SPIS Toolbox - Set Up - Further Readings

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.

TRAINING

APP

E-LEARNING

TUTORIAL VIDEOS

NEWSLETTER

TOOLBOX DOWNLOAD

HANDBOOK

ABBREVIATIONS

GLOSSARY

PASSWORD

Further Reading, Links and Tools

Links

• “IRRIG8QUICK Irrigation Calibration Quick Test - Guidelines for Drip Micro Irrigation” by Page Blomer Associates (2009) at: www.claw.net.nz/resources/irrigation (08/13/2015)

• “Solar-Powered Irrigation Systems – Stocktaking and Analysis Report” by German Technical Cooperation Agency (GIZ) (2015)
• Schultz and Suryani, 2015. EnDev 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