Dear group, Please find below some correspondence regarding the potential for low head hydropower in Kenya. Any member of the group that is able to assist Gisure is requested to contact him directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gisure, I have forwarded your message to the microhydrogroup, a email discussion forum with 1500+ members with a professional and/or personal interest in microhydro. I hope you will get some useful reactions from some of the members. For more information on the forum, please see http://microhydropower.net/mhp_group Daniel, Are you aware of this initiative? Might be good to be in contact. Kind regards, Wim Jonker Klunne -------- Original Message -------- Subject: FW: Project consideration Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:27:04 +0300 From: GISORE REUBEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Wim, I had requested Julie Cardinal to guide me on the issue addressed below. By then, I was not aware that this portal could be used as a discussion forum. I am still researching on the possibility of establishing a micrhydropwer station on my farm in Western Kenya. Kindly advise me on how to get discussions on this proposal. Regards, Gisore > ---------- > From: REUBEN GISORE ONYANGORE > Sent: 09 May 2003 10:44 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Project consideration > > Dear Julie Cardinal, > > I am currently studying the possibility of designing a micro- hydropower > system for my village in a remote area of western Kenya. Among the > activities that the micro-hydropower system should be able to support are: > > 1) Electricity generation: ac for general lighting of houses and power dc for charging of batteries for far-off villagers > 2) Mechanical power for oil ectraction from groundnuts > 3) Mechanical power for water pumping for irrigation purposes > 4) A small water treatment system > > The river passing through the village is relatively big: the lowest flow is approximately 6 m3/s. The wet season flow could exceed approximately 100 m3/s which results in flooding of a big area in the lower reaches of the river. This data is obtained from a gauged site 20 km upstream of the village in consideration. In between there are many small streams joing the river. The river eventually drains into Lake Victoria as River Sondu. > > Despite the huge flows achieved by this river, there is one major > drawback. The surrounding area has a gentle gradient which means that there are no places where a head of more than 2 m can be obtained. In order to avoid any conflicts, it is envisaged that the micro-hydropower system and its facilities be located on only one piece of land. The financing options are not being considered currently--the technical feasibility, eg the power ranges anticipated -- have to be established first. The Kenyan Government would be more than willing to finance this kind of a project. It would be more economically sensible given that if the grid were to be extended over 20 km it would be quite expensive. > > As most of readers of rural development initiative newsletters would > concede, literature on low-head hydropower machines is scarce. This > newsletter is widely read and I was wondering if it is possible to use it as a platform where various rural energy development experts could exchange ideas on a project such this one. The experts could, for example, point out the availability of low-head hydropower equipment; suppliers and their addresses; contacts of specific experts on the subject; available technical literature on the subject and its accessibility; construction ideas; etc. All this could then be compiled by the person in charge of the project. This information and updates are then posted in the newsletter for all to share. > > Please inform me of the possibility. > > Yours sincerely, > > Reuben Gisore Onyangore > Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
