RENEWABLE WORLD

Description: The SolarMUS uses energy from the sun to pump water from a distant source to storage tanks strategically placed above a community. These tanks store a large amounts of water, usually up to 3 days worth and ensure a reliable supply of water year-round. The SolarMUS is best used in hilly regions where communities live above their nearest water source. They can also be useful for communities who live in flat areas but are simply a long distance away from a dependable supply of water. Renewable World work with communities to install the SolarMUS systems in order to improve access to water for household as well as agricultural use. They support communities with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) training, agricultural training as well as the tools and skills that they need to maintain the system

Description: The SolarMUS uses energy from the sun to pump water from a distant source to storage tanks strategically placed above a community. These tanks store a large amounts of water, usually up to 3 days worth and ensure a reliable supply of water year-round. The SolarMUS is best used in hilly regions where communities live above their nearest water source. They can also be useful for communities who live in flat areas but are simply a long distance away from a dependable supply of water. Renewable World work with communities to install the SolarMUS systems in order to improve access to water for household as well as agricultural use. They support communities with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) training, agricultural training as well as the tools and skills that they need to maintain the system going forward.

Description: Solar microgrids are integrated networks or grids of power. Using energy generated from the sun, the system captures, stores, and distributes clean electricity to an entire community. This is done by installing large, high quality solar panels and batteries in a central location. Sometimes called a hub, this central location is where all the technology is stored in a secure room, often underneath the solar panels themselves. Once the technology has been installed, the solar microgrid is completed by connecting electrical wiring from the central power location to nearby houses, businesses, and farms. These systems not only provide lighting and household electricity needs, but they can also be used to power irrigation pumps and mean once dry farmlands can rejuvenate to produce vegetables to be eaten or sold at nearby markets.

Description: Biogas systems rely on the natural interaction between micro-organisms and organic wastes such as manure, sewage, agricultural by-products, and discarded food to produce a clean and energy-efficient burnable gas. The gas is distributed through a network of pipes and is used for cooking and heating. Biogas systems are appropriate in remote areas that lack commercial energy sources such as an electricity or natural gas utility providers. They can also be wonderful supplemental energy sources, limiting the amount of commercial electricity consumed. They are most effective in areas where people depend on traditional energy such as firewood, kerosene, paraffin, or dried animal waste for their cooking and heating needs. Biogas systems are well suited for areas with large quantities of organic waste, such as communities with

Description: Biogas systems rely on the natural interaction between micro-organisms and organic wastes such as manure, sewage, agricultural by-products, and discarded food to produce a clean and energy-efficient burnable gas. The gas is distributed through a network of pipes and is used for cooking and heating. Biogas systems are appropriate in remote areas that lack commercial energy sources such as an electricity or natural gas utility providers. They can also be wonderful supplemental energy sources, limiting the amount of commercial electricity consumed. They are most effective in areas where people depend on traditional energy such as firewood, kerosene, paraffin, or dried animal waste for their cooking and heating needs. Biogas systems are well suited for areas with large quantities of organic waste, such as communities with livelihoods centred around farming and raising livestock. Biogas systems are also appropriate in urban and semi-urban areas to generate energy from municipal solid waste (i.e. sewage). Renewable World work alongside communities to install biogas recycling systems. In Nepal alone, more than 4,200 people are now using biogas for their daily cooking, heating, and fertiliser production needs. In addition to the health benefits, households have also began tapping into their entrepreneurial spirit. Many families are now using their new biogas systems to set up tea stalls, dairy farms, and candle making businesses.

Description: The primary goal of a clean cooking stove is to reduce the amount of polluting and harmful fuels that households use every day to put food on the table. While each stove design is different, it is made to ensure maximum efficiency, or in some cases, complete elimination of common fuels such as firewood, coal, kerosene, dried animal waste, and more. The result is less indoor air pollution and smoke, reducing impacts not only on climate change, but also preventing serious health complications and premature deaths within families.

Renewable World are supporting projects that employ two different clean cook stove designs: a parabolic solar cooker design in China and a more energy-efficient version of the traditional stove design in Nepal. The solar-powered cooker uses a dish (similar to what is used to capture

Description: The primary goal of a clean cooking stove is to reduce the amount of polluting and harmful fuels that households use every day to put food on the table. While each stove design is different, it is made to ensure maximum efficiency, or in some cases, complete elimination of common fuels such as firewood, coal, kerosene, dried animal waste, and more. The result is less indoor air pollution and smoke, reducing impacts not only on climate change, but also preventing serious health complications and premature deaths within families.

Renewable World are supporting projects that employ two different clean cook stove designs: a parabolic solar cooker design in China and a more energy-efficient version of the traditional stove design in Nepal. The solar-powered cooker uses a dish (similar to what is used to capture satellite television) that concentrates solar radiation onto a cooking stand, and the result is a completely emissions-free and sustainable stovetop for daytime cooking needs such as breakfast and lunch. The typical savings from this technology amount to roughly $150 per year, or 10% of an average household income. In Nepal, the clean cooking stove design makes use of innovative adaptations to traditional stoves that families are used to, by adapting things like the combustion compartment or insulation. The result is an improvement of the efficiency of burning traditional fuel sources (such as wood or charcoal) by roughly 43%.

Description: The hydraulic ram pump, commonly referred to as a hydram, pumps water from its source to a community. It utilises the natural power of falling or rapidly moving water, meaning the hydram requires zero external energy supply to operate. This process works on a principle called water hammer, where a large amount of quickly moving water is pushed through a small opening to create pressure. As pressure builds within the system it reaches a critical point that then lifts a fraction of the water flow. These smaller amounts of water are repeatedly lifted and ultimately collected in a storage tank placed above a community. The storage tank then feeds water back down to the community using gravity. A single hydram can lift water up to 200 vertical metres and supplies roughly 20,000 litres of water per

Description: The hydraulic ram pump, commonly referred to as a hydram, pumps water from its source to a community. It utilises the natural power of falling or rapidly moving water, meaning the hydram requires zero external energy supply to operate. This process works on a principle called water hammer, where a large amount of quickly moving water is pushed through a small opening to create pressure. As pressure builds within the system it reaches a critical point that then lifts a fraction of the water flow. These smaller amounts of water are repeatedly lifted and ultimately collected in a storage tank placed above a community. The storage tank then feeds water back down to the community using gravity. A single hydram can lift water up to 200 vertical metres and supplies roughly 20,000 litres of water per day (enough to fill 250 baths) to a community. Hydrams are particularly useful in remote mountainous regions where communities live high above their nearest water source. This allows people to save valuable time since they no longer have to go on faraway journeys to water sources via dangerous mountain paths.