Sustainable Business - Village electrification through So...
Sustainable Business - Village electrification through Solar Panels and LED lights
Idea Description
There are 1.6 billion people who rely exclusively on kerosene for their lighting needs. As per dlightdesign eliminating kerosene lamps will improved health, saving lives due to fire, access to children quality education, more savings and higher income. We will install 1 kw system for 5000$ per village and each 8-LED lamp with battery will cost 10$. To make this as a sustainable business we will rent the LED lamp for 1$/ week. (1$/ week is the average amount of cost involved for buying kerosene in rural areas of the world). We will charge and replace batteries for free and offer free support. We will generate employment in the village. This is a sustainable business which can spread across.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
With 10k i want to introduce this concepts with a 500 watt or 1 kw system in one village. We will train 10 to 20 in the village and offer them jobs how to maintain solar system, charge batteries, repair LED lights. They will collect 1$ every week for charging batteries. If this is successful in transforming people from kerosene to LED lamps and create employment, we will replicate this process across different villages. Concepts is, we will install the solar system and give away LED lights for FREE. Users pay 1$/ week to get their batteries recharged. We will collect the funds and use to pay salaries and remaining to pay back the money we used to invest.
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Hi Khanjan, Thanks for your comments. 5,000$ is not just for solar panels, we need inverter, batteries and installation right? I have seen your PDF. Very good project and lessons. See this project also: http://www.globalgiving.com/pr/1300/proj1207a.html Thanks, Kris
Great idea! Surely will be beneficial to people and environment. Some comments: You should have a bettery at the solar collector to sustain operations on cloudy days. You don't need inverters because it is all DC (no AC needed for battery power) The batteries won't have to be recharged for months because LEDs use very very little power. As an engineer, I can say that tropical heat is not a problem for solar panels.
there are so many villages in india that still run on kerosene lamp. your idea will help several people. good luck!