SolarERA (Solar Electrification of Rural Areas)

塔尔沙漠的人们几乎没有电可用。那些可以使用的国家，使用柴油污染发电机来生产这种电力，而燃料供应不可靠，而且断断续续。塔尔沙漠是世界上人口最多的沙漠，大约有1660万人居住在那里。沙特人在经济技能上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“塔里族手工艺品”(如棉被和垫子等华丽的刺绣/缝制服装)生存。制作这些手工艺品的塔里族妇女非常勤劳、才华横溢、精力充沛、忠于职守。赋予妇女权力可以改变塔帕卡里人的命运。然而，没有电力来驱动提高生产率的缝纫机/缝纫机，这意味着这些妇女必须艰苦地手工缝制每一针。因此，制衣非常缓慢、费力，他们无法利用自己的技能造福于他们的家庭和更广泛的村庄社区。到2026年底，SolarERA系统将准备好提供一种独特的电气化解决方案，使这些人受益，使他们能够获得离网电力，进而获得电动缝纫机/手工缝纫机，从而彻底改变他们目前的经济状况。因此，Thari-Craates可以构成经济模式的基石，这种模式将为小额金融机构提供初始投资，为SolarERA微微电网提供资金。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好处。此外，SolarERA将帮助保存这些妇女世世代代传承下来的古老的塔里人手工艺技能。对项目合作伙伴的好处是显而易见的，到2031年，就业机会(25-英国，125-PAK)和经济活动(收入225万英镑)将大幅增长。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将成为巴基斯坦和邻国微微电网供应和安装的领先者。Zhyphen将看到关键技术出口的显著增长，以实现低成本的离网太阳能解决方案，提高它和布鲁内尔大学-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