SPIS Toolbox - Abbreviations

Introduction

The Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) is designed to enable advisors, service providers and practitioners in the field of solar irrigation to provide broad hands-on guidance to end-users, policy-makers and financiers. Risks related to system efficiency, financial viability and the unsustainable use of water resources can thus be minimized. The Toolbox comprises informative modules supplemented with user-friendly software tools (calculations sheets, checklists, guidelines). read more

Modules and tools touch upon:

• assessing the water requirements,
• comparing the financial viability,
• determining farm profitability and payback of investment in SPIS,
• sustainably design and maintain a SPIS,
• highlight critical workmanship quality aspects,
• and many more.

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Abbreviations

Ah	Ampere hour
CWR	Crop Water Requirement
DC/AC	Direct Current / Alternating Current
ET	Evapotranspiration
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Gd	Daily Global Irradiation
GIZ	Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GIWR	Gross Irrigation Water Requirement
GPFI	Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion
HERA	GIZ Program “Poverty-oriented Basic Energy Services”
HT	Total Head
IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IRR	Internal Rate of Return
IWR	Irrigation Water Requirement
MPPT	Maximum Power Point Tracking
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
NIWR	Net Irrigation Water Requirement
NPV	Net Present Value
m2	Square meter
PV	Photovoltaic
PVP	Photovoltaic Pump
SAT	Side Acceptance Test
SPIS	Solar Powered Irrigation System
STC	Standard Test Conditions
TC	Temperature Coefficient
UV	Ultraviolet
Vd	Daily crop water requirement
W	Watt
Wp	Watt peak