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11 th meeting SCORE Project Nottingham University 09/11/2009

11 th meeting SCORE Project Nottingham University 09/11/2009. Technology acceptance Field information Practical Action, Kenya. Use of Solar lighting systems (50Wp).

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11 th meeting SCORE Project Nottingham University 09/11/2009

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  1. 11th meeting SCORE Project Nottingham University 09/11/2009 Technology acceptance Field information Practical Action, Kenya

  2. Use of Solar lighting systems (50Wp)

  3. Practical Action staff (Hellen Owala, Vincent Okello and Teo Sanchez) discuss with community members the benefits from solar lighting and efficient cooking stoves in rural areas of Kisumo, Kenya, November 2009

  4. 50 Wp Solar Home Beneficiary: Debora Otieno’s Use: Home lighting Benefits: Facilitates her work as community leader, allow meetings with community mebers in the evenings

  5. 50Wp Solar home system installed on the roof of the house of Gabriel Mboga (top- right). Use: lighting Benefits: interaction of family members in the evenings, safety, children study in the evenings more hours and safely

  6. 50 Wp Home Solar PV. Beneficiary: Truphena Apiyo Use: lighting Benefits: It provides opportunity for: Extra hours of work for the mother (she purchase vegetables from her neighbours, packs and sells in the market of Kisumo; and improves conditions for children’s to do homework.

  7. 50Wp solar home system Beneficiary: James Mikura Use: lighting and mobile charging. Benefits: family interaction, Children’s education, communications

  8. Representative of a private company and Helen Owala (from Practical Action) explain to community members in rural Kisumo about market based products combining tiny solar PV systems and LEDs, cost of the systems, reliability, and the characteristics and use of tiny solar PV products

  9. EFFICIENT COOKING

  10. The Keyo Women Group in Kisumo, Kenya This group produce Ceramic Jiko stoves commercially since 1984. The Jiko is a small, simple and low cost ceramic stove produced by this group and sold in the local and regional market successfully

  11. First installation SCORE-1 stove in a rural Kisumo, Kenya. The SCORE-1 is a high efficiency cook stove designed by City University The beneficiary explained that this stove requires reduces substantially the fuel consumption and is smokeless and therefore very convenient for for her and other people in her community, however she made the point that the metal chimney gets very hot and is a potential source of accidents, especially for children.

  12. Preliminary conclusions -Lighting is a primary need, therefore people use available source that best suit their situation (economic, social or cultural). -In rural Kisumo, like in the vast majority rural Africa, people use kerosene and/or wax for lighting and spend an important part of their income in purchasing energy sources for lighting -In Kisumo one of the most important benefits from good lighting is considered to be Education of their children. Therefore even tiny quantities of energy for specific uses of lighting are well appreciated. -People had very good response to the demonstration very small solar systems and LED for lighting and mobile charging -The SCORE stove, named CORE-1 has proven to be highly efficient (by Practical Action and by the users in Kenya). Therefore further dissemination work is needed -Technology that show clear benefits and does not harm social and cultural beliefs are most likely to be accepted

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