[Grassroots-l] [Localization] Electricity for Haitian Schools

[Edward Cherlin]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Bastien <bastienguerry at googlemail.com> wrote:
> "Edward Cherlin" <echerlin at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> OK, but how many is that? How many students altogether?
>
> This will be 5 EFACAP, 12 school per EFACAP = 60 schools.
> Given that the deployment is for 13700 XOs, an average of

That's the number I need. Now we can run some very rough estimates. If
we say 5W/XO, 10h/day, 13,700 XOs, that comes to 700 kWh daily at 60
locations, or a bit over 10 kWh each. Now I can check what that comes
to in solar panels or whatever, and we can think about storage
overnight for early morning charging.

> ~230 students is expected (though I have no idea whether
> this will be equally distributed over the schools...)
>
>>>> What do they need powered besides laptops? We can get Engineers
>>>> Without Borders on this.
>>>
>>> Do you know people from EWB already working in Haiti?
>>
>> I can find some. Here you go.
>>
>> http://www.ewb-sfp.org/projects/haiti/team.html
>> http://www.tc.umn.edu/~ewb/projects_haiti.php
>> http://news.mst.edu/news/2008/EWB-Haiti.html
>> http://www.zango.com/results.aspx?ct=200&search=haiti
>>
>> Hey! Engineers without Borders Solar School Project in Haiti.
>> http://www.zango.com/Destination/Catalog/Play/Play.aspx?pid=572407
>
> Thanks a lot for the links.
>
> The last link says I need "Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox 1.5 or
> higher".  I use Firefox 3.0 and I don't understand what's wrong.

Yes, that's not the best link for them anyway. Try these.

Engineers Without Borders San Francisco Professionals Chapter
http://www.ewb-sfp.org/projects/projects.html
HAITI:
EWB-SFP is working to install a solar photovoltaic system to provide a
stable electricity supply to a local school and homes in Bayonnais,
Haiti. The project team is also addressing water quality issues and
bridge construction.

http://www.ewb-sfp.org/projects/haiti/haiti.html

http://www.ewb-sfp.org/about/contact.html

>>> If so, can you send me the contact information in private?
>>
>> I'm talking with them about a different sort of project from what they
>> are used to. I want to tackle renewable power for XOs worldwide, not
>> just one location at a time. When we get this organized, I'll let
>> everybody know.
>
> Ok.  I think our needs are so urgent that these kinds of solutions might
> come later to make the project even more sustainable.  We currently need
> to make is _possible_.  For this I rely on the local coordinator, he has
> a strong sense of what is immediately doable (or not...)
>
> Anyway, I'll keep you posted about this issue - thanks again,
>
> --
> Bastien
>



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