End-to-End Solar Borehole Business Models and Data Collection to Extend Sustainable Access to Energy and Water in Rural Tanzania

端到端太阳能钻孔商业模式和数据收集，以扩大坦桑尼亚农村地区可持续获取能源和水的机会

• 批准号: 10074210
• 金额: $ 50.3万
• 依托单位: SMART VILLAGES RESEARCH GROUP LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10074210
• 关键词: End; Solar; Borehole; Business; Models

SVRG and OMASI collaborated on a Energy Catalyst 9 grant on a project in Tanzania to develop technology to encourage communities to make their regular repayments for solar borehole power systems, by being able to cut off power in cases of non-payment. Preexisting diesel generators are on site, so there is no question of the communities being without water. And communities are used to pay-as-you-go technology that cuts off when payments are missed, and accept them. The technology and business models we are currently trialling should result in repayments being completed after two years, after which time the system provides water pumping free of charge.While completing initial community engagement work and site selection for the ECR9 project SVRG and OMASI noticed that water access was consistently being mentioned by communities as their single highest priority, either for more water in communities that already have a borehole, or water availability in communities that do not. The only way to get more water, especially in communities with no access to water at the moment, is to drill new boreholes. This is a high risk and expensive process however, that is usually carried out either by the government agency for water (RUWASA) or by NGOs. Since our technology can ensure repayments are made, it is possible it could also be used to repay the costs of drilling and installing boreholes as well, moving the whole process into the private sector for the first time. With suitable technology, financial models and risk mitigations we estimate it might be possible to recover the whole costs of such a project in five years based on current water prices and diesel costs, which is just about possible with current commercial capital financing products.More immediate high impact is possible in completing sites that have already drilled boreholes, but lacked the funds to make them operational (ie no generator or pump). We can use the same models and technologies that we aim to develop in this project to finish those systems, and have the community repay within 3-4 years.

SVRG和Omasi在坦桑尼亚的一个项目上合作，合作了一项能源催化剂9赠款，以开发技术，以鼓励社区在不付费的情况下切断电力，从而为太阳能钻孔电力系统进行定期偿还。预先存在的柴油发电机在现场，因此毫无疑问，社区没有水。社区被用来付费在您的技术中付费，这些技术会在遗失付款时切断并接受。我们目前正在试用的技术和业务模式应导致两年后完成还款，此后该系统提供免费的水抽水。在完成ECR9项目SVRG和Omasi的初始社区参与工作和现场选择时，请注意，社区的最高水一直是在社区中提到的，或者已经在社区中提到了更多的水，或者已经在沃特（Water）上造成了更多的水。获取更多水的唯一方法，尤其是在目前无法获得水的社区中，要钻新的钻孔。但是，这是一个高风险和昂贵的过程，通常是由政府水机构（Ruwasa）或非政府组织进行的。由于我们的技术可以确保偿还还款，因此也有可能还可以用来偿还钻孔和安装钻孔的成本，从而首次将整个过程移至私营部门。通过合适的技术，财务模型和风险缓解，我们估计，根据当前的水价和柴油成本，有可能在五年内收回该项目的全部成本，这对于当前的商业资本融资产品而言，这几乎是可能的。在完成已经钻孔的钻孔的网站上，可能会更直接地产生高影响力，但缺乏使它们运行的​​资金（即无法生成的工具）（IE生成器或泵）。我们可以使用我们旨在在该项目中开发的相同模型和技术来完成这些系统，并在3 - 4年内将社区偿还。