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This document discusses the need to expand and strengthen the US electric transmission system. It notes that the existing transmission grid is divided into three major interconnections that operate as single synchronous machines. While the existing grid has served the country well, upgrades are needed to integrate renewable energy, accommodate new technologies like electric vehicles, and address reliability issues from aging infrastructure. The document recommends developing a more robust and flexible transmission system through coordinated planning, incentive-based investment, and streamlined approval processes.
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Monash University ITS Strategic Planning Session
RE-INVENT to RE-POSITION – TRANSFORMED BY ICT
Title: Universities as “Smart Cities” in a Globally Connected World - How Will They be Transformed?
Melbourne, Australia
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This document discusses the need to expand and strengthen the US electric transmission system. It notes that the existing transmission grid is divided into three major interconnections that operate as single synchronous machines. While the existing grid has served the country well, upgrades are needed to integrate renewable energy, accommodate new technologies like electric vehicles, and address reliability issues from aging infrastructure. The document recommends developing a more robust and flexible transmission system through coordinated planning, incentive-based investment, and streamlined approval processes.
This document describes an approach to rural electrification using solar DC nano-grids. The nano-grids are sized to provide electricity to small clusters of 20-50 houses located close together through a central solar array and battery storage. Electricity is distributed via low-voltage DC cables to avoid inverter costs. Households pay membership fees to connect efficient LED lights and other appliances. The nano-grid approach aims to provide basic energy access at lowest cost while allowing for future expansion through interconnectivity between clusters. Initial tests in Bangladesh have shown the technical and economic feasibility of the solar DC nano-grid model.
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Invited Talk
Monash University ITS Strategic Planning Session
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Title: Universities as “Smart Cities” in a Globally Connected World - How Will They be Transformed?
Melbourne, Australia
IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR), www.iosrphr.org, call for paper, research...iosrphr_editor
This document summarizes key issues related to microgrids, including symmetrical current components analysis. It discusses microgrid research projects in Europe, the US, Japan, and Canada. Microgrids can operate connected to or isolated from the main grid. During isolation, distributed generation units must balance power and share loads. Protection and control of microgrids presents challenges. The paper analyzes symmetrical current components on a distribution network model and reviews voltage/frequency control and protection strategies for microgrids.
The document discusses the need to transform the existing power grid into a smart grid to address issues like poor monitoring, increasing energy demands, and high carbon footprints. It outlines several key priorities and technologies needed for smart grid development, including wide area situational awareness, advanced metering infrastructure, distributed grid management, demand response, electric storage, cyber security, electric transportation, and network communications standards. The goal is to create a modern, intelligent power grid that can efficiently transmit electricity from diverse energy sources to customers through a distributed architecture enabled by digital technologies and two-way communication networks.
So Cal Edison Smart Grid Strategyand Roadmapbrucetotty
This document provides Southern California Edison's (SCE) updated smart grid strategy and roadmap. It discusses the need for a smarter grid to meet policy goals around climate change, energy independence, and infrastructure security. A smarter grid is needed to integrate more renewable energy, enable customer participation, and ensure continued reliability. SCE developed its first smart grid roadmap in 2007 and this updated roadmap summarizes SCE's activities and plans for developing and implementing a smarter grid through 2030 using a methodology of customer-focused engineering, open innovation, scenario planning, standards development, and technology evaluation.
Sklubi AlumniWeekend 23.10.2010:
Reijo Maihaniemi
Electricity Consumption: General
Electricity Savings Through DC Power Feed
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ICT Energy saving actions
Design and Calculation of standalone system for Devon valley (TQ14 OEY) near ...IRJET Journal
The document describes the design and calculation of a standalone solar power system for a cottage house in Devon Valley, England. It begins with an abstract and introduction on harnessing solar energy. It then outlines the methodology used, which includes analyzing the house's daily load consumption, calculating solar irradiation data using PVGIS software, sizing the solar array and other system components like batteries and inverters. The key steps involve determining the energy required from the PV array based on the daily load and system efficiencies. 54 panels of 500W each are selected to meet the daily energy demand of 26.78 kWh. The battery bank and charge controller capacities are then sized accordingly. The inverter is selected to be 8000W based on the daily
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Michael R. Bartolacci, Albena Mihovska, and Dilek Ozceylan on "Optimization Modeling and Decision Support for Wireless Infrastructure Deployment in Disaster Planning and Management" at ISCRAM 2013 in Baden-Baden.
