SPIS Toolbox - Set Up - Further Readings

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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.

Further Reading, Links and Tools

Links
  • “Solar-Powered Irrigation Systems – Stocktaking and Analysis Report” by German Technical Cooperation Agency (GIZ) (2015)
  • Schultz and Suryani, 2015. EnDev2 Indonesia: Inspection Guide for Photovoltaic Village Power (PVVP) Systems. GIZ

 

SPIS tools
  • SET UP 01 – PV Acceptance Test: Guideline to compare the installed with the actual capacity of the pump
  • SET UP 02 – Workmanship Quality Checklist: Checklist for inspecting and verifying the workmanship quality

 

The following tools that are assigned to other Modules are also relevant:

  • PROMOTE 01- SPIS Rapid Assessment: on the analysis of the market for service provision
  • DESIGN 03- Pump Sizing Tool: to verify SPIS acceptance testing
  • MAINTAIN 03- Water application uniformity test: that should be implemented directly after setting up the system