Nicaragua hybrid wind-solar project
Living without electricity is unimaginable to many in the West, but a day-to-day reality for people in the developing world. RenewableWorld works to provide villages in developing countries with their own micro-wind & solar power.
Details
Operator:
RenewableWorld in partnership with Asofenix and blueEnergy
Generating Capacity:
0.0 MW
Turbines:
1
Homes that will be served:
20 Almost half the population in Nicaragua do not have access to electricity. The village of Cajinquil lies in the central mountainous region perched in the foothills of an extinct volcano, which explains why the area has not been connected to the national grid and is unlikely to be, yet the mountainous location means the wind resource is the area is good making renewables a viable alternative. In 2009 the Koru Foundation started a project to install a micro grid combining wind and solar energy to replace the communities reliance on polluting and dangerous paraffin lamps and to provide a sustainable source of energy to light homes, pump clean water and charge batteries for appliances allowing people to expand their income generating activities.
Quote: “We can see one another better with the new lighting system! It is also much healthier, as we know that the smoke from a ‘candil’ [tins filled with paraffin with a piece of cloth as a wick] can produce great harm. I think the change has been enormous”, Zoraida, Cajinquil resident.