Income generating activities for rural people in cold desert areas of the Western Himalayas, directed by GERES (Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités)

Improvement of rural people livelihood
in cold desert areas of the Western Himalayas

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LIGHT : micro hydro

Context

Remote regions cannot be connected to central electrification. But energetic services are an impor-tant support to develop economic activities, such as carpentry, wool spinning or oil extrusion (see picture below), and domestic lighting is a consider-able improvement in the villagers' livelihood.

Objectives

The project aims to equip 20 villages (or 100 kW) with micro-hydro turbines, generating power between 5 and 10 kW. Each village will set up a committee in charge of the management of the power units including fee collection. Selected community members will be trained for the main-tenance and operation of the Power Units.

 

Micro-hydro unit

Micro-hydro unit

 

 

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