda
- Energy Input in the Maize Value Chain in Benin
- Solar Drying for Farmer-Clusters and Cooperatives in Ethiopia
- Productive Use Promotion for Rural Entrepreneurs and Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
- Disseminating Rural Energy Access with Training in Uganda
- Increasing Access to Energy and Access to Finance for Coffee Farmers in Uganda
- Improving the Energy Supply for Ugandan Tea factories
Energy Technologies and Productive Use
Examples of Productive Use
- Lighting
- Energy for Agriculture
- Solar Cooling
- Solar Drying
- Cooling for Agriculture
- Solar Milk Cooling
- Ice-Making in Green Mini-Grid Systems
- Energy Needs in Smallholder Agriculture
- Productive Use (PU) - Approaches of GIZ
- Solar Kiosk
- Grain Mill
- Milling in Green Mini-Grid Systems
- Views on productive use in rural areas
- Off-grid Productive Use of Energy Catalogs
Climate Change and Productive Use
Monitoring & Evaluation of Productive Use
Impacts of Productive Use
Productive Use Resources
- Energy for Rural Industrialisation Productive Use of Energy 2.0
- GIZ HERA: Modern Energy for Modern Agriculture
- ARE: Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa
- EUEI PDF: Productive Use Manual for Electrification Practitioners
- PERACOD: Strategie de Developpement des Usages Productifs
- Energy Based Upgrading in Agricultural Value Chains (Phillippins)
- Peru: EnDev document index (in Spanish)
- Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) portal on energypedia
- Productive Use Mini Business Plan Calculator
- Productive Use Mini Business Plan Calculateur - Francais
- Produse.org
- Productive Use of Energy in African Micro-Grids: Technical and Business Considerations
- Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems
- Catálogo de Maquinaria para Procesamiento de Cacao
- (SEforALL) Cooling for All Solutions Tool
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