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300,000 houses w/o access to grid power
US$ 250M Government project in 2004 to install 200,000 Solar Home Systems (SHS)
80% failure (2010 UNDP report)
• No maintenance plan / training
• Installed and left
9 Refugee camps along the border: 130,000 refugees from Burma/Myanmar
48%
22%
10%
20%
Tak
Challenges
No Access to Grid
History of Border Green Energy
Team (BGET) Solar Cooking Small Hydro Power
Solar Electric System
Biogas for Cooking Hydraulic Ram Pump
Renewable Energy
Accomplishments
2005 - 2010
• 8 Micro-hydro systems
• > 200 Solar electric systems for medical clinics, schools, households
• 5 Bio-digesters for cooking gas
• 8 Water filters/purifiers
• 2 Water pumping systems
• 1 Solar water heater
• > 500 trainings on solar cooking, biogas, water pumping, micro hydro, solar electric, water filter
No. of working systems in 2011
• 2 Micro-hydro
• 100 Solar electric systems ??
• 1 Bio-digesters
• 8 Water filters/purifiers??
• 1 Water pumping systems
• 1 Solar water heater
• No. of people still know or use the knowledge from the training ???
Project Sustainability
Strong community
Long-term financial support
Reliable Technology/trained locals
Impact assessment/evaluation
Check list for Sustainability
• The Grace Garden:
“Sustainable Living and
Learning for Children
in Need”
• Solar social
enterprise provides
products &
maintenance services
Impact Conclusions
98% better health due to 0% use kerosene
80% save on other lighting expenses
73% more social relationships
67% children more motivated to study
50% more time to weave
31% more time to work
25% earn more income
Sales 1
Sales 2
Rent 3
Rent 4
Revenue Stream
• Lantern & Cell Phone Charger • Full payment, no maintenance service • $65
• Solar Panel (130 Watts) • Full payment, no maintenance service • $425
• Restored Home System with governmental installed panels • 5-year contract with maintenance • $123/year
• Complete Home System with new solar panels • 5-year contract with maintenance • $231/year
A combination of 2 and 3 is most likely purchased by the customers
Education/Learning Center
• orphans, refugees, children at risk
• vocational skills
Permaculture/Sustainable Agriculture
• food forest
• natural resources
Renewable Energy/Appropriate
Technology
• water management
• demonstration & operation systems
• independent energy production
Visions of the Grace Garden
”Let us not become weary in doing good,
for at the proper time we will reap a
harvest if we do not give up.
Therefore, as we have opportunity,
let us do good to all people…”
Galatians 6: 9-10
Thank you very much!
www.bget.org