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| | = 3rd Webinar: Productive End Use = | | = 3rd Webinar: Productive End Use = |
| | <p style="text-align: center">'''<span style="color: rgb(72,177,69); font-size: 15px">Webinar: Productive End Use of Mini-Grids using Micro/Mini Hydro – Three Examples of How to Make it Happen</span>'''</p><p style="text-align: center"><font color="#48b145"><span style="font-size: 15px;">'''Webinar Recording'''</span></font></p><br/> | | <p style="text-align: center">'''<span style="color: rgb(72,177,69); font-size: 15px">Webinar: Productive End Use of Mini-Grids using Micro/Mini Hydro – Three Examples of How to Make it Happen</span>'''</p><p style="text-align: center"><font color="#48b145"><span style="font-size: 15px;">'''Webinar Recording'''</span></font></p><br/> |
| − | {{#widget:YouTube|id=nyWZ2ocIeDw|height=300|width=600}} Once implemented mini-grids need to be financially sustainable. Their operation and maintenance costs are recovered from tariffs, which depend on power consumption. Providing only lighting is a missed opportunity to bring optimal impact to economically marginalized rural communities. Micro/mini hydropower can generate many kWh's -- we need to learn how to make use of them! Productive End Use (PEU) of energy refers to activities that increase income or productivity in different sectors such as agriculture (e.g. irrigation, grain milling), manufacturing (e.g. carpentry, welding, and sewing), and the service sector (e.g. restaurants using electric lights, sound systems, refrigerators, mobile charging stations).<br/><br/>This third webinar in the series will focus on PEU of mini/micro hydropower systems. It will examine: | + | {{#widget:YouTube|id=nyWZ2ocIeDw|height=300|width=600}}<br/> |
| | + | Once implemented mini-grids need to be financially sustainable. Their operation and maintenance costs are recovered from tariffs, which depend on power consumption. Providing only lighting is a missed opportunity to bring optimal impact to economically marginalized rural communities. Micro/mini hydropower can generate many kWh's -- we need to learn how to make use of them! Productive End Use (PEU) of energy refers to activities that increase income or productivity in different sectors such as agriculture (e.g. irrigation, grain milling), manufacturing (e.g. carpentry, welding, and sewing), and the service sector (e.g. restaurants using electric lights, sound systems, refrigerators, mobile charging stations).<br/> |
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| | + | This third webinar in the series will focus on PEU of mini/micro hydropower systems. It will examine: |
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| | *the social and technical pre-conditions, such as load management and technical reliability, and options such as mechanical drive for agricultural processing | | *the social and technical pre-conditions, such as load management and technical reliability, and options such as mechanical drive for agricultural processing |
| | *the increase of load factor through PEU and corresponding increase of the economic viability of the system | | *the increase of load factor through PEU and corresponding increase of the economic viability of the system |
| | *three examples of systems promoting productive end use in different countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal. It will present pros and cons of electrifying "existing activities” versus “new businesses”. | | *three examples of systems promoting productive end use in different countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal. It will present pros and cons of electrifying "existing activities” versus “new businesses”. |
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Renewable energy mini-grids are a widely discussed solution for cost-effective and reliable energy access. However, within the mini-grids dialogue micro and mini hydropower (MHP)1 is often overlooked, despite the large number of beneficial projects operating globally, particularly in rural regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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Many MHP systems originated as water mills that were upgraded to generate electricity (e.g. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India). Some have transitioned from isolated mini-grids to grid-interconnected systems (e.g. Indonesia and Sri Lanka). As a proven technology with a long track record, micro/mini hydropower is the focus of this webinar series, which will also analyze similarities and differences among the various mini-grid technologies. Each webinar in the series will focus on a distinct and relevant topic, namely Technology Differentiation, Grid-Interconnection, and Productive End Use.
The objectives of this webinar series are to strengthen the sector by:
- facilitating exchange among field practitioners, regional and international experts
- creating awareness on up-to-date developments, barriers and opportunities.
[1] In this context, micro hydropower refers to <100kW, and mini hydropower refers to 100 - 1000 kW (or 1MW).
