Renewable Electrical Power
Bringing Light To
Those Without
In many
places in the world when the sun sets education stops, medicine stops,
commerce stops – because there is no light.
VillageTech
Solutions (VTS) brings renewable, electric energy to remote areas to
light
schools, clinics, homes and micro-businesses.
The electricity for the light is generated
by the VTS EcoPower system a clean-tech, human pedal powered
electrical
genera tor with an energy distribution system. VTS
designs and delivers simple
solutions that can be adopted by local peoples and literally
alter a way of
life in undeveloped villages of the world.
VTS human-powered electric generator provides
a practical source of clean and renewable energy that can reach even
the last
house on the mountain.
EcoSystems
Nepal hosted the prototype development of the PedalGenerator,
PowerCentre and
distribution system. Redesign,
additional
development and some field testing was made possible with an award from
the World Bank.
Spanning
Himalayan Rivers
VTS began
as EcoSystems
Nepal providing access for villagers by
spanning monsoon-swollen
Himalayan rivers with their WireBridge.
The terrain
of Nepal, mountainous and crossed by deep river canyons, isolates villages and
makes access to the rest of the country difficult and dangerous. Transportation
is by foot, bike & harrowing bus rides on the few highways. This is the
Himalayas, crossing river gorges is a daunting task. In the monsoon season, mid
June to mid September, crossing the swollen rivers is dangerous and nearly
impossible.
For example, the 128 meter Thumka WireBridge over the Trisuli river makes
possible daily round trips to market, instead of a two day river crossing.
Villagers now easily transport and sell their vegetables across the river,
along Nepal’s main highway, which runs on the opposite bank.
WireBridges solve this problem by spanning river gorges with a human powered
carriage system with a wheeled carriage riding on cable strung between anchor
towers. Each carriage holds up to five or six people and their goods. The
carriage is propelled by rope in the hands of passengers and bystanders. Since 1998,
EcoSystems has completed thirty-two WireBridges in Nepal.
Transportation
and Power
Access
and Light
VTS commitment to
bringing light and access with appropriate,
sustainable, low cost technologies
In remote
schools a VTS EcoPower system powers teaching aids such as projectors, TV sets
and computers, for A/V or computer-based education programs reliable
electricity enables uninterrupted lessons.
In rural
clinics a VTS EcoPower system provides the light which gives medics and doctors
more time with patients and electrical power for equipment.
The
WireBridge provides a way for children to get to school.
As we learn
to appreciate the micro-business revolution, VTS EcoPower system and WireBridge
provides access and light for business and power for small machines. In some
villages nearly half the families report having begun supplemental ‘income
generating’ work, using evening hours to produce more baskets, brooms and other
items which have a ready local market.
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