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'''''''''[http://www.ideorg.org/ iDE (International Development Enterprises)]'''''<br/>
  
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[https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation Solar-Powered Pumps for Improved Irrigation]<br/>
  
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[http://practica.org/ PRACTICA Foundation] (Netherlands)<br/>[http://www.futurepump.com/ Futurepump Ltd] (UK)<br/>
  
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<font color="#0066cc">[[Zambia Energy Situation|Zambia]], [[Nepal Energy Situation|Nepal]], </font>[[Honduras Energy Situation|Honduras]]<br/>
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Globally, more than 800 million farmers manually lift and haul water to [[Powering Agriculture: Irrigation|irrigate]]&nbsp;their farmland. These farmers can drastically decrease their labor and expand their irrigable area by employing motorized pumps. Currently, the most accessible and affordable pump solutions are four to seven horsepower pumps powered by increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Consequently, many farmers are either unable to provide sufficient irrigation to their crops, and/or must allocate a sufficient portion of their income to environmentally-hazardous fossil fuels.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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Globally, more than 800 million farmers manually lift and haul water to irrigate their farmland. These farmers can drastically decrease their labor and expand their irrigable area by employing motorized pumps. Currently, the most accessible and affordable pump solutions are four to seven horsepower pumps powered by increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Consequently, many farmers are either unable to provide sufficient irrigation to their crops, and/or must allocate a sufficient portion of their income to environmentally-hazardous fossil fuels.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: http://poweringag.org/2013-winners/ide">Powering Agriculture: iDE: http://poweringag.org/2013-winners/ide</ref><br/>
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= Clean Energy Solution<br/> =
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To increase agricultural productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers, iDE and its partners have developed a Clean [[Powering Agriculture: Irrigation|Irrigation]]&nbsp;Solution that will provide smallholder farmers across the developing world the opportunity to mechanize their farming with zero carbon emissions. The system uses the Sunflower pump, an efficient, versatile, and cost-effective piston pump powered by a [[Photovoltaic (PV)|PV panel]], which is coupled with iDE’s affordable, ultra-low pressure drip irrigation kit to maximize the agricultural output and value of each drop of water pumped.<br/>
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Technology development is only one component of bringing the Sunflower pump to scale. iDE has identified five key factors needed to bring a Clean Irrigation Solution to scale:
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*'''Appropriate Technology'''—iDE is working with the PRACTICA Foundation to develop a low-cost solar pump called the Sunflower pump.<br/>
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*'''Viable Business Plan'''—iDE is partnering with Futurepump, a private company that will be responsible for the manufacturing and global distribution of the Sunflower pump.<br/>
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*'''Accompanying Finance Model'''—iDE is identifying finance models to bring down the high upfront costs that currently make the Sunflower pump cost-prohibitive to smallholder farmers.<br/>
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*'''Established Supply Chain'''—iDE is identifying national and sub-national level retailers to bring the Sunflower pump to different markets. iDE is working through its last-mile distribution network to provide installation and repair services.<br/>
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*'''Marketing and Educational Resources'''—iDE is developing training manuals for field technicians and using demonstration plots to convey the benefits of the Sunflower pump for smallholder farmers.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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Recently, field testing of pumps has been started in Nepal: read more in the [https://poweringag.org/news-events/program-updates/newsletters/april-2016-newsletter Powering Agriculture April 2016 Newsletter].<br/>
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Locations: [[Honduras Energy Situation|Honduras]], [[Nepal Energy Situation|Nepal]], and [[Zambia Energy Situation|Zambia]]<br/>
  
 
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[[File:Maintaining a solar station.png|thumb|right|221px|Maintaining a solar station © iDE]]iDE’s goal is to compete with fossil fuel-powered pumps currently on the market, and ultimately shift famers’ preference toward clean energy pumping solutions. This consumer shift would have a remarkable environmental and socio-economic effect on agrarian communities. Using the CIS instead of a fossil fuel engine can reduce annual carbon emissions by as much as 250 kilograms per 1,000 irrigated square meters.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
 
