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，我们将对部署我们的全天候太阳能水电微电网进行可行性研究，为南亚偏远的离网社区，即尼泊尔、孟加拉国（吉大港山区）和不丹提供清洁、负担得起和安全的电力。我们的系统将多种好处融合在一起：减轻能源贫困，赋予当地工业力量，提高生活质量，如清洁饮用水和当地互联网服务。在整个南亚，许多生活在偏远偏远村庄的人仍然没有通电。大多数依靠低质量的燃料，如煤油、蜡烛、牛粪和柴火。人们曾尝试将太阳能家庭系统（SHS）分配给个人家庭，但一直存在挑战。季风严重影响了太阳能电池板的发电，当系统在几年后出现故障时，村民们只能捡起碎片，而分销商早就搬走了。电网扩展，经常承诺但很少交付，太昂贵了，即使它到达，负载减少（停电）也是常见的。我们的太阳能水电微电网能够在几十年内以可承受的价格提供电网质量的电力。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支柱。社区的所有成员都将以可承受的价格连接到我们的微电网。企业主将能够冷藏食品和药品，操作电力设备，并使商店营业到深夜。即使是最贫穷的家庭也负担得起照明，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操作方面的培训，SEMWaves将继续无限期地提供运维支持。与SHS、煤油和传统的微型电网相比，它更便宜。该系统不使用电池作为能量存储，因此100%绿色，可以运行数十年而不需要任何重大更换，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。这两个国家大约有十分之一的农村人口生活在没有电的情况下（世界银行），大约5%的人处于极端贫困状态（亚洲开发银行）。然而，这两个国家也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。两国政府都在积极推行基于可再生能源的农村电气化战略，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.