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This document discusses the importance of implementing Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in smart grids. It covers how IoT can enhance generation, transmission, and distribution in the grid. At the generation level, IoT allows for better integration of renewable energy sources like wind and solar. In transmission, IoT sensors can monitor infrastructure and mitigate damage from natural disasters. At the distribution level, IoT enables monitoring of microgrids and smart energy management in homes and buildings. The document argues that IoT is necessary to efficiently manage energy resources and ensure sustainability in future power systems.
Newcastle City Council installed a 20 kW solar PV system at a sports facility to reduce electricity costs from peak capacity charges. However, peak demand did not align with solar output, so a battery was added. SwitchDin software integrated the separate solar, battery, and control systems to optimize performance and allow the Council to monitor and control the system. The hybrid system is expected to reduce costs while meeting renewable energy goals.
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results with accuracy of 95% or higher.
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IRJET- Google Clock Linked Solar Tractor using IoTIRJET Journal
The document describes a proposed solar-powered tractor system that uses IoT technology. The key components are:
1. A solar panel that rotates continuously to track the sun's position, maximizing solar energy collection. Its position is controlled by a driver module connected to an Arduino board.
2. An Arduino board interfaced with a WiFi module to automatically update the time from a Google Clock using IoT. This time is used to determine the solar panel's position to match the sun.
3. A battery that stores the solar energy and powers the tractor. A Blynk app connected via IoT is used to manually control the tractor using the driver module for safe operation.
A Comprehensive Review on Smart Grid Ecosystem.pdfssuser793b4e
A smart grid is an intervention technology for the massive energy demand of the world today. It combines cyber-physical technologies, information communication technology, and electrical power networks from the generating company stations to the end-users while ensuring bidirectional communication among the actors. The smart grid is a complex growing technology that is yet to reach its maturity state. This paper seeks to examine the literature on the state of the art of smart grid technology both from the industry perspective and from academia. To this end, a literature review with a qualitative deductive approach built on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guideline and the simplified International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) five-domain model were used as a guide to this research. Furthermore, the paper reviewed Smart Grid data centre topologies and identified prospects in spine-leaf architecture as a promising architecture that can be adapted in a smart grid ecosystem data centre design. The literature was searched from the databases: IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Springer Link Digital Library, and Google Scholar, IET Digital Library, Frontiers Library, ACM Digital Library repositories resulting in 151 papers after several exclusions. The work reviewed relevant literatures published from 2002 to 2021 and grouped the reviewed papers according to the key domains of the NIST/ITU-T model. Based on the evaluated literature, the need for more built-in predictive learning curves in smart grid systems and robust Smart grid architecture with enhanced data centre design for Smart grid systems is observed and recommended
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This document discusses sustainable energy systems and technologies being implemented in Kenya. It provides an overview of various decentralized renewable energy technologies being used, including solar portable lanterns, biogas, and solar PV. It then discusses implementation of these technologies, safety considerations regarding wind loads, water tightness, and electrical safety. Finally, it covers financial incentives like net metering and peak load shaving, and concludes that African higher education institutions should establish their own sustainable energy projects and develop related educational programs.
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This document describes an IoT-based system for remotely monitoring and controlling a solar photovoltaic unit. It discusses challenges with existing solar panel systems like downtime and difficulties with maintenance. The proposed system uses sensors to measure the output voltage of a solar panel located remotely. An IoT network transmits the sensor data to a server, allowing users to access the output measurements via unique IP addresses. Relay circuits and boards are also used to enable remote control of the solar panel outputs. This makes monitoring and control more efficient through the IoT system.
Advantages and recent advances of smart energy gridjournalBEEI
Smart grid is widely recognized technology used to improve the stability and losses of the electric power system. It is encouraging reliability, efficiency, and effective control of the supply of electrical energy. However, it is a hot topic for recent publications and still has a limited understanding among researchers. This review work is to provide insight and support to the beginner researchers since this topic needs a multidisciplinary background knowledge. The conventional electric transmission system and distribution networks struggle to provide resilient performance and reliable service and real-time data. Also, smart grid id a promising network maneuver to stabilize the system once any disturbances break out by using the distributed renewable energy generators, while the conventional networks lack for flexibility to integrate with renewable energy generators or microgrids. This comprehensive work is conducted to map previous controbution in a coherent manar, including the specifications, features, and fundamentals that are presented to benefit the interested readers interested in smart grid development.
