Practical Action Consulting (PAC) is the consulting arm of Practical Action, an international non-governmental organisation that uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries.
Wind water pumping
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Knowledge partnerKnowledge partnerCountry of registrationUnited KingdomRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberKnowledge PartnerSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureEarly warning and Environmental assessmentRenewable energyEnergy efficiency
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This report highlights two underutilized but fully implementable technologies that efficiently integrate heat and electricity systems, provide flexibility and enhance energy security. It examines what restricts co‑generation and efficient district heating and cooling systems that can help de-carbonize the energy system.
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This Guidebook is intended to build knowledge about solar water heating fee-for-service program structures among electric utility companies and others, with the goal of facilitating such programs to increase solar water heating for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. It focuses on the Caribbean region.
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Country of registrationMexicoRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseRenewable energy
SUNCURRENT SA de CV develops complete projects, installs, operates, maintains and creates capacities and supplies equipment related to the use of biogas, geomembranes and hydraulic equipment.
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Treadle pump (TP) technology has been promoted by Enterprise Works Worldwide (EWW) in West Africa as an alternative to the traditional rope and bucket irrigation that is necessary to overcome the challenge of uncertain and inadequate rainfall for agricultural production. The aim is to improve output, increase income and reduce poverty among rural farm households. This study examines the strategies used for dissemination of the TP and the dynamics of its adoption and impacts, with a special focus on poverty reduction.
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According to this paper, an alternative to standardised imported hand pumps is the locally manufactured rope pump, which is considerably cheaper and easier to maintain but has been rejected in the past because of fears of impaired water quality. This paper presents the key aspects of a study in northern Ghana that compared the performance of rope pumps with that of conventional hand pumps, to determine whether the rope pump provides a viable alternative for community water supplies across the subcontinent.
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This paper deals with a series of tests conducted on a PV-DC pump. The tests involved measurements of solar radiation, on both a horizontal surface and the tilted module surface, flow rates, volumes, and total dynamic heads. In total, up to 3000 data were collected every day whose analysis allowed the authors to find empirical relationships between system efficiencies, solar radiations and total dynamic heads.