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*[[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]] | *[[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]] | ||
| + | *[[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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| − | === | + | === 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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*[[Productive Use of Energy for Micro-hydro Power in Indonesia]] | *[[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] | *[https://sun-connect-news.org/fileadmin/DATEIEN/Dateien/New/Productive_use.pdf Reviewing the outcomes and impacts] | ||
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| + | === Monitoring & Evaluation of Productive Use === | ||
| + | *[[Materials for Quantitative Methods]] | ||
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| + | === Climate Change and Productive Use === | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 6 January 2026
Welcome to the Productive Use Portal
The productive use portal provides an overview of the articles related to productive energy use on energypedia.
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
- 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
Impacts of Productive Use
Monitoring & Evaluation of Productive Use
Climate Change and 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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