A Review Of Recent Development In Smart Grid And Micro Grid LaboratoriesJoaquin Hamad
This document summarizes recent developments in smart grid and micro-grid laboratories. It first discusses key features of smart grids, including their decentralized structure and integration of renewable energy. It then reviews several micro-grid laboratory projects in Europe, the US, and Japan that test control systems and other smart grid technologies at small scales. Finally, it outlines ongoing work at UTeM to develop a laboratory-scale micro-grid system to study issues like distributed energy emulation, synchronization with the main grid, and islanding detection.
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This paper presents an intelligent of single axis automatic adaptive photovoltaic solar module. A static solar panel has an issue of efficiency on shading effects, irradiance of sunlight absorbed, and less power generates. This aims to design an effective algorithm tracking system and a prototype automatic adaptive solar photovoltaic (PV) module connected through internet of things (IoT). The system has successfully designated on solving efficiency optimization. A tracking system by using active method orientation and allows more power and energy are captured. The solar rotation angle facing aligned to the light-dependent resistor (LDR) voltage captured and high solar panel voltage measured by using Arduino microcontroller. Real-time data is collected from the dynamic solar panel, published on Node-Red webpage, and running interactive via android device. The system has significantly reduced time. Data captured by the solar panel then analyzed based on irradiance, voltage, current, power generated and efficiency. Successful results present a live data analytic platform with active tracking system that achieved larger power generated and efficiency of solar panel compared to a fixed mounted array. This research is significant that can help the user to monitor parameters collected by the solar panel thus able to increase 51.82% efficiency of the PV module.
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Practical and cost-effective communications solutions are needed to enable control of the growing number of integrated distributed energy resources (DERs) and grid-edge local aggregator devices such as home energy management systems. Each year, the total installed photovoltaic (PV) system capacity increases by an estimated 5 GW, over half of which is interconnected to the distribution system.1 PV’s increasing penetration—already accounting for the bulk of DER capacity—underscores the need to enable and manage its continued integration on the distribution system.2 Much previous work has shown that advanced distribution management systems (ADMS), which are effectively integration platforms for various grid control and visibility applications, can help enable the integration of higher levels of PV while also improving the overall performance and efficiency of the distribution circuit. Greater connectivity and controllability of utility- and customer-owned equipment increases the level of DER integration and overall circuit performance.3 The required performance of the enabling communications system, however, has been less thoroughly studied and is often greatly oversimplified in ADMS performance analysis. The availability of new technologies such as distributed sensors, two-way secure communications, advanced software for data management, and intelligent and autonomous controllers is driving the identification of communications standards and general requirements,4 but the link between the communications system and the expected performance of a utility-implemented control system such as an ADMS or other communications-reliant protective function requires further investigation.
Smart Grid Data Centers Distributed & ICTs Sustainability on Generation Energ...IJMTST Journal
Smart grid has modernized the way electricity is generated, transported, distributed, and consumed by integrating advanced sensing, communications, and control in the day-to-day operation of the grid. Electricity is a core utility for the functioning of society and for the services provided by information and communication technologies(ICTs). Several concepts of the smart grid, such as dynamic pricing, distributed generation, and demand management, have significantly impacted the operation of ICT services, in particular, communication networks and data centers. Ongoing energy-efficiency and operational expenditures reduction efforts in communication networks and data center shave gained another dimension with those smart grid concepts. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive survey on the smart grid-driven approaches in energy-efficient communications and data centers, and the interaction between smart grid and information and communication infrastructures. Although the studies on smart grid, energy-efficient communications, and green data centers have been separately surveyed in previous studies, to this end, research that falls in the intersection of those fields has not been properly classified and surveyed yet. We start our survey by providing background information on the smart grid and continue with surveying smart grid-driven approaches in energy-efficient communication systems, followed by energy, cost and emission minimizing approaches in datacenters, and the corresponding cloud network infrastructure. Through a communication infrastructure, a smart grid can improve power reliability and quality to eliminate electricity blackout.
