SolarERA (Solar Electrification of Rural Areas)

塔尔沙漠的人们几乎没有电力供应。那些有机会的人使用柴油污染发电机来生产这种电力，而燃料供应不可靠且断断续续。塔尔是世界上人口最多的沙漠，大约有1660万人居住在那里。在经济技能方面，塔利斯远远落后于巴基斯坦的平均水平。他们主要依靠农业/畜牧业和"Thari工艺品"（华丽的刺绣/缝制服装，如被子和靠垫）生存。制作这些工艺品的塔里族妇女非常勤劳、有才华、有精神、有责任感。赋予妇女权力可以改变Tharparkari人的命运。然而，由于缺乏提高生产力的缝纫机所需的电力，这些妇女必须手工缝制每一针。到2026年底，SolarERA系统将准备好提供一个独特的电气化解决方案，通过为这些人提供离网电力和电动缝纫机/手工艺机器，使他们受益，从而彻底改变他们目前的经济状况。因此，Thari工艺品可以成为经济模式的基石，使小额信贷机构有信心为SolarERA微微电网提供初始投资。从这一关键的初始电气化推动因素，可以在健康和福祉、教育和学习、通信和连接等方面产生更多的下游利益。此外，SolarERA将有助于保护这些妇女古老的Thari手工艺技能，这些技能已代代相传了几个世纪。项目合作伙伴的利益是明确的，就业机会的重大增长（25-英国，125-巴基斯坦）和经济活动（2250万英镑的收入）到2031年。昆瓦基金会将能够更容易、更快地实现改善塔尔人民生活的目标。SALATEEN将成为巴基斯坦及其邻国微微电网供应和安装的领导者。Zhyphen将看到关键技术出口的显著增长，以实现低成本离网太阳能解决方案，提高其和布鲁内尔大学伦敦作为该领域领导者的声誉

The people of Thar Desert have little to no electricity access. Those that have access, use diesel polluting generators to produce this electricity, while fuel supply is unreliable and intermittent. The Thar is the most populous desert in the world, with approximately 16.6m people living there. Tharis are far behind the Pakistani average on economic skills. They rely predominantly on agriculture/livestock and "Thari crafts" (ornate embroidered/sewn garments such as quilts and cushions) to survive. The Thari women who make these crafts are extremely hardworking and talented, spirited and committed. Empowering women can change the destiny of Tharparkari people. However, the unavailability of electricity needed to power productivity enhancing stitching/sewing machines, means these women must make every stitch painstakingly by hand. As such, garment making is incredibly slow, laborious, and they are unable to leverage their skills to benefit their families and the wider village community.By the end of 2026, SolarERA systems will be ready to provide a unique electrification solution that will benefit these people by affording them access to off-grid electricity and in turn electric sewing/craft machines, and in doing so revolutionise their current economic situation. As a result, Thari-crafts can form the bedrock of the economic model that will provide microfinance institutions with the confidence to offer the initial investment to fund the SolarERA pico-grids. From this key initial electrification enabler, further downstream benefits can flow in relation to Health and Well-being, Education and Learning, Communication and Connectivity etc. Additionally, SolarERA will serve to preserve the age-old Thari crafts skills of these women, passed down by successive generations for centuries.The benefits to project partners are clear, major growth in jobs (25-UK, 125-PAK) and economic activity (£22.5million in revenues) by 2031\. Kunwaa Foundation will be able to achieve its aim of improving the lives of the Thar people more easily and faster. SALATEEN will become a leader in the supply and installation of pico-grids across Pakistan and neighbouring countries. Zhyphen will see a significant boost in exports of critical technology for the enablement of low-cost off-grid solar solutions, enhancing it and Brunel-University-London's reputation as leaders in this area