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|GBE project name=Water pumps in Senegal
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|GBE project name=Access to Solar-Powered Water Pumps in Laikipia in Kenya
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|GBE organisation=LUISE
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|GBE organisation=SNV Netherlands Development  Organisation
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|GBE date start=2023-01-01
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|GBE date start=June 2021
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|GBE date end=2023-04-03
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|GBE date end=June 2023
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|GBE project description=Challenge
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|GBE project description=Access to and awareness of clean and affordable energy solutions is an important pillar for the economic development of the region. An important focus of the project is therefore to work with so-called lead farmers at the local level to facilitate on-farm practical trainings. In parallel, the project also strengthens the supply side by supporting national and international manufacturers and traders to expand their distribution channels to rural areas. To enable more people to purchase solar water pumps, the project promotes access to appropriate, affordable and flexible payment models through local credit providers or rural savings and credit groups. In the end, the economic viability of the solar pumps also depends on the buyers generating higher yields with the solar water pumps. Focussing on the highest return on investment, the project promotes solar water pumps for irrigation in horticulture farming (vegetables and pulses) and animal farming (water and fodder for animals) through training and education of smallholder farmers on best farming practices and application of solar water pumps.
  
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The Magrabi ICO Cameroon Eye Institute (MICEI) in
 
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Cameroon is sub-Saharan Africa’s first non-profit ophthal�mology institute. Launched in 2017, the institute is located
 
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20 kilometres north of Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé. Accor�ding to MICEI, the institute has provided over 100,000
 
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consultations and over 5,000 (subsidised) eye surgeries,
 
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since its launch. For these treatments, the institute needs
 
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a secure energy supply as well as an overall reduction in
 
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energy costs, as both will lead to more resources available to
 
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the institute to reach a greater amount of people. Presently,
 
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MICEI’s power supply principally relies on the national
 
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electricity network, provided by a hydroelectric dam,
 
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situated some 350 km from the site. The energy supply has
 
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proved to be unreliable since MICEI is situated in a rural
 
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community with power rationing as part of load sharing. As
 
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the national electricity grid is prone to power cuts and
 
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breakdowns, the institute also operates an emergency gener�ator. The electricity costs are high and exceeded €72,000
 
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between August 2016 and September 2018.
 
  
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Impact Logic
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The project addresses barriers that hinder business and market growth for the private sector looking to promote clean energy access products. Of particular importance to the project is the cooperation with lead farmers, who provide their farms and water sources as the training and demonstration sites to stimulate demand for solar water pumps. The project further makes a targeted effort in a defined geographic space to expand local technical capacity, knowledge and understanding of one tested and proven solar-powered water pump technology and best practice in applying this technology to maximise benefits for smallholder farmers. Finally, through the integration of the local credit providers,the project also supports access to finance.
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|GBE financed=Small Projects Fund
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The MICEI Solar Energy for Eye Care project is imple�mented in several steps. The first step is an environmental
 
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impact assessment, followed by the design of the required
 
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photovoltaic system and the establishment of a project
 
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team. The staff responsible for operation and maintenance
 
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is trained accordingly. The photovoltaic system provides
 
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electricity for interior lighting, street
 
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lighting and power for the Institute’s operations, as
 
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stipulated by the project plan. As a back-up – for example
 
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in times of monsoon – the MICEI can fall back on the
 
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national power grid. Through an improved and climate
 
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friendly clean energy supply MICEI can save costs, operate
 
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more effectively, and extend the provision of health services.
 
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Innovative Project Element
 
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In Cameroon the demand for electric energy far outstrips
 
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the available supply. Furthermore, transportation from the
 
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source of production to the final consumer has been very
 
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challenging (due to power loss and variations). So far, there
 
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is very little engagement in seeking solar energy supply.
 
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MICEI seems to be the first health institution to have the
 
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facility equipment powered by solar energy in Cameroon,
 
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and the first non-profit eye hospital in Africa. The solar
 
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system is based on three autonomous modules, corresponding to three components: internal lightning, street lights and
 
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machines. The modular design approach of these compon�ents has two key advantages. The first advantage is flexibi�lity in implementation, the second is efficiency in mainte�nance. The modular design facilitates maintenance since a
 
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fault in one subsystem does not affect the other subsystems.
 
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At the same time the system has the possibility to switch
 
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back to the national power grid. This allows the existing
 
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power supply to be used as backup to the solar system and
 
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it provides continuity of service in the event of a fault in the
 
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solar system.
 
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|GBE financed=Small Project
 
 
|GBE category produse=Productive Use
 
|GBE category produse=Productive Use
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|GBE country=Senegal
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|GBE category skills=Skills Development
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|GBE countrySPF=Kenya
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|GBE locationSPF=0.28585, 36.82577
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|GBE FS source=Wiki Upload
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|GBE FS source Wiki=GBE-SPF_SNV_Projectfactsheet.pdf
 
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Latest revision as of 07:42, 7 May 2024

Access to Solar-Powered Water Pumps in Laikipia in Kenya

Last edit made by Helen Mengs on 2024-05-07. This is a wiki, do not hesitate to update information by clicking on "Edit with form".

Key Data

Organisation
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Duration
June 2021 - June 2023
Project Description
Access to and awareness of clean and affordable energy solutions is an important pillar for the economic development of the region. An important focus of the project is therefore to work with so-called lead farmers at the local level to facilitate on-farm practical trainings. In parallel, the project also strengthens the supply side by supporting national and international manufacturers and traders to expand their distribution channels to rural areas. To enable more people to purchase solar water pumps, the project promotes access to appropriate, affordable and flexible payment models through local credit providers or rural savings and credit groups. In the end, the economic viability of the solar pumps also depends on the buyers generating higher yields with the solar water pumps. Focussing on the highest return on investment, the project promotes solar water pumps for irrigation in horticulture farming (vegetables and pulses) and animal farming (water and fodder for animals) through training and education of smallholder farmers on best farming practices and application of solar water pumps.


The project addresses barriers that hinder business and market growth for the private sector looking to promote clean energy access products. Of particular importance to the project is the cooperation with lead farmers, who provide their farms and water sources as the training and demonstration sites to stimulate demand for solar water pumps. The project further makes a targeted effort in a defined geographic space to expand local technical capacity, knowledge and understanding of one tested and proven solar-powered water pump technology and best practice in applying this technology to maximise benefits for smallholder farmers. Finally, through the integration of the local credit providers,the project also supports access to finance.
GBE Component
Small Projects Fund
Categories
  • Productive Use
  • Skills Development




Factsheet
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Location

Country SPF
Kenya
Geographic coordinates of project site
0° 17' 9.06" N, 36° 49' 32.77" E
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