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The Problem
Across the Asia-Pacific, the cost of electricity and fuel bites into the budgets of organisations and the rural communities they serve. These costs limit opportunities for community transformation and growth. Access to reliable cheaper power changes this equation, enabling the rural poor to improve life circumstances with opportunities for education, employment, recreation and social participation. Access to power also improves the night-time safety of isolated neighbourhoods.
The Solution
Through partnerships with churches, communities, individuals, governments and the corporate sector, Mission International [MI] is seeking to transform lives through an innovative micro renewable energy initiative. The initiative MI Energy applies technology to simultaneously harness four God-given sources to achieve power and fuel self sufficiency to village, neighbourhood and campus contexts. These renewable sources sun, wind, water and waste may be combined with mains grid sources, where available.
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The Benefits
Developing a multisource energy harnessing model will enable communities to:
- Obtain power where none exists
- Increase power reliability
- Reduce or eliminate power supply and fuel costs
- Transform the lives of individuals, families and whole (rural) communities
- Improve night-time social participation and neighbourhood safety
- Understand and share the power sustainability model
- Apply new waste management techniques
- Contribute in small ways to CO2 emission cuts
In addition to providing light and power to campuses, neighbourhoods and rural villages, there is scope to develop alternative vehicle fuel from excess methane (bio-gas). This 'spin-off' from waste generation is being researched to provide added transport benefits.
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Existing and Potential Projects
ACTS training campus India
ACTS (Agriculture, Craft, Trades and Studies) is a Christian training college located on a 12.5 acre property in Bangalore, India. ACTS operates across India and internationally with schools, higher education institutions and community development programs.
The campus in Bangalore is implementing ACTS' first program in renewable energy by introducing composting technology to convert 'raw' garbage into stored biogas (methane) as fuel for a biodiesel generator, which supplies cooking and general power to the campus, 3 to 4 hours per day.
MI Energy is coordinating and assisting the College to apply micro renewable energy sources to achieve energy and fuel sufficiency by mid 2009, adding solar, wind and hydro generation technology to complement its two biogas reactors.
Broader Asia-Pacific Opportunities
The ACTS project has encouraged Mission International to undertake research and scoping of other projects in India and a number of potential sites in Indonesia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
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Get Connected
Become a community transformation partner by funding an MI Energy project supplying power and fuel to a neighbourhood centre, education and training campus or rural village.
Donate specifically to the MI Energy Bank by nominating micro energy installations such as a wind turbine for a school campus in India, solar panels, battery banks or inverters for a recovery and rehabilitation centre in PNG.
Typical equipment requirements for a hybrid project:
- Micro wind turbines and towers
- Solar panels and mounting racks
- Mini-hydro capturing and pumping systems
- Biomass reactors (digesters) and composting/detention tanks
- Inverters, regulators and micro multi-switching systems
- Battery banks for off-grid storage
- Master control sub-station/room
- AC (bio) diesel generators
- Cabling, power points and associated (efficient) LED lighting
Suggest a project or contribute your experiences and expertise to this program. Our MI technical and research advisory panel is keen to receive and share ideas about new technology, new models and new opportunities. Please contact us.
To talk to us about MI Energy phone on +61 8 8218 2825 or email at energy@missioninternational.net
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