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SEPS Hydro Call 2013: Selected Projects
Following our most recent call for proposals from Southern and South East Asia, which focused on pico and micro-hydro power technologies, we are pleased to advise that the following projects have been selected as being eligible for SEPS support:
Projects
Sustainable Micro-Hydro through Energizing Rural Enterprises and Livelihood
Organization: Practical Action
Country: Nepal
Project’s aim: to improve the reliability of power production from MHPs through the rehabilitation of existing plants.
Implementation of Low Head Micro Hydro to Support Clean Water Supply for a Boarding School
Organization: Indonesian Institute of Sciences – Research Center for Electrical Power and Mechatronics
Country: Indonesia
Project’s aim: to use renewable energy resources to generate the school’s electricity and clean water needs.
Integrating Watershed Development and Conservation in the Ancestral Forests of Ulu Papar
Organization: Green Empowerment
Country: Malaysia
Project’s aim: to provide the three villages of Pongobonon, Lokogungan and Kalangaan with access to clean water, renewable electricity and income generation opportunities.
Exchanges
South-Southeast Asia Concrete Pico-Hydro Turbine Technology Transfer
Organization: Green Empowerment
Country: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Philippines, Malaysia
Objective of the exchange: to transfer knowledge about a low-cost, easy-to-assemble pico-hydro turbine prototype, developed by the Sri Lankan organization Janathakshan, to other member organizations of the Micro-Hydro Empowerment Network (HPNet).
Micro Hydro for Myanmar: Practice-to-Policy Dialogue with Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
Organization: Renewable Energy Association of Myanmar (REAM)
Country: Myanmar
Objective of the exchange: to characterize demand and potential of micro-hydro power in Myanmar, offer expert exchange, and discuss possible implementation approaches for this technology in the future.
Comprehensive data base on Reliable Load Controllers for Hydro Projects
Organization: Janathakshan (GTE) Ltd.
Country: Sri Lanka
Objective of the exchange: to develop a comprehensive database to address the lack of reliable information on the variety of types of load controllers and suppliers for micro-hydro projects.
