US-DPRK NEXT STEPS WORKSHOP January 27, 2003 Washington DC

Session 4 – Access & Information in the DPRK,

What Works, What Fails

Energy Projects

 

David Von Hippel

ACCESS & INFORMATION IN THE ACCESS & INFORMATION IN THE DPRK: EXPERIENCE IN DPRK: EXPERIENCE IN

CONDUCTING THE NAUTILUS CONDUCTING THE NAUTILUS UNHARI VILLAGE RURAL UNHARI VILLAGE RURAL

ENERGY SURVEYENERGY SURVEY

Prepared by David Von Hippel

Nautilus Institutewww.nautilus.org

US DPRK NEXT STEPS WORKSHOP

Washington DCJanuary 27

Necessary Scale and Speed for Successful Engagement at Project Level

Cheap (<$250,000) Fast (start-up <6 months)

Small-scale Tangible benefits May 13, 1998 Tall Tower October 1998, System CompletedLeft at Unhari and powering clinic, kindergarten,

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Example of Data Use in Joint Nautilus/DPRK Project Decision-making

Set International Standards for Resource Assessment, Performance Norms, EvaluationTop left: DPRK Renewable Energy Delegation visit World Bank HQ Renewable Energy Division, Washington, DC. December 4, 1997; Top Right: Household End Use SurveyBottom Right: Constructing Load Curve; Bottom Left: Load Curve

Summer Electric Loads by Device: Estimate for All Households in Unhari

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Water Samples Tested for Coliform (fecal origin) Bacteria:

Four Samples at Left are From Unhari Water Supplies (yellow color indicates contamination)

American and Korean

Engineers Working Atop

Windmill Tower

Trust But Verify

Installing new compact fluorescent

light bulbs—September 2000

Training Should be Done at Every Step, Every Level: Wind Turbine Power-house Training

Installing "Ground Rods" at Unhari with DPRK Engineer