Distributed pumped micro-hydro for transforming energy and water access

水力发电技术有限公司(WPT)一系列获得专利的零能耗水泵全天候工作，从偏远的溪流和湖泊中抽取多余的地表水，允许社区在自己的可再生能源无法发电的情况下自行发电。在+22个国家安装了+1000个泵系统后，WPT注意到其系统通常由女性安装和维护，现在需要正式支持，以研究如何从一开始就吸收女性参与，甚至在每个社区组装产品。其次，WPT需要得到支持，以开发其系统，用于干旱限制地表水源的国家。WPT将在乌干达和马拉维分别捐赠和安装多达30台Papa水泵；每个地点都将把水远距离输送到高架存储，而不需要任何昂贵或污染的化石燃料。在那里，由于能够储存额外的水，社区可以管理自己的水/电选择，通过在夜间需要时释放水来发电，或者在干旱再次发生时保留水供农业使用。该项目将研究不同的社会团体如何参与为邻近社区组装和供应系统--因此，该项目将不仅支持一项技术上的，而且还将支持一项开创性的“商业模式创新”，以在被明确排除在外的群体中创造就业机会。

Water Powered Technologies Ltd (WPT) range of patented zero energy pumps work 24/7, taking excess surface water from remote streams & lakes to allow a community to generate its own hydro power when their own renewables cannot. After installing +1000 of its pump systems in +22 countries, WPT noticed its systems were often installed and maintained by women, which now needs formal support to study how to include women right from start and even assembling the product in each community. Secondly, WPT needs support to develop its systems to be used in countries where drought limits surface water sources. WPT will donate and install up to 30x Papa pumps each in Uganda and Malawi; each site will move water long distances to elevated storage without needing any expensive or polluting fossil fuel. Where, thanks to the extra water able to stored, the community can manage their own water/ power choices, by releasing water to generate power when needed at night or keeping the water for agricultural use when drought returns. The project will study how different social groups could be involved in assembling and supplying systems to neighbouring communities - so the project will support not just a technical but also a pioneering 'business model innovation' to create jobs in groups prevously excluded.