Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
Chili indigenous village solar panel.
Together they have not only changed their future but that of their remote village caspana as well.
Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
This video describes the journey of two indigenous women anna and katura who traveled to india to attend a training course in solar panel installation and maintenance provided by barefoot college.
Liliana and luisa terán are two indigenous women from northern chile who traveled to india for training in installing solar panels.
Installed capacity is on the order of 20 600mw with approximately 33 diesel gas 32 hydro 22 coal 6 solar 5 wind and 2 biomass biogas.
Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
Five native women who travelled halfway around the world to india and overcame language and other barriers to bring photovoltaic energy to their villages.
So far so good but even at the current low level of solar penetration there are problems.
Self installed six solar direct drive sdd battery free vaccine refrigerators and one sdd water pack freezer the first to be installed anywhere in the world.
In addition self installed seven solar refrigeration systems in the indigenous villages of nabusimake gunchukwa juerwa and sabana crespo.
Peak demand is pn the order of 7 000mw or little more than a third of total installed capacity.
The primary school in caspana 1 400 km north of santiago.
The primary school in caspana 1 400 km north of santiago.
Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
It was hard for people to accept what we learned in india explained liliana terán.