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INDONESIA - PHILIPPINES EXCHANGE

11/25/2019

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HPNET members in Indonesia and the Philippines are joining forces to provide high quality micro hydro equipment to community-based projects in Mindanao.

The ASEAN Centre for Hydropower Competance (HYCOM) and Pt Entec Indonesia, both global experts for micro hydro technology transfer, are supporting the Yamog Renewable Energy Development Group, Inc., the pioneering NGO committed for nearly three decades to providing electricity to marginalized communities in Mindanao, to explore establishing local manufacturing of cross-flow turbines.  

After multiple online exchanges, in June 2019 HPNET Board members Gerhard Fischer and Ardi Nugraha visited Yamog in Davao City to gauge the local team's capacity for local manufacturing.  Then in October 2019, Yamog's technical leads visit Pt Entec and HYCOM in Bandung, Indonesia to better understand quality standards practiced in Indonesia.  The collaboration is gradually moving toward the goal of locally manufactured cross-flow turbines in Mindanao.

HPNET facilitated the start of collaboration between PT Entec and Yamog in 2018 and the network has benefited immensely from the ongoing contributions of both organizations. It is great to see continuous knowledge exchange (often self-initiated, as in this case) between these long-standing HPNET Members.
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NEPAL:  FIELD RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND MICRO HYDRO

11/15/2019

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Involving women in micro-hydro projects (MHPs) is important, not only for empowering the women via access to energy, but also for the sustainability of the MHP, as it taps into one of the core beneficiaries -- women, who were previously left out. 
In collaboration with HPNET and the UNDP Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihoods (RERL) project at the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) in Nepal, my research looked at a MHP where gender mainstreaming was done around 22 years ago and analyzed the impact of gender mainstreaming on the MHP. The findings included that women’s involvement in the MHP could be restricted by prevalent gender roles, as well as by the technical design or malpractice. The findings also revealed that encouraging women-led productive use of electricity should be accompanied by other infrastructure such as access to markets, finance, roads, etc.

​Stay tuned for a report where the findings will be presented in detail.


I would like to thank HPNET for helping to identify the appropriate case study and also forming the necessary contacts. HPNET has also been helpful in shaping this study by providing continuous feedback.


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By HPNET member Ranisha Basnet
basnetranisha@gmail.com
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Ranisha is currently pursuing her master’s degree in “Renewable energy engineering management” at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany.
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HPNET AT SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY WEEK

11/1/2019

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This week HPNET Manager Dipti Vaghela and HPNET Member Kapila Subasinghe from DFCC Bank took part in the Deep Dive Energy Access Using Innovative Mini-grid Solutions. Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES) at the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW).  Dipti presented on the panel "Challenges and Risks in Deploying Renewable energy Mini-Grid Technologies" and Kapila presented on the panel "Innovations in Finance."   Read more here.
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HPNET member Kapila Subasinghe on ACES-SIEW panel on Innovations in Finance. Credit: HPNET
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