Micro-Solar Utilities for Small-Scale Irrigation - Revision history

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 = Further Information<br/> =
-*[[Portal:Powering Agriculture|Powering Agriculture Portal on energypedia]]<br/>
+*[[Portal:Water and Energy for Food|Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) portal on energypedia]]
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 *[http://poweringag.org/innovators Powering Agriculture Homepage, Winners/ Innovators]<br/>
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-The Earth Institute has installed three pilot solar PV pumping systems, which will serve seven farmers each (21 total) from a single, centralized array. Farmers on [http://poweringag.org/news-events/news/solar-powered-agricultural-water-pumping-system-running-senegal the first system] have been paying for the service since early 2015 with high satisfaction. The next two pilot systems have been installed in Senegal and are awaiting pump installations. These latter two systems have solar tracking systems&nbsp;designed to optimize pump usage by increasing the time period during a day which the solar panels are collecting the maximum amount of energy (normal to the sun’s rays).<ref name="Powering Agriculture: http://poweringag.org/innovators/micro-solar-utilities-small-scale-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: http://poweringag.org/innovators/micro-solar-utilities-small-scale-irrigation</ref><br/>
+By the end of the Powering Agriculture Award in March 2016, Earth Institute had installed three shared battery-less solar PV pumping systems in Potou, Senegal. The three shared systems serve 21 farms, including a farm run by a women’s cooperative, and are now seeing maximum utilization. Farmers have experienced a 29% average increase in agricultural production, and resulted in 24 tons of CO<sub><font size="2">2</font></sub> equivalent emissions avoided from not having to use diesel pumps. Eight persons have been trained on how to service the pumping systems. The project is now seeking partnerships for scaling up, adoption and local maintenance contracts.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: http://poweringag.org/innovators/micro-solar-utilities-small-scale-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: http://poweringag.org/innovators/micro-solar-utilities-small-scale-irrigation</ref><br/>
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-[http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sections/view/9 Earth Institute’s] solution will enable a small group of farmers to use a central [[Solar Energy in|solar energy]] unit to power multiple AC pumps for irrigation. The proposed solution takes advantage of the benefits of solar without the high costs associated with DC-powered pumps and battery storage. This power will be accessed by farmers with prepaid electricity cards issued by a micro-utility, and sold through local vendors who will benefit from a small commission. Recognizing that a major obstacle to technology adoption is [[Portal:Financing and Funding|financing]], a tariff-based financing model will allow customers to cover their appliance loans in small payments added into their micro-utility bills.<br/>
+[http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sections/view/9 Earth Institute’s] solution will enable a small group of farmers to use a central [[Solar Energy|solar energy]] unit to power multiple AC pumps for irrigation. The proposed solution takes advantage of the benefits of solar without the high costs associated with DC-powered pumps and battery storage. This power will be accessed by farmers with prepaid electricity cards issued by a micro-utility, and sold through local vendors who will benefit from a small commission. Recognizing that a major obstacle to technology adoption is [[Portal:Financing and Funding|financing]], a tariff-based financing model will allow customers to cover their appliance loans in small payments added into their micro-utility bills.<br/>
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 The first solar pump controller has been now shipped by the Earth Institute to Senegal: 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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-This innovation will reduce the price of energy for irrigation significantly while reducing the carbon intensity of irrigation and the labor expended on it. These benefits are particularly powerful when looking at the demographics of Senegal’s agricultural workforce, which is more than 85% women.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: http://poweringag.org/innovators/micro-solar-utilities-small-scale-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: http://poweringag.org/innovators/micro-solar-utilities-small-scale-irrigation</ref><br/>
+https://energypedia.info/images/2/25/Mirco-solar_utilities_senegal_1.pngThis innovation will reduce the price of energy for irrigation significantly while reducing the carbon intensity of irrigation and the labor expended on it. These benefits are particularly powerful when looking at the demographics of Senegal’s agricultural workforce, which is more than 85% women.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: http://poweringag.org/innovators/micro-solar-utilities-small-scale-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: http://poweringag.org/innovators/micro-solar-utilities-small-scale-irrigation</ref><br/>
-[[File:Mirco-solar utilities senegal 1.png|thumb|right|800px|© The Earth Institute]]<br/>
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