The Global Energy Webservice Initiative
Golden Jewel Energy is initiating a large project called: The Global Energy Webservice Initiative.
Besides that we are doing and initiating several other projects to address the energy needs of especially the rural poor:
Internal seminars
Status: in preparation and ongoing at different organizations
Goals:
- Raise awareness within organizations on rural energy and related topics.
- Inform the staff about trends and develop energy strategies.
- Make an inventory of energy cases and experiences within an organization.
- Make energy issues more fun, manageable and understandable.
Energy production by farmers in China
Status: in pipeline
Looking for sponsors to support a feasibility study of energy production by farmers in China
Farmers in China face many challenges. The role of farmers as future energy producers of China has high potential in a fast changing rural economy. A more flexible energy production system, i.e. biomass-based Distributed Polygeneration is introduced. Through a more flexible use of biomass and technologies, which are better adjusted to the local conditions, different types of energy can be produced. Energy production by farmers can significantly contribute to improving the rural livelihood, by improving energy security, creating local off-farm employment, improving agricultural practices, and relieve environmental pressure
Source:
Van Hezik and Yu, 2007, Potential of energy production by Chinese farmers to fuel rural development, International Journal of Global Energy Issues, upcoming.
Objectives
- Improve livelihood rural areas in China
- Create income for farmers
- Reduce waste
- Increase energy security in rural areas
Energy and environmental evaluation hotel in Sichuan, China
Status: Completed
Objectives:
- To make an environmental assessment for a hotel
- Advice on environmental and safety measures
- Give recommendations on
- Energy:
- Energy consumption
- Energy efficiency
- Insulation
- Water supply and sanitation
- Garbage
Identified Problems:
- Lack of central heating system
- Difficulties to keep the hotel warm
- Water supply in winter time
- Leaking sanitation
- High electricity demand
- Electricity insecurity
- Garbage problem
Energy solutions for ICT in developing countries
Status: ongoing
Partner: IICD, The Hague, The Netherlands
Area: Africa and Latin-America
Objectives
- Finding and testing energy solutions for Information and Communication Technology (e.g. Telecenters) in Africa and Latin America
- Giving recommendation on different alternatives
- Making financial assessments
Waste to Energy project China
Status: in pipeline
Looking for sponsors to support a project for the development of small-scale energy power plants, that are fuelled by garbage.
Partner: NGO in Switzerland
Area: In the province of Tibet, in an area where there is no garbage facility at all.
Objectives
- Finding solutions for increasing environmental problem, as a result of litter
- Improve livelihood of people in the community
- Create sustainable and lasting energy source
- Ensure the solution becomes financially self-reliant
- Possibly in combination with recycling of garbage.
Fruit drying technology using bio-energy
Status: In preparation
A sustainable solution for a farmers' cooperative in Ghana
Partner: WAD Limited , Website: www.wadco.ch
Area: Ghana
Preservation of fruit through drying is important to increase the usable economic life of agricultural produce. Drying preserves the fruits by lowering the moisture content in the material and allows for early harvest, harvest season planning, lighter weight for transportation and less space requirements for long time storage without deterioration.
Objectives
- Development of a mobile fruit dryer which allows for constant high quality fruit drying
- Development of mobile energy unit using local resources to steadily fuel the dryer
- The project aims to find a solution that is reliable, affordable, easily repeatable, socially acceptable and enhances the export of dried fruits
- If all objectives are attained, the solution will be spread among farmers in other areas as well
Energy is needed to heat the drying air to the requirement temperature level. The efficiency of the heating system is of primary importance. The socio-economic and development impacts can be large when using local biomass resources.
The local sources of biomass that will be tested for the fruit drying energy system are
Sugar Loaf Pineapple
Mango
Coconut
Papaya
All crops are organically grown.
Rural Energy Platform
Status: in preparation
Partner: Infobridge, The Netherlands Website: www.infobridge.org
Area: Global
Together with Infobridge, an organization specialized in database management and with large extension networks into rural areas, we are developing a platform to provide rural energy information on a global scale.
Sustainable Energy Solutions for rural Mongolia
Status: in preparation
In cooperation with Ganaa G. MSc
Partner: Mongolian Agricultural State University
Objectives
- Investigate the energy situation in the sum centers and the impact on the livelihood.
- Carry out a socio-economic survey.
- Find and test renewable energy solutions.
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