Real-time monitoring of the prototype design of electric system by the ubido...IJECEIAES
In this paper, a prototype DC electric system was practically designed. The idea of the proposed system was derived from the microgrid concept. The system contained two houses each have a DC generator and load that consists of four 12 V DC lamps. Each house is controlled fully by Arduino UNO microcontroller to work in Island mode or connected it with the second house or main electric network. House operating mode depends on the power generated by its source and the availability of the main network. Under all operating cases, the minimum price of electricity consumption should satisfy as possible. Information between the houses about the operating mode and the main network state was exchanging wirelessly with the help of the RFHC12. This information uploaded to the Ubidots platform by the Wi-FiESP8266 included in the node MCU microcontroller. This platform has several advantages such as capture, visualization, analysis, and management of data. The system was examined for different cases to verify its working by varying the load in each building. All tested states showed that the houses transfer from one mode to another automatically with high reliability and minimum energy cost. The information about the main grid states and the sources of the houses were monitored and stored at the Ubidots platform.
The key elements of the Christian worldview are faith, love, forgiveness, and living in Christ. These elements are fundamental to Christ's teachings and reflect the author's own worldview. Living in Christ incorporates aspects like praise, prayer, and witnessing. However, the Christian worldview should focus more on redemption than reconciling the Bible with science. The overarching themes of the Bible can be summarized as creation, humanity, sin/fall, and redemption.
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A Solar Powered Electricity Backup System For Fantsuam Foundation S Community Wireless Network
1. PROJECT PROPOSAL
A Solar Powered Electricity Backup System
for Fantsuam Foundation's
Community Wireless Network
Fantsuam Foundation
Kafanchan, Nigeria
v1.0
21 November 2006
2. Project Proposal Version 1.0
Fantsuam Foundation Electricity Backup System
November 2006
Executive Summary
Fantsuam Foundation is currently undertaking the first phase of the implementation of a community wireless
network that will provide Intranet and Internet services to 13 partners in Kafanchan (Nigeria). One of the
goals of the community wireless project is to increase the availability of Internet services to the community
and optimize the use of the existing VSAT satellite connection (for more information about the existing
wireless community project see: executive summary in Appendix A).
Although Fantsuam Foundation is connected to the power grid, power surges and outages are frequent in the
region. Power voltage instability is common and during the raining season, it is common to have no
electricity supply up to three days at a time. Currently, a diesel generator is used as an alternative source of
energy. Unfortunately, operating a Wireless Internet Provider relaying on diesel generation is inviable.
Electricity costs are already 500 USD/month where 80% are related to the diesel generator that is frequently
operating.
Electricity stability has been identified as one of the risks for the success of the wireless community project.
A electricity backup system will not only ensure stable Internet services but also improve the general
productivity of Fantsuam Foundation activities.
This project proposal seeks funding for the establishment of an alternative electricity backup system
for Fantsuam Foundation's Offices and its Network Operation Center. The electricity backup
system will address the following energy needs:
• Offices: cybercafe, cashier, administration, two computer rooms and a repair room
• Street: independent Street Lighting Poles
• Tower: solar-powered “signal light” for the wireless communication tower
• Network Operation Center: high availability backup system for the Network Operation Center
• Wireless Backbone: Solar-Powered Radio Repeaters to extend the wireless network backbone
The initial design is based on the use of deep cycle batteries connected to the grid by means of voltage
stabilizers and intelligent chargers. In case of power outage, energy from the batteries is supplied by a group
of inverters. This system is complemented with a photovolatic subsystem that acts as a second source of
energy. The photovoltaic subsystem has been dimensioned to ensure the high availability of the Network
Operation Center.1
The project is divided in four phases: 1) pre-study, 2) basic training and collection of data, 3)
evaluation of bids and 4) supervision of implementation and advanced training.
Apart from the implementation of the electricity backup system and two dedicated trainings, the project will
deliver a a set of training materials addressing dimensioning and maintenance of batteries connected to grid
and solar systems.
The materials will pay special attention to solar energy dimensioning and wireless communications.
Dissemination of the implementation results including all training materials will fall under the Creative
Commons Non-Commercial Share-Alike license.
This proposal requests 90 KUSD.
