Energy Innovations as a Major Factor for Transition to Smart

Villages

Bart Kolodziejczyk, PhD

Agenda

Role of energy innovations in the development of off-

grid communities. 01

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Off-grid Guyana highlands.

Off-grid wind powered refrigerator.

Solar powered Pacific.

H2SG Energy in Asia and Pacific.

1Role of energy innovations in the development of off-

grid communities.

The Role of Off-Grid Communities and Smart Villages in Energy Revolution

Smart CitiesSmart VillagesSmart Grids

Energy, Economy and

Smart Villages

Brazilian Algae, AmapaAlgae Harvesters, Vietnam

Energy, Economy and

Smart Villages

2Off-grid Guyana highlands.

Simple solar system with

battery storage.

Life changing experience for

South Guyanese farmers.

Simplicity and Effectiveness

The role of solar energy in rural Guyana.This work was jointly managed and sponsored by UNDP and Guyana Energy Agency.

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The role of solar energy in rural Guyana.This work was jointly managed and sponsored by UNDP and Guyana Energy Agency.

The United Nations Development Programmehas initiated a project on delivering energy services to hinterland areas. However, this project also targets other energy needs besides electricity, like cooking and transportation and it focuses specifically on community needs. It builds on the experiences of 2006 project and will be carried out in two phases during 2011-2012 and 2013-2015.

Energy Revolution in

Off-Grid Guyana

Education

CookingWater and sanitation

Agricultural activities

3Off-grid wind powered refrigerator.

Joule–

Thomson effect

the Joule–Thomson effect describes the temperature change

of a real gas or liquid (as differentiated from an ideal gas) when

it is forced through a valve or porous plug while kept insulated

so that no heat is exchanged with the environment. This

procedure is called a throttling process or Joule–Thomson

process.

At room temperature, all gases

except hydrogen, helium and neon cool upon expansion by the

Joule–Thomson process; these three gases experience the

same effect but only at lower temperatures.

The throttling process is commonly exploited in thermal

machines such as refrigerators, air conditioners, heat pumps,

and liquefiers.

Esky

Wecoolu –

mark 1

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Bike pump + compressed air tank + discharge container

Wecoolu –

pivot

Wecoolu –

pivot 2

4Solar powered Pacific.

Mangalilu,

Vanuatu

Mangalilu, Vanuatu

Mangalilu, Vanuatu

Kiribati

Population: 102,351 people

Electrification rate: 59%

Kiribati

Bitta, a villager in Abaokoro, Kiribati

Tokelau – World’s

First Solar Nation

Area: 10 km2

Population: 1,502

Tokelau – World’s

First Solar Nation

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