SVRG and our partners are currently working on the following projects. Scroll down for older, completed projects.
The world is facing a rapidly evolving challenge: how to meet the needs of a growing population while addressing the climate crisis. Sustainable energy is at the heart of solutions to both these challenges. One such visionary initiative is Mission 300, an ambitious target set by Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All). This mission aims to …
Aligning with Mission 300: Accelerated Energy Access w Smart Agri-Centres Read More »
Click on the image above to download a two page flyer outlining SVRG’s Smart Agri-Centre solution for rural offgrid communities, and detailing the community-wide impacts that a SAC can generate sustainably into the future.
Smart Villages was awarded this InnovateUK Energy Catalyst round 10 project in a consortium with our Lesotho partners the National University of Lesotho’s Energy Research Centre and local energy renewable company MOSCET, our Tanzanian partners OMASI, and our Ugandan partners Kiima Foods. Minigrids are a popular solution for community-wide offgrid electricity access, because they allow …
Low Voltage SWER for Affordable Microgrid Distribution Infrastructure (LS, TZ, UG) Read More »
Smart Villages was awarded this InnovateUK Energy Catalyst round 10 project in a consortium with our Ugandan and South Sudanese partner, ApTech Africa ltd. Project Overview This is a combined Electrical Storage System (ESS) and Solar Water Pumping project. It will supply 24/7 power and water to a hospital and 2 school in South Sudan. …
Renewable Energy and Water Supply Hubs for Schools and Hospitals (SS) Read More »
This report sets out the community-wide impact measured from the Mbata Smart Agri-Centre over its first two years of operation. This was compiled as part of our evidence as part of the Milken-Motsepe Green Energy prize competition. Click on the image above to open a copy of the pdf report.
2023 was another busy year for the project and our partners Chemolex in Nairobi. And a year in which we benefitted from continuation funding, extending the original 3-year project by a further year, from UC Santa Barbara and the Benioff and Coca-Cola Foundations. Main activities throughout the year were continuing to operate the riverside trash …
Removing Plastic from Kenya’s Rivers – Year 4 Report Read More »
Can sustainable energy transform the livelihoods of agricultural communities? This video explores the impact of Smart Agri-Centres, an innovative energy access solution created by Smart Villages and Kiima Foods, a UK-Uganda partnership.
Smart Villages was awarded this InnovateUK Energy Catalyst round 9 project in a consortium with our Tanzanian partner, OMASI, and an additional partner from Uganda, ApTech Africa ltd, to build on the success of our original ECR6 Sustainable Integrated Community Energy innovation project. Project Overview From 2019-2022 in Northern Tanzania, SVRG and OMASI collaborated on …
Borehole Solarisation and Payment Enforcement in Rural Tanzania Read More »
SVRG is carrying this InnovateUK Energy catalyst round 9 project out together with our Ugandan partners, ApTech Africa ltd, to build on the success of our original ECR7 Pay-N-Pump innovation project. Project Overview PAY-N-PUMP is an innovative smart digital pay-as-you-go water-pumping and irrigation solution for small scale farmers in Uganda, built in a push-cart format, …
Pay-N-Pump 2.0 – adding storage to mobile solar irrigation systems Read More »
This report details the results of detailed and comprehensive surveys and qualitative analysis of the socio-economic impact of the Smart Agri-Centre over the first year of usage in the community of Mbata in Uganda. The report was produced as part of Smart Villages’ participation in the Milken-Motsepe AgriTech prize competition.
This report details the results of detailed and comprehensive surveys and analysis of the impact of the Smart Agri-Centre over the first year of usage in the community of Mbata in Uganda. The report was produced as part of Smart Villages’ participation in the Milken-Motsepe AgriTech prize competition.
Click on the image above to read the qualitative and quantitative impact report for our Energy Catalyst rd 6 project on Community Energy Solutions in rural Tanzania. This report examines the responses from the communities across a broad range of impact metrics. Impacts were reported by survey participants in areas much more widely than just …
Tanzania Community Energy Systems: Impact Report Read More »
Click on the image above to read the qualitative and quantitative impact report for our Energy Catalyst rd 7 project on Smart AgriCentres (Farmers’ Enterprise Centres) in rural Uganda. This report examines the responses from the communities across a broad range of impact metrics, finding particularly that impacts were felt much more widely than just …
SVRG and partners developed our locally-appropriate, low cost low-tech cold storage solution under an Efficiency for Access R&D Fund grant between 2019 and 2021. This is the Innovator Series report produced by the Energy Saving Trust about SVRG’s innovation and the results of our research.
The Challenge Rural communities in the developing world often require access to high-power equipment, such as for flour milling or welding, but to run these services can require power at the minigrid-scale of more than 10kW. When this equipment is not running, the baseline demand for power is extremely low (a typical solar home system …
Aim: Utilise technology to support maths teaching and learning in rural secondary schools in Tanzania. Outcome: Maths learning app successfully developed and tested with student cohort, demonstrating between 10-21% increase in maths ability after only 6 weeks. Future: Develop more content to support more of the maths curriculum, trial in other countries, and do a …
Sustainable Offgrid Ed-Tech for the Developing World (Completed) Read More »
Project Aim: Develop and test a new method for improving access to healthcare for unserved Maasai communities in Northern Tanzania Outcome: Conducted over 11 different types of research activity in 4 rural Maasai communities, with a total of over 200 participants including health professionals, to determine health needs and priorities. Successfully applied existing video-conferencing technology …
Innovative Off-grid Access To Healthcare (STI4D, Completed) Read More »
The project aimed to develop a product which could: 1. Report on an entire solar system (AC currents, AC voltages, DC currents, and DC voltages), independent of the equipment manufacturer. 2. Divert excess energy directly from the solar panels to an auxiliary load, using historic data and AI algorithms to determine when there is sufficient …
Off-grid energy reporting technology (Completed) Read More »
SVRG are carrying out this 3 month project with funding from InnovateUK, the UK’s Innovation Agency. Most of our community development solutions have been powered by clean offgrid solar electricity. Monitoring and controlling these systems can be challenging, as every equipment manufacturer tends to have their own bespoke monitoring and data collection system. This presents …
Off-grid multi-energy reporting system and AI load controller Read More »
SVRG is carrying this project out jointly with our partners non-profit Energy Action Partners in Malaysia, and innovative private sector minigrid developer Clear Sky Power in Somaliland. This project is funded by InnovateUK, the UK’s Innovation Agency. Worldwide, renewable energy minigrids hold great promise for providing electricity to over 1 billion people who are still …
Demand-side Modelling in Somaliland with the Minigrid Game Read More »