1
A set of simulations have been conducted using the data available from the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, IITA. Solar
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3. Project Proposal Version 1.0
Fantsuam Foundation Electricity Backup System
November 2006
Table of Contents
1. PROJECT PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS.........................................................................................1
1.1 PROPOSING INSTITUTION.................................................................................................................................1
1.2 PARTNERS INSTITUTIONS.................................................................................................................................1
2. TIME FRAME...............................................................................................................................................1
3. BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................................2
4. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS.....................................................................................................................2
5. METHODOLOGY.........................................................................................................................................3
6. PROJECT BENEFITS..................................................................................................................................4
6.1 AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL SERVICES...................................................................................................................4
6.2 TRAINING CURRICULUM .................................................................................................................................4
6.3 LOCAL SKILLS...............................................................................................................................................4
7. INDICATORS AND OUTCOMES................................................................................................................5
8. PRESENT SITUATION (PRE-STUDY).......................................................................................................6
8.1 INTERNET CONNECTIVITY...............................................................................................................................6
8.2 TELEPHONY..................................................................................................................................................6
8.3 WEATHER ...................................................................................................................................................7
8.4 SOLAR RADIATION ........................................................................................................................................8
8.5 GRID POWER..............................................................................................................................................10
8.6 BACKUP SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES: GRID-BATTERIES OR SOLAR-GRID-BATTERIES.....................................................10
8.7 WORST MONTH - RESULTS OF SIMULATION DATA ..........................................................................................11
8.8 ENERGY DEMAND AND DIMENSIONING............................................................................................................12
9. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN .......................................................................................................................13
9.1 ACTIVITY PLAN..........................................................................................................................................13
10. TRAINING AND DISSEMINATION.........................................................................................................16
10.1 ENERGY DIMENSIONING AND DESIGN TRAINING..............................................................................................16
10.2 TRAINING MATERIALS................................................................................................................................17
10.3 DISSEMINATION..........................................................................................................................................17
10.4 TIME PLAN...............................................................................................................................................18
11. PROJECT ORGANIZATION....................................................................................................................19
12. APPENDIX A ...........................................................................................................................................21
4.
5. Project Proposal Version 1.0
Fantsuam Foundation Electricity Backup System
November 2006
1. Project partners and stakeholders
1.1 Proposing Institution
Fantsuam Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1996 (Jos, Nigeria) with focus on
micro finance and ICT services and development in rural communities of Nigeria.
Registered with the Kaduna State Government, Nigeria (Reg. #KDS/YC/99/2897), the Nigerian
Corporate Affairs Commission (#495066) and the Charities Commission of England and Wales
(UK Charity Reg. # 1078142).
1.2 Partners Institutions
IT +46
IT +46 is a Swedish consultancy company funded in 2004 with main focus on ICT in developing
regions. Its areas of expertise includes IT wire and wireless infrastructure, VoIP, localization of
FOSS and computer and network security.
IT+46 is providing training and technical supervision to two Community Wireless Projects in
Uganda (with Makerere University) and Nigeria (with Fantsuam Foundation). The wireless
community projects were initiated after a set of trainings in wireless community networks
conducted in Africa during 2005-06.
Alberto Escudero-Pascual (PhD), co-founder of IT+46, has a Master of Science in renewable
energies. His master thesis addressed both the energy needs of a rural self-sufficient farm and the
design of a hybrid (solar-wind) renewable energy system.
2. Time Frame
The project duration is 12 months starting from 1 February 2007.
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6. Project Proposal Version 1.0
Fantsuam Foundation Electricity Backup System
November 2006
3. Background
Fantsuam Foundation is a non-for-profit organization based in Kafanchan (Nigeria) with focus on
ICT's for development in rural areas.
Kafanchan is a poorly connected district in terms of Internet connectivity, POTS (plain old
telephone system) and mobile telephony. Fantsuam Foundation has currently the only Internet
connection in Kafanchan and POTS is not available in the area. GSM coverage did just arrive to
this area.
Fantsuam Foundation is currently undertaking the first phase of the implementation of a
community wireless network that will provide Intranet and Internet services to 13 partners in
Kafanchan. By doing so, Fantsuam Foundation will become a wireless ISP and deliver both data
and voice services over the wireless network.