 
[http://www.ideorg.org/ iDE’s] '''Clean Irrigation Solution (CIS)''' can compete with fossil fuel pumps both in terms of cost and enhancing agricultural productivity. CIS’s universal piston pump can run on a variety of power sources (solar steam power, photovoltaic power, and grid-connected alternating current (AC) where available). The system accesses groundwater from deeper depths than conventional pumps, and maintains a slow, steady discharge rate. iDE will work with local businesses to sell and service the CIS.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: http://poweringag.org/2013-winners/ide">Powering Agriculture: iDE: http://poweringag.org/2013-winners/ide</ref>
 
  
Locations: [[Honduras Energy Situation|Honduras]], [[Nepal Energy Situation|Nepal]], and [[Zambia Energy Situation|Zambia]]
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[[File:IDE solar-powered pumps.png|thumb|left|200px|IDE solar-powered pumps © iDE]]<br/>
  
 
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[[File:Maintaining a solar station.png|thumb|right|221px|Maintaining a solar station © Powering Agriculture]]iDE’s goal is to compete with fossil fuel-powered pumps currently on the market, and ultimately shift famers’ preference toward clean energy pumping solutions. This consumer shift would have a remarkable environmental and socio-economic effect on agrarian communities. Using the CIS instead of a fossil fuel engine can reduce annual carbon emissions by as much as 250 kilograms per 1,000 irrigated square meters.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: http://poweringag.org/2013-winners/ide">Powering Agriculture: iDE: http://poweringag.org/2013-winners/ide</ref>
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iDE has over 30 years’ experience in developing appropriate agricultural products and engaging the private sector to supply these products to smallholder farmers, improving long-standing agricultural practices. This project is implemented in partnership with PRACTICA Foundation (a Dutch organization that has a focus on the commercial application of technology in the field of water and energy), and Futurepump Ltd.(a UK manufacturer of efficient irrigation pumps).<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
  
 
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iDE has over 30 years’ experience in developing appropriate agricultural products and engaging the private sector to supply these products to smallholder farmers, improving long-standing agricultural practices. This project is implemented in partnership with PRACTICA Foundation (a Dutch organization that has a focus on the commercial application of technology in the field of water and energy), and Futurepump Ltd.(a UK manufacturer of efficient irrigation pumps).<ref>iDE: http://www.ideorg.org/</ref>
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By the end of the Powering Agriculture Award in June 2017, iDE had pioneered a new product category of solar pump. iDE worked with its partners, Futurepump and the PRACTICA Foundation, on the development and refinement of the Sunflower pump–now branded as the SF1–a highly efficient piston pump powered by an 80-watt PV panel. This latest version of the pump, featuring a 40% reduction in weight and volume while retaining efficiency, was tested at sites in Kenya and began shipping to Nepal and Zambia. iDE installed 1,064 pumps for testing at 48 active field sites; 80 in Honduras, Zambia, Nepal. An additional 4 pumps have been installed in the USA, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, and Cambodia, which shows iDE’s progress towards global distribution. As a result of these field tests, iDE and its partners have gone through five design iterations of the pump. In addition, 80 pumps have been sold to iDE’s private sector partners for sales to end users in Zambia and Nepal.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
  
 
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= Further Information =
 
  
*[http://poweringag.org/2013-winners/ide Powering Agriculture Homepage, iDE]
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= Further Information<br/> =
*[http://www.ideorg.org/ iDE Homepage]
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*[[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative - Winners|Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative - Winners]]
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*[[Portal:Water and Energy for Food|Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) portal on energypedia]]
*[[Portal:Powering Agriculture|Powering Agriculture Portal on energypedia]]<br/>
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*[[Toolbox on SPIS|Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems]]
*[[Honduras_Energy_Situation|Honduras Energy Situation]]<br/>
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*[http://poweringag.org/innovators Powering Agriculture Homepage, Winners/ Innovators]<br/>
*[[Nepal_Energy_Situation|Nepal Energy Situation]]<br/>
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*[[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development|Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development]]<br/>
*[[Zambia_Energy_Situation|Zambia Energy Situation]]<br/>
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*[https://poweringag.org/news-events/program-updates/newsletters Powering Agriculture Newsletters]<br/>
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*[https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation Powering Agriculture Homepage, iDE]
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*[http://www.ideorg.org/ iDE Homepage]<br/>
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*[[Honduras Energy Situation|Honduras Energy Situation]]<br/>
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*[[Nepal Energy Situation|Nepal Energy Situation]]<br/>
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*[[Zambia Energy Situation|Zambia Energy Situation]]<br/>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 14 July 2020

