Feasibility studies of deploying solar hydro mini/micro grids for 24/7 electricity in remote off-grid communities in South Asia

在这个项目中，我们将进行一项可行性研究，部署我们的专利全天候太阳能水电微电网，为南亚偏远的离网社区提供清洁，负担得起和安全的电力，尼泊尔、孟加拉国（吉大港山区）和不丹。我们的系统将多种好处整合在一起：缓解能源贫困，增强当地工业的能力，改善生活质量，如清洁饮用水和当地互联网服务。在整个南亚，大量生活在偏远、孤立村庄的人仍然没有通电。大多数依赖于低质量的燃料，如煤油，蜡烛，牛粪和木柴。已经尝试将太阳能家庭系统（SHS）分配给单个家庭，但存在挑战。季风严重影响太阳能电池板发电，当系统在几年后出现故障时，村民们只能自己收拾残局，而配电商早就搬走了。电网扩建通常承诺但很少兑现，即使实现，成本也太高，甩负荷（停电）很常见。我们的太阳能水电微电网能够以可承受的价格提供电网质量的电力，持续数十年。根据多年来对成功的农村能源项目的研究而开发的商业模式，当地企业家将成为我们运营的骨干。社区的所有成员都将以负担得起的价格连接到我们的微电网。企业主将能够出售食品和药品，操作电力设备，并保持商店营业到深夜。即使是最贫穷的家庭也能买得起照明，他们的孩子可以阅读，家人可以享受电视。当地人将接受工厂日常运营的培训，SEMWaves将继续无限期地提供O&M支持。它比SHS，KALLESS和传统的迷你电网更便宜。该系统不使用电池作为能量存储，因此100%绿色，可以运行数十年而无需任何重大更换，并向离网社区提供电网自然（AC）电力。孟加拉国和尼泊尔是我们解决方案的理想候选国。这两个国家都有大约十分之一的农村人口生活在没有电力的情况下（世界银行），约5%的人处于极端贫困状态（亚行）。然而，这两个国家都拥有巨大的可再生能源潜力：孟加拉国非常适合太阳能发电，尼泊尔拥有世界上最大的水电潜力。两国政府都在推行积极的农村电气化战略，这些战略取决于可再生能源，我们打算让我们的产品成为这一历史阶段的一部分。

In this project, we will conduct a feasibility study on deploying our patented all-weather solar-hydro microgrid to provide clean, affordable and secure electricity to remote off-grid communities in south Asia i.e., Nepal, Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and Bhutan. Our system wraps multiple benefits in one package: alleviating energy poverty, empowering local industry, and improving quality of life such as clean drinking water and local internet services.Throughout South Asia a large number of people living in remote, isolated villages remain unelectrified. Most rely on low quality fuels such as kerosene, candles, cowdung and firewood. Attempts have been made to distribute solar home systems (SHS) to individual households, but there have been challenges. The monsoon heavily impacts solar panels energy generation, and villagers are left to pickup pieces when systems breakdown after few years the distributors long since having moved on. Grid extension, often promised and rarely delivered, is too expensive to justify even were it to arrive, load shedding (blackout) is common.Our solar-hydro microgrid enable delivering grid quality electricity at affordable price for decades. In a business model developed in response to years of research into successful rural energy projects, local entrepreneurs will form the backbone of our operation. All members of the community will be offered connection to our microgrid at affordable prices. Business owners will be able to refrigerate food and medicine, operate power equipment, and keep shops open late-night. Even the poorest family will afford lighting, their children can read and family can enjoy television. Locals will be trained on the day-to-day operations of the plant and SEMWaves will continue to provide O&M support indefinitely. It is cheaper compare to SHS, Kerosene and traditional mini-grid. The system does not use batteries as energy storage thus 100% green, can operate tens of year without any major replacements and deliver grid nature (AC) electricity to the off-grid communities.Bangladesh and Nepal are ideal candidates for our solution. Both countries have around 1 in 10 rural people living without electricity (World Bank) and ~5% in extreme poverty (ADB). And yet, both countries are also blessed with enormous renewable energy potential: Bangladesh is incredibly well suited to solar power, and Nepal has some of the greatest hydropower potential of any country. Both governments are pursuing aggressive rural electrification strategies that are contingent on renewable energy, and we intend to make our product a part of this stage in history.