One of the goals of the community wireless project is to increase the availability of Internet
services to the community and optimize the use of the existing VSAT satellite connection.
Although Fantsuam Foundation is connected to the power grid, power surges and outages are
frequent in the region. Power voltage instability is common and during the raining season, it is
common to have no electricity supply up to three days at a time. Currently, a diesel generator is
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relaying on diesel generation is inviable. Electricity costs are already 500 USD/month where 80%
are related to the diesel generator that is frequently operating.
Electricity stability has been identified as one of the risks for the success of the wireless
community project. For that reason, this proposal has been put together in order to ensure stable
Internet services in the wireless network. Also, the power backup system will improve the general
productivity of Fantsuam Foundation activities which includes a wide range of ICT trainings and
other ICT related activities.
4. Objectives and Actions
This project contains six objectives. Each and one of them are described below together with the
methodology that will be used in order to fulfill the objectives.
1. Increment the number of working hours of the ICT Infrastructure
• Implement an electricity backup system based on deep cycle batteries connected to
grid. The backup system includes six subsystems in Fantsuam Foundation compound:
cybercafe, cashier, administration, 2 computer rooms and a repair room
2. Improve the physical security in the premises
• Implement six independent street lighting poles
• Include a solar-powered “signal light” in the wireless communication tower
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7. Project Proposal Version 1.0
Fantsuam Foundation Electricity Backup System
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3. Improve the availability of Intranet and Internet core services to Fantsuam
and identified partners within the community.
• Implement a electricity backup system based on deep cycle batteries connected to grid
in the Network Operation Center (NOC)
• Implement a solar panel subsystem to extend the autonomy of the NOC.
4. Expand the network by means of establishing two solar-powered repeaters
• Establish two solar-power repeaters that will enable the expansion of the backhaul
network to include another 5 partners and increase the service area of the community
network.
5. Improve the availability of the wireless backbone network
• Implement a electricity backup system based on deep cycle batteries connected to grid
and solar panels in the wireless backbone nodes that act as repeaters
6. Build capacity within Fantsuam Foundation in designing, implementing and
maintaining electricity backup systems with solar panels and deep cycle batteries
• Conduct basic general training in renewable energies
• Conduct advanced training in the dimensioning and simulation of solar-powered
autonomous and backup systems
• Develop manuals and training material
• Deploy a set of backhaul communication links and clients installations using
electricity backup systems jointly with Fantsuam Foundation staff .
5. Methodology
The project is divided in four phases: the first phase is an initial technical assessment that started
with elaboration of this proposal (November-February 2007). The second phase is a basic training
to Fantsuam Foundation in renewable energies and the collection of data and suppliers for the
preparation of a tender document (Visit 1 of the external consultant, February 2007). The third
phase is the evaluation of the bids (April-June 2007) and the supervision of the installation (Visit
2 of the external consultant, June 2007). Finally the fourth phase is an advance training in the
maintenance of the backup system and the integration of wireless-solar repeaters as part of the
wireless infrastructure (December 2007).
Taking advantage of the visit to Kafanchan of the two external consultants (IT+46) to the
wireless project (February 2007), a technical requirements for a future tender document will be
drafted. The tender document will consider the energy demands and potential energy savings in
Fantsuam Foundation and the results of a field study that will include the components and prices
available in the local market. This first visit will also include a first training in renewable energies
and the different components of an energy backup system. The training will help Fanstuam to
negotiate better bids including the quality of the components and installation.
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It is expected to have a tender document ready for early April 2007 and and open bid period of
the following 6 weeks. A visit of the external consultant to specifically supervise the installation is
scheduled for June 2007. During the period July-November 2007, the system will be in an
evaluation phase, gathering data and identifying operational problems. This testing period will be
used to outline and prepare the content of a second and advanced training in the maintenance,
simulation and troubleshooting of solar-grid connected systems. In December 2007, also this time
taking advantage of the second visit of the external consultants for the community wireless
project, a second training will take place and a set of solar-wireless routers will be installed.
6. Project Benefits
This proposal supports all the outcomes of the initial wireless community network proposal but
with special emphasis in “availability” and “optimization” of the existing services.