Overview

Innovator

''''iDE (International Development Enterprises)


IDE Logo.png

Project

Solar-Powered Pumps for Improved Irrigation

Collaborators

PRACTICA Foundation (Netherlands)
Futurepump Ltd (UK)

Location Applied

Zambia, Nepal, Honduras

Globally, more than 800 million farmers manually lift and haul water to irrigate their farmland. These farmers can drastically decrease their labor and expand their irrigable area by employing motorized pumps. Currently, the most accessible and affordable pump solutions are four to seven horsepower pumps powered by increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Consequently, many farmers are either unable to provide sufficient irrigation to their crops, and/or must allocate a sufficient portion of their income to environmentally-hazardous fossil fuels.[1]


Clean Energy Solution

To increase agricultural productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers, iDE and its partners have developed a Clean Irrigation Solution that will provide smallholder farmers across the developing world the opportunity to mechanize their farming with zero carbon emissions. The system uses the Sunflower pump, an efficient, versatile, and cost-effective piston pump powered by a PV panel, which is coupled with iDE’s affordable, ultra-low pressure drip irrigation kit to maximize the agricultural output and value of each drop of water pumped.

Technology development is only one component of bringing the Sunflower pump to scale. iDE has identified five key factors needed to bring a Clean Irrigation Solution to scale:

  • Appropriate Technology—iDE is working with the PRACTICA Foundation to develop a low-cost solar pump called the Sunflower pump.
  • Viable Business Plan—iDE is partnering with Futurepump, a private company that will be responsible for the manufacturing and global distribution of the Sunflower pump.
  • Accompanying Finance Model—iDE is identifying finance models to bring down the high upfront costs that currently make the Sunflower pump cost-prohibitive to smallholder farmers.
  • Established Supply Chain—iDE is identifying national and sub-national level retailers to bring the Sunflower pump to different markets. iDE is working through its last-mile distribution network to provide installation and repair services.
  • Marketing and Educational Resources—iDE is developing training manuals for field technicians and using demonstration plots to convey the benefits of the Sunflower pump for smallholder farmers.[1]


Recently, field testing of pumps has been started in Nepal: read more in the Powering Agriculture April 2016 Newsletter.

Locations: Honduras, Nepal, and Zambia


Impact

Maintaining a solar station © iDE

iDE’s goal is to compete with fossil fuel-powered pumps currently on the market, and ultimately shift famers’ preference toward clean energy pumping solutions. This consumer shift would have a remarkable environmental and socio-economic effect on agrarian communities. Using the CIS instead of a fossil fuel engine can reduce annual carbon emissions by as much as 250 kilograms per 1,000 irrigated square meters.[1]

IDE solar-powered pumps © iDE



Organization

iDE has over 30 years’ experience in developing appropriate agricultural products and engaging the private sector to supply these products to smallholder farmers, improving long-standing agricultural practices. This project is implemented in partnership with PRACTICA Foundation (a Dutch organization that has a focus on the commercial application of technology in the field of water and energy), and Futurepump Ltd.(a UK manufacturer of efficient irrigation pumps).[1]


Progress Update

By the end of the Powering Agriculture Award in June 2017, iDE had pioneered a new product category of solar pump. iDE worked with its partners, Futurepump and the PRACTICA Foundation, on the development and refinement of the Sunflower pump–now branded as the SF1–a highly efficient piston pump powered by an 80-watt PV panel. This latest version of the pump, featuring a 40% reduction in weight and volume while retaining efficiency, was tested at sites in Kenya and began shipping to Nepal and Zambia. iDE installed 1,064 pumps for testing at 48 active field sites; 80 in Honduras, Zambia, Nepal. An additional 4 pumps have been installed in the USA, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, and Cambodia, which shows iDE’s progress towards global distribution. As a result of these field tests, iDE and its partners have gone through five design iterations of the pump. In addition, 80 pumps have been sold to iDE’s private sector partners for sales to end users in Zambia and Nepal.[1]



Further Information



References