Knowledge and Advocacy
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Synopsis:
Micro hydro projects typically receive funding for only implementation. Once commissioned, projects must sustain themselves financially. Without a strong financial base, beneficiaries cannot support technical maintenance and repairs. The financial base is formed by income generated from tariff paid by electricity consumers. Most projects have weak financial bases due to poor utilization of electricity, as the main load is only lighting. In addition to financing, electricity-based income generating activities require entrepreneurial and technical skills building at the local level.
Having extensive experience in developing productive end use (PEU) programs, to create win-win rural enterprises that reduce poverty and sustain the micro hydro system, HPNET members Practical Action Nepal and EnDev Indonesia developed tools to promote PEU, including a collaborative PEU study, advocacy video, and online library of resources.
Exchange Outputs:
Micro hydro projects typically receive funding for only implementation. Once commissioned, projects must sustain themselves financially. Without a strong financial base, beneficiaries cannot support technical maintenance and repairs. The financial base is formed by income generated from tariff paid by electricity consumers. Most projects have weak financial bases due to poor utilization of electricity, as the main load is only lighting. In addition to financing, electricity-based income generating activities require entrepreneurial and technical skills building at the local level.
Having extensive experience in developing productive end use (PEU) programs, to create win-win rural enterprises that reduce poverty and sustain the micro hydro system, HPNET members Practical Action Nepal and EnDev Indonesia developed tools to promote PEU, including a collaborative PEU study, advocacy video, and online library of resources.
Exchange Outputs:
- Knowledge Portal for Productive End Use of Micro Hydro
- Case Studies in South and Southeast Asia
- Video: Nexus between Productive End Use and Sustainability of Micro-hydropower Plants
- Video: Energising Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
- Online Library
- Pre-Exchange Questionnaire