Sep 18 2016
An Italian project (CEFA) and the local village company (MVC) have installed a mini-hydro grid in the southern highlands of Tanzania. The project has helped a large off-grid area of Matembwe village to access electricity and build up the local economy and services. It is sustainable thanks to management and maintenance.
Permanent link to this article: https://e4sv.org/changing-lives-energy-access-micro-hydro-grids-rural-tanzania-part-1/
Jun 23 2016
The Smart Villages Initiative is undertaking a set of rigorous impact evaluations to understand the relationship between modern energy access, its productive use, and rural development outcomes. Through building an evidence-base, the Smart Villages Initiative will help stimulate the investment of public and private sector resources in off-grid energy and rural development and ensure that …
Permanent link to this article: https://e4sv.org/rubagabaga-mini-hydro-public-private-community-partnership-project-baseline-data-analysis/
Sep 01 2015
The Smart Villages Initiative held its second major international workshop in Kuching, then capital city of Sarawak, Malaysia in January 2015. The workshop was the outcome of a collaboration between the Smart Villages Initiative, Akademi Sains Malaysia (the Malaysian Academy of Sciences) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). It brought together a diverse group of around …
Permanent link to this article: https://e4sv.org/findings-from-the-kuching-smart-villages-workshop/
Jul 07 2015
This paper uses Practical Action’s experiences with micro-hydro schemes to connect global nexus debates to the experiences of and solutions for remote off-grid communities and smallholder farmers. Through examples in Peru, Nepal, and Zimbabwe we exemplify the need for an integrated approach to energy, water, and food security. We show that decentralized energy provision has …
Permanent link to this article: https://e4sv.org/the-energy-water-food-nexus-at-decentralized-scales/
Apr 30 2015
The Smart Villages Initiative, working with its local partner Practical Action Consulting South Asia, held a workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal on 10th April 2015. The aim of the workshop was to learn lessons from Nepal’s experience of micro/mini-hydroelectric schemes for off-grid rural communities and associated initiatives to stimulate productive enterprises which could be shared with …
Permanent link to this article: https://e4sv.org/smart-villages-in-nepal-kathmandu-workshop-report/
Apr 28 2015
The Smart Villages Initiative together with its local partner, Practical Action Consulting South Asia, held a workshop in Kathmandu on 10th April 2015 to consider off-grid energy systems in Nepal. The workshop focused on Nepal’s substantial experience of micro/mini-hydro schemes, and on initiatives to stimulate productive enterprises enabled by the availability of sustainable electricity supplies. …
Permanent link to this article: https://e4sv.org/findings-from-the-nepal-smart-villages-workshop/
Apr 14 2015
Smart Villages and Practical Action Consulting off-grid village energy workshop in Nepal highlights key role of mini-hydro schemes In the latest of a series of workshops across the SE Asia region, the Smart Villages Initiative and Practical Action Consulting brought together a diverse cross-section of participants in the Nepali off-grid energy sector. The Smart Villages …
Permanent link to this article: https://e4sv.org/off-grid-village-energy-workshop-in-nepal-highlights-key-role-of-mini-hydro-schemes/