Case Studies

Once any project supported by WISIONS is successfully completed it becomes part of our body of case studies. Here, we systematically reflect upon the outcomes and impacts on people’s livelihoods. 

Lack of trust in and information about decentralized renewable energy solutions is still a main challenge to accelerating just energy transitions in contexts of the global south. WISIONS case studies provide practical illustrations of what works – and what doesn’t – for driving local sustainable development of people by improving access to clean energy.

With over 130 innovative energy projects completed since WISIONS founding in 2004, we built up a considerable amount of knowledge that is open to use for every researcher and practitioner.

Knowledge Exchanges

A special subtype of projects are knowledge exchanges. Their aim is to facilitate South-South knowledge exchange between practitioners, organisations and other stakeholders. We firmly believe that access to knowledge empowers individuals to become the drivers of their own energy transformations. That's why we have supported nearly 30 exchanges so far.

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The solar food network (www.solarfood.org) was established in 2006 with the financial support of WISIONS. The project's aim is to provide ideas and examples of food processing with sustainable energy sources in developing countries. So far it has been a successful network, with over 200 registered members from more than 40 countries. The website continuously attracts visitors and new registrations. No fees are charged for registration. The main objective of this short-term support was to update the website's practice module, making it more attractive and informative for visitors to the site. To reach this aim the template for uploading project data has been updated and a selection of good practice examples from SEPS projects and other projects have been added to the website. Overall, the website has been improved with audio-visual material such as images and videos that now provide visitors with ideas and successful examples of harvesting solar energy for the commercial production of food products.

Small wind energy systems for rural energy access in Odisha, India

Biodigestion systems for small-scale ventures: Enhancing low-carbon food value chains

To enhance low-carbon food value chains in the Guatemalan highlands

Value-addition to food crop processing: Converting banana plant-waste to cooking-fuel

To provide clean cooking fuel at village level while improving income opportunities and giving appropriate treatment to crop residues

New Life for broken Solar Cells - PV Recycling in Burkina Faso

Powering a village sustainably: generating electricity from waste-based biogas

To facilitate access to electricity in rural communities through community enterprises that generate electricity by using local sources.

Piloting solar energy projects in four Timor-Leste communities

To provide schools. health clinics and community centers with continues light trough community-led PV solar systems

Pico Hydro development and scaling up, to light up the lives of rural poor in remote and inaccessible areas

To provide reliable and renewable electricity to 75 remote off-grid households, using 35 pico hydo units