HydroWheel Product and Business Case Development

HydroWheel 产品和业务案例开发

• 批准号: 10048584
• 金额: $ 26.11万
• 依托单位: CHALLENGES CATALYST LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10048584
• 关键词: HydroWheel; Product; Business; Case; Development

Floating across rivers and streams to generate affordable, accessible renewable energy with less damage to the local ecosystem, HydroWheel is the world's first inflatable waterwheel. It emphasises lower costs, durability, easy installation and continuous power production. The innovation's commercial and impact potential in sub-Saharan Africa is further enhanced by the region's abundant hydro resources, where the installed capacity is estimated at 30.4 GW; 300 GW potential remains untapped.The deployment of off-grid renewable energy systems is a cost-effective solution expected to contribute significantly to satisfying power needs, driving economic growth and industrialisation and reducing poverty throughout sub-Saharan Africa.This project will determine how HydroWheel can commercialise and optimise the design of its innovation to provide an alternative (or complementary) technology to incumbent renewable energy technologies (including conventional pico-hydro, solar PV, diesel generators) and ultimately satisfy the electricity needs of under-served communities throughout SSA (starting with Uganda). This project is particularly determined to understand, test and ultimately sell to market segments that promote the productive use of electricity, further catalysing economic development, employment creation and productivity enhancements in rural areas.Hydrowheel Ltd will: hone the design of the waterwheel, optimising the waterwheel pockets (paddles) and examining their suitability for manufacture in small textile workshops in sub-Saharan Africa; optimising specification and sourcing suitable generators and gearboxes in conjunction with an experienced waterwheel manufacturer; and running a small-scale trial and then larger trial in Knoydart, Scotland.CREEC will be responsible for the Pilot Project Development phase in Uganda that involves literature review, community engagement (initial consultation and surveys of local communities), future project scoping, initial location screening, designing a pilot project and conducting technical field studies and finally conducting environmental and social impact assessments.MicroGen will use its "ISMO" GIS tool to survey river valleys in the target areas, identifying sites which conform to the project's definition of 'potential' and provide market and industry knowledge to support business plan development, and to facilitate research.Challenges Catalyst and Challenges Uganda will support HydroWheel to create a viable commercialisation strategy to exploit the innovation. This will include key activities such as market sizing of beachhead market; micro-segmentation and development of relationships with key customers; identifying in-country value chain integration and creation opportunities; business and financial modelling and route to market strategising.

水轮车漂浮在河流和溪流中，产生负担得起的、可获得的可再生能源，对当地生态系统的破坏较小，是世界上第一个充气水车。它强调更低的成本、耐用性、易于安装和持续的电力生产。这一创新在撒哈拉以南非洲的商业和影响潜力因该地区丰富的水电资源而进一步增强，该地区的装机容量估计为30.4千兆瓦；300千兆瓦的潜力仍未被开发。离网可再生能源系统的部署是一个具有成本效益的解决方案，预计将为满足整个撒哈拉以南非洲地区的电力需求、推动经济增长和工业化以及减少贫困做出重大贡献。该项目将决定水轮公司如何将其创新设计商业化和优化，以提供现有可再生能源技术(包括传统的微微水电、太阳能光伏、柴油发电机)的替代(或补充)技术，并最终满足整个南南非服务不足社区的电力需求(从乌干达开始)。该项目特别决心了解、测试并最终向市场销售促进电力生产利用的细分市场，进一步促进农村地区的经济发展、创造就业机会和提高生产率。水轮有限公司将：磨练水轮的设计，优化水轮槽(桨)，并检查它们是否适合撒哈拉以南非洲的小纺织厂生产；优化规格，与经验丰富的水轮制造商合作，采购合适的发电机和变速箱；CREEC将负责乌干达的试点项目开发阶段，涉及文献审查、社区参与(初步咨询和当地社区调查)、未来项目范围、初始地点筛选、设计试点项目和进行技术实地研究，最后进行环境和社会影响评估。MicroGen将使用其“ISMO”地理信息系统工具调查目标地区的河谷，确定符合项目“潜力”定义的地点，并提供市场和行业知识，以支持商业计划的发展。为了促进研究。挑战催化剂和挑战乌干达将支持水轮公司创建一个可行的商业化战略来利用这一创新。这将包括关键活动，如滩头市场的市场规模；微观细分和发展与主要客户的关系；确定国内价值链整合和创造机会；业务和财务建模以及市场战略制定路线。