6.1 Availability of Local Services
Thanks to the availability of stable energy supply we will be able to:
• More effectively use the wireless distribution network to support community-based
applications
• More effectively use the satellite connection to retrieve and upload content to the network
outside of office hours. (e.g. implementation of a local mail server)
• Offer uninterrupted local voice services over the wireless network (VoIP) to any connected
node
6.2 Training Curriculum
• Support Fantsuam’s ICT curriculum online content delivery and exchange of information
and data within the WLAN and also across the Internet
• The energy backup subsystem and the training materials developed with the project will
complement Fantsuam Academy training curricula
• Create an online information space detailing how the Fantsuam Foundation energy
backup system was envisioned, designed, and maintained. This will complement the local
training initiatives to be undertaken, and serve as a reference for other community
networks
6.3 Local Skills
• After acquiring proper training in (1) maintenance and servicing the energy backup
subsystems and (2) implementation of solar-powered repeaters, the expansion of the
network as more partners come on board can be done more cost-effectively by the
Fantsuam staff.
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7. Indicators and Outcomes
Our expectation is that the project will result in the following outcomes:
1. A electricity backup system that is locally maintained and able to support ICT related
activities and services
Indicator: Increase of the uptime of the Internet and Intranet's services. Number of institutional
and individual clients capable of connecting to the new wireless network without disruption.
2. Increase productivity during hours without sunlight in Fantsuam Central Offices
Indicator: Reduction of number of hours of power outage in the premises. Reduction of liters of
diesel used in the generator and monthly costs for electricity.
3. A safer working environment for Fantsuam staff and surrounding community
Indicator: Number of lighting hours in the streets surrounding Fantsuam Foundation premises
and a signal light installed in the 45m central communication tower. Increase of community
activities during dark hours.
4. Staff and volunteers of Fantsuam Foundation will gain the capacity to design, install and
maintain electricity backup systems (solar and grid connected) throughout the region.
Indicator: Number of staff and volunteers trained in designing, installing and maintaining of
electricity backup systems
5. The Fantsuam team will develop a training curriculum in Solar Energy Back-up for the
Fantsuam Academy
Indicator: Training materials and curriculum in Solar Energy Back-up developed
6. Staff and volunteers of Fantsuam Foundation will be able to deliver training in electricity
backup systems (solar and grid connected) throughout the region.
Indicator: Number of courses delivered and people trained
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8. Present Situation (Pre-study)
8.1 Internet Connectivity
In November 2003, a VSAT was installed in the premises of Fantsuam Foundation, and for the
first time, Kafanchan was connected to the Internet. Ever since then, Fantsuam has been the only
supplier of Internet connectivity in Kafanchan. In order to leverage the connectivity, Fantsuam
runs a small Internet Café, a Cisco Academy and other ICT training courses in their compound.
The project of expanding the Fantsuam network by means of wireless technology has been
initiated in June 2006. In October 2006 a 45m central tower that will serve as a wireless hub for
13 partners was established.
Access to stable electricity has been identified as one of the bottlenecks in the strategy of
increasing and optimizing the current usage of the Internet. By being able to operate the Internet
connection out of office hours and reduce the consumption of diesel we expect to be able to
optimize the existing satellite connection.
The graphs obtained from the router shows that the Internet connection is used mainly during
office hours from Monday to Friday. No traffic in the link is present during the weekends.
However, the satellite Internet subscription is not limited to the amount of hours that the
connection is used.
8.2 Telephony
Kafanchan is very poorly connected area in terms of telephony. Still in 2006, there are no
traditional land based telephone lines and there is no plan to fix the long broken equipment that
connects it to the telephone grid. Two GSM operators are present in Kafanchan MTN and V
Mobile.
As a part of the wireless community project we aim to establish a local VoIP operator. The VoIP
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operator will allow the establishment of local phone calls using the wireless backbone. Also, the
possibility of bridging the VoIP network to the GSM network will be explored.
As the VoIP infrastructure uses the wireless backbone, reliable electricity supply is a necessary
condition for telephony services.
8.3 Weather
The Abuja region experiences two weather seasons: the rainy season, which typically runs from
April to October, and the dry season, extending from October to April. Temperatures through
the year range from 20 degrees Celsius to just over 40 degrees Celsius.
The heavy rainfall comes in June-September, which can complicate outdoor installation works
specially the installation of the solar panels. Lightening happens mainly during the first few weeks
of the rainy season in April and the last few weeks of October.
Due to the latitude of Kafanchan (Equator), the extraterrestrial solar energy suffers small
fluctuations during the year. The number of the hours of day light remain almost constant
throughout the year. However, the solar radiation patterns (terrestrial) are heavily influenced by
the rains. According to statistical data the months with the least amount of sun light are July
and August which are in the middle of the heavy rainfall period.
Picture 1: Changes of Sun's Height at Port Harcourt
A comparison of instantaneous values of solar radiation at Port Harcourt (Nigeria) and Stockholm
(Sweden) shows the small fluctuations of the global irradiance in Nigeria. Hence, solar panels
installed in Nigeria will not require a seasonal change of inclination.
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Picture 2: Global Irradiance comparition (Nigeria vs Sweden)
8.4 Solar Radiation
The yearly average of solar radiation in Nigeria is estimated to 4.1 Kwh/m2
.day. Solar systems
with a constant energy demand should be optimized during the rainy season (summer period).
Results of the simulations show that a system optimized for July-September in Nigeria will require
an inclination of the panels of 0 degrees. As panels needs to be protected from dust, a minimum
angle of 15 degrees is recommended. This change of inclination will force the panel to be in a
suboptimal position. An increase of 10% of the energy is possible in the rainy period at the price
of higher maintenance. For all the simulations a reference value for the worse month of the year is
3.2 Kwh/m2
.day assuming a 15 degrees inclination2
.
Month
Kwh/m2
.day
Incl.
0°
15 ° 20°
January 4.2 4.5 4.6
February 4.3 4.5 4.5
March 4.5 4.5 4.4
April 4.5 4.3 4.1
2
On the other hand, if a pump systems needs to be deployed, the system should be optimized for
the dry season. That would imply a maximum value of 4.7 Kwh/m2
.day during December with an
inclination of 20 degrees.
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Month
Kwh/m2
.day
Incl.
0°
15 ° 20°
May 4.4 4.0 3.8
June 3.9 3.5 3.3
July 3.5 3.2 3.0
August 3.5 3.3 3.1
September 3.9 3.8 3.7
October 3.9 4.0 4.0
November 4.0 4.3 4.3
December 4.2 4.6 4.7
Average 4.1 4.0 4.0
Table 1: Solar Radiation Data for different inclinations (Port Hartcourt).
Table 2: Temperature and Average Precipitation
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Average temperature in Abuja, 12 years statistics
Unit Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
°F 82 85 86 84 80 79 77 77 77 79 80 80
°C 23 28 29 30 29 27 26 25 25 25 26 27
Average precipitation in Abuja, 12 years statistics
Unit Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
cm 0.3 0.5 1.3 6.1 13.7 17.5 20.6 21.8 23.9 9.9 0.3---
inch 0.1 0.2 0.5 2.4 5.4 6.9 8.1 8.6 9.4 3.9 0.1---
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8.5 Grid Power
Nigerian Electric Power Authority (NEPA) is responsible for electricity generation and
distribution in Nigeria. Unfortunately, demand for electricity is far greater then what the
Nigerian power grid can effectively generate and deliver. This makes the grid power system very
unreliable and blackouts and brownouts occur frequently. The situation is slowly getting better,
but will not be stable enough to directly plug electronic equipment into grid powered outlets for
some time forward.
The issue of ensuring a reliable and stable source of power at Fantsuam Foundation has long been
a problem. Fantsuam do have a backup generator at their premises that has power to run the
whole compound in case of a power outage. Due to the high operating cost (20 USD/hour), the
generator is only used if a training session is running at Fantsuam Foundation during a power cut.
In general, power can not be ensured at Fantsuam during office hours today.
8.6 Backup System Alternatives: Grid-Batteries or Solar-Grid-Batteries
There is two technical alternatives for providing an electrical backup system for Fantsuam
Foundation. The first alternative is a Grid-Batteries System that do not to use any solar
components at all. All the energy for the backup system will be extracted from the grid and
stored in batteries. When energy is needed an inverter will extract energy from the batteries. This
is a traditional set up for environments were electricity from the grid is not available for a few
hours (maximum 18 hours). Unfortunately, electricity from the grid in Kafanchan can be
unavailable for as much as 4