Ann McLean - Community development specialist; assessment of resources that could be developed with power; energy needs and use, survey design and execution, analysis, load planning, community mobilisation and formation of CBO, consumer education in safe and productive uses of power, training in micro-utility management including tariff setting, load planning, billing, bookkeeping, banking, depreciation reserve management; monitoring and institutional framework construction and higher level stakeholder liaison.
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 Wind-Diesel Hybrid Energy
Durgai Village, Zardaloo Valley, Sibi District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Client: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council/Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand
Names of Senior Staff Involved and Functions:
Narrative Description of Project:
This project entails feasibility study (social, financial and technical) for a community owned and managed 10 kW wind-diesel hybrid system including a solar generation component. The installation serves a village plus the schools and health post serving nine villages in the Zardaloo Valley. Activities to date have included
energy, agricultural and other natural resources assessment, installation of a 20 m meteorological data gathering tower to gather solar insolation, wind speed and direction data to identify the comparative advantages of wind and solar diesel hybrids to the community. Design of an energy generation, storage and distribution system was undertaken when technical and financial feasibility was established. Tariff setting, management and consumer training, technical training and support, power utilisation and demand side/supply side management models form an integral part of the project. The project aim is to establish a model for remote communities to sustainably operate their own power utilities, and to replicate the project in a programme involving community contribution, government and donor funding agencies.
energy, agricultural and other natural resources assessment, installation of a 20 m meteorological data gathering tower to gather solar insolation, wind speed and direction data to identify the comparative advantages of wind and solar diesel hybrids to the community. Design of an energy generation, storage and distribution system was undertaken when technical and financial feasibility was established. Tariff setting, management and consumer training, technical training and support, power utilisation and demand side/supply side management models form an integral part of the project. The project aim is to establish a model for remote communities to sustainably operate their own power utilities, and to replicate the project in a programme involving community contribution, government and donor funding agencies.
Services Provided by Empower Consultants
• Project identification, formulation and co-writing of funding application; project management
• Technical appraisal of tender documentation and identification of improvement opportunities for equipment and specifications
• Community mobilisation, consultation survey and monitoring throughout the project to ascertain energy demand levels and patterns of consumption; consumer education in safe and productive power use
• Identification of opportunities for uses of power to support livelihood activities focussed on poverty reduction.
• Technical assistance in installation and commissioning of wind, solar and diesel and battery storage equipment
• 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 Government of Pakistan stakeholder agencies and clients, stakeholder workshops, monitoring and report writing
