Solar-Powered Pumps for Improved Irrigation - Revision history

Ranisha at 19:05, 14 July 2020

2020-07-14T19:05:26Z

Ranisha: /* Further Information */

2018-05-29T13:11:37Z

Further Information

Stefan Eibisch: /* Progress Update */

2018-04-19T13:22:27Z

Progress Update

Francesca Dobrigna at 14:08, 21 November 2017

2017-11-21T14:08:30Z

Stefan Eibisch at 12:28, 18 August 2016

2016-08-18T12:28:11Z

Michael Remiorz at 07:57, 31 May 2016

2016-05-31T07:57:28Z

Michael Remiorz: /* Clean Energy Solution */

2016-05-31T07:55:40Z

Clean Energy Solution

Michael Remiorz: /* Overview */

2016-05-31T07:53:01Z

Overview

Michael Remiorz: /* Progress Update */

2016-05-31T07:50:30Z

Progress Update

Michael Remiorz at 07:49, 31 May 2016

2016-05-31T07:49:50Z

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-*[[Portal:Powering Agriculture|Powering Agriculture Portal on energypedia]]<br/>
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 *[[Toolbox on SPIS|Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems]]
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 *[[Portal:Powering Agriculture|Powering Agriculture Portal on energypedia]]<br/>
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-iDE has pioneered a new product category of solar pump. iDE has worked with its partners, Futurepump and the PRACTICA Foundation, on the development of the Sunflower pump, a highly efficient piston pump powered by an 80-watt PV panel. iDE currently has installed 84 pumps for testing at 48 active field sites; 80 in Honduras, Zambia, Nepal. An additional 4 pumps have been installed in the USA, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, and Cambodia, which shows iDE’s progress towards global distribution. As a result of these field tests, iDE and its partners have gone through five design iterations of the pump. In addition, 80 pumps have been sold to iDE’s private sector partners for sales to end users in Zambia and Nepal.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
+By the end of the Powering Agriculture Award in June 2017, iDE had pioneered a new product category of solar pump. iDE worked with its partners, Futurepump and the PRACTICA Foundation, on the development and refinement of the Sunflower pump–now branded as the SF1–a highly efficient piston pump powered by an 80-watt PV panel. This latest version of the pump, featuring a 40% reduction in weight and volume while retaining efficiency, was tested at sites in Kenya and began shipping to Nepal and Zambia. iDE installed 1,064 pumps for testing at 48 active field sites; 80 in Honduras, Zambia, Nepal. An additional 4 pumps have been installed in the USA, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, and Cambodia, which shows iDE’s progress towards global distribution. As a result of these field tests, iDE and its partners have gone through five design iterations of the pump. In addition, 80 pumps have been sold to iDE’s private sector partners for sales to end users in Zambia and Nepal.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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-iDE and its partners have established a manufacturing facility in India. Pumps for field testing have been installed in Nepal, Zambia, and Honduras. The feedback from these field tests informed future design iterations to the pump. The field testing sites have become demonstration sites, and iDE is laying the groundwork for sustainable sales and distribution of the pump in these three countries.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
+iDE has pioneered a new product category of solar pump. iDE has worked with its partners, Futurepump and the PRACTICA Foundation, on the development of the Sunflower pump, a highly efficient piston pump powered by an 80-watt PV panel. iDE currently has installed 84 pumps for testing at 48 active field sites; 80 in Honduras, Zambia, Nepal. An additional 4 pumps have been installed in the USA, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, and Cambodia, which shows iDE’s progress towards global distribution. As a result of these field tests, iDE and its partners have gone through five design iterations of the pump. In addition, 80 pumps have been sold to iDE’s private sector partners for sales to end users in Zambia and Nepal.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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 iDE and its partners have established a manufacturing facility in India. Pumps for field testing have been installed in Nepal, Zambia, and Honduras. The feedback from these field tests informed future design iterations to the pump. The field testing sites have become demonstration sites, and iDE is laying the groundwork for sustainable sales and distribution of the pump in these three countries.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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-Globally, more than 800 million farmers manually lift and haul water to [[Powering_Agriculture:_Irrigation|irrigate]]&nbsp;their farmland. These farmers can drastically decrease their labor and expand their irrigable area by employing motorized pumps. Currently, the most accessible and affordable pump solutions are four to seven horsepower pumps powered by increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Consequently, many farmers are either unable to provide sufficient irrigation to their crops, and/or must allocate a sufficient portion of their income to environmentally-hazardous fossil fuels.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
