1. Renewable EnergySustainable Solution for Local Communities along Thai/Burma Border ECHO Asia Agricultural Conference Chiang Mai, Thailand 23rd September, 2009 www.bget.org

2. Do you want to see more of these?

3. …or these?

4. What Can We Do to Help at the Regional Level?

5. Solar Cooking Community Small Hydro Power Renewable Energy Solar Electric System Biogas for Cooking Hydraulic Ram Pump

6. Types of Solar Cookers Panel Cooker Box Cooker Parabolic Cooker

7. Solar Cooker: Advantages Easy & simple Save money on cooking fuel No smoke: less respiratory disease Fewer accidents from fire Reduce the use of wood or charcoal -- reduce de-forestation Reduce CO2 emission

8. Solar Cooker: Drawbacks Cannot be used to cook breakfast Less usable in cloudy or rainy weather Slow heat source means longer cooking time

9. Solar Cooking Training

10. Micro-hydro Power Power= 5 x Heightx Flow Height meters Watts liters/second Source: Inversin, A. R. (1986). Micro-Hydropower Sourcebook.

11. How to Measure Height Direct Measurement Measuring Tape & Inclinometer How to Measure Flow Area or Float Method Bucket Method

12. Direct Height Measurement A friend carpenter level stick of known height (1 or 1.5 meters) notebook Head = (No. of Sticks x Length of Stick) + Final Measurement

13. Measuring Tape & Inclinometer measuring tape inclinometer

14. Measuring Tape & Inclinometer

15. Area or Float Method Flow Rate (m3/s) = Cross-sectional area (m2) x Float length (m) / Float time (s) Then change the unit from m3/s to liters/s by multiply by 1,000

19. 3 kilowatts

22. 1 kilowatts

25. Fee Collection: Electricity used & Membership

26. Local Technicians

27. Maintenance Training

29. Solar Home System Training and Maintenance

30. Solar Home System Components Controller/Inverter 120 Watt Solar Panel Light Switches Outlet for 14” TV Battery 2 of 10 watt Fluorescent Lights

32. 7 Karen refugee camps

33. Over 20-year existence

35. IEEE Video“Dream Job” Solar-Diesel GeneratorHybrid System in Refugee camp

36. Hydraulic Ram Pumping energy from falling water to pump water to a higher elevation water entering the pump generates a “water hammer” and in response a portion of the water is lifted to a higher point through a delivery pipe extending from the pump

37. How a Ram Pump Works

38. Ram pump donated by Meribah Website: www.meribah-ram-pump.com

39. Biogas from Animal Manure for Cooking Anaerobic digestion Food / Animal waste Final products: 60-70% Methane, 28-38% Carbon dioxide, 2% Hydrogen sulfide + Nitrogen + Hydrogen Usage: Cooking fuel, heating, electricity Byproduct: Fertilizer

40. Biogas from Animal Manure

41. Biogas from Animal Manure Based on Heifer International Thailand

42. Solar Electric Systems for Burma Clinics Many clinics do not have electricity Goal: provide systems, training on operation and maintenance Started in 2003 Total of electrified 47 clinics + 2 vaccine refrigerators

43. Clinic Conditions

44. Solar Equipment & Training

45. -Galatians 6: 9-10 “Let us not become weary in doing good,for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people...” www.bget.org bget.tak@gmail.com Tel: 055-534-464 Mobile: 084-817-0955