Ann McLean - Community Development Specialist. Baseline socio-economic survey, energy needs and use, livelihoods resources assessment, community consultation, CBO mobilisation and institutional support, consumer education, management training in operation of small utility - budget and tariff setting, load planning, billing, bookkeeping, depreciation schedules; liaison with institutional stakeholders, workshops, monitoring, reporting
Tony Woods - Team Leader, Renewable Energy Engineer. Tony's responsibilities included selection, installation and commissioning of a wind monitoring tower and review of data generated. Review of financial feasibility based on survey data collected. Overall system design including all equipment and distribution line. Training of operators, managers and master trainers. Installation, commissioning and participation in monitoring and evaluation.
Community Managed Solar-Diesel Hybrid Energy
Chib Kalmati, Gwadar District, Balochistan , Pakistan
Client: Balochistan Environment Protection Agency/Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand
Names of Senior Staff Involved and Functions:
Narrative Description of Project:
This project involved the selection and pre-feasibility studies (social, financial and technical) for a community
owned and managed solar-diesel hybrid system in coastal Pakistan. To date, a 20 m meteorological data gathering tower has recorded solar insolation, wind speed and directional data to clarify the energy generation options open to the community. The design of an energy generation, storage and distribution system was undertaken early in 2002 once technical and financial feasibility was established. A micro-utility has been established to receive technical training in operation and maintenance and management training in bookkeeping, tariff setting, power utilisation, demand side/supply side management, and depreciation planning. The aim is to establish a model for remote communities to sustainably operate their own power utilities, and to replicate the project via a programme run by government and bilateral funding agencies. Investigations were also undertaken to determine the possibility of manufacturing system componentry locally during the course of the assignment.
owned and managed solar-diesel hybrid system in coastal Pakistan. To date, a 20 m meteorological data gathering tower has recorded solar insolation, wind speed and directional data to clarify the energy generation options open to the community. The design of an energy generation, storage and distribution system was undertaken early in 2002 once technical and financial feasibility was established. A micro-utility has been established to receive technical training in operation and maintenance and management training in bookkeeping, tariff setting, power utilisation, demand side/supply side management, and depreciation planning. The aim is to establish a model for remote communities to sustainably operate their own power utilities, and to replicate the project via a programme run by government and bilateral funding agencies. Investigations were also undertaken to determine the possibility of manufacturing system componentry locally during the course of the assignment.
Services Provided by Empower Consultants:
• Project identification and formulation and obtaining funding
• Technical appraisal of tender documentation and identification of improvement opportunities for equipment and specifications
• Community mobilisation, consultation and surveying through out the project to ascertain energy demand levels and patterns of consumption, along with opportunities for productive power use focused on poverty alleviation
• Technical assistance in installation and commissioning of wind, solar, diesel, inverter and battery equipment
• Overall project management responsibility
• Identification of opportunities for the manufacture of renewable energy components in Pakistan
• Training of local operators and managers on site as well as supply side and generation side review and analysis in order to ascertain opportunities for improvement.
Liaison with clients, workshops with stakeholders and report writing
• Technical appraisal of tender documentation and identification of improvement opportunities for equipment and specifications
• Community mobilisation, consultation and surveying through out the project to ascertain energy demand levels and patterns of consumption, along with opportunities for productive power use focused on poverty alleviation
• Technical assistance in installation and commissioning of wind, solar, diesel, inverter and battery equipment
• Overall project management responsibility
• Identification of opportunities for the manufacture of renewable energy components in Pakistan
• Training of local operators and managers on site as well as supply side and generation side review and analysis in order to ascertain opportunities for improvement.
Liaison with clients, workshops with stakeholders and report writing