+Globally, more than 800 million farmers manually lift and haul water to [[Powering Agriculture: Irrigation|irrigate]]&nbsp;their farmland. These farmers can drastically decrease their labor and expand their irrigable area by employing motorized pumps. Currently, the most accessible and affordable pump solutions are four to seven horsepower pumps powered by increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Consequently, many farmers are either unable to provide sufficient irrigation to their crops, and/or must allocate a sufficient portion of their income to environmentally-hazardous fossil fuels.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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 = Clean Energy Solution<br/> =
-To increase agricultural productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers, iDE and its partners have developed a Clean [[Powering_Agriculture:_Irrigation|Irrigation]]&nbsp;Solution that will provide smallholder farmers across the developing world the opportunity to mechanize their farming with zero carbon emissions. The system uses the Sunflower pump, an efficient, versatile, and cost-effective piston pump powered by a [[Photovoltaic_(PV)|PV panel]], which is coupled with iDE’s affordable, ultra-low pressure drip irrigation kit to maximize the agricultural output and value of each drop of water pumped.<br/>
+To increase agricultural productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers, iDE and its partners have developed a Clean [[Powering Agriculture: Irrigation|Irrigation]]&nbsp;Solution that will provide smallholder farmers across the developing world the opportunity to mechanize their farming with zero carbon emissions. The system uses the Sunflower pump, an efficient, versatile, and cost-effective piston pump powered by a [[Photovoltaic (PV)|PV panel]], which is coupled with iDE’s affordable, ultra-low pressure drip irrigation kit to maximize the agricultural output and value of each drop of water pumped.<br/>
 Technology development is only one component of bringing the Sunflower pump to scale. iDE has identified five key factors needed to bring a Clean Irrigation Solution to scale:
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 iDE and its partners have established a manufacturing facility in India. Pumps for field testing have been installed in Nepal, Zambia, and Honduras. The feedback from these field tests informed future design iterations to the pump. The field testing sites have become demonstration sites, and iDE is laying the groundwork for sustainable sales and distribution of the pump in these three countries.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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 Globally, more than 800 million farmers manually lift and haul water to irrigate their farmland. These farmers can drastically decrease their labor and expand their irrigable area by employing motorized pumps. Currently, the most accessible and affordable pump solutions are four to seven horsepower pumps powered by increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Consequently, many farmers are either unable to provide sufficient irrigation to their crops, and/or must allocate a sufficient portion of their income to environmentally-hazardous fossil fuels.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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 iDE has over 30 years’ experience in developing appropriate agricultural products and engaging the private sector to supply these products to smallholder farmers, improving long-standing agricultural practices. This project is implemented in partnership with PRACTICA Foundation (a Dutch organization that has a focus on the commercial application of technology in the field of water and energy), and Futurepump Ltd.(a UK manufacturer of efficient irrigation pumps).<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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 iDE and its partners have established a manufacturing facility in India. Pumps for field testing have been installed in Nepal, Zambia, and Honduras. The feedback from these field tests informed future design iterations to the pump. The field testing sites have become demonstration sites, and iDE is laying the groundwork for sustainable sales and distribution of the pump in these three countries.<ref name="Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation">Powering Agriculture: iDE: https://poweringag.org/innovators/solar-powered-pumps-improved-irrigation</ref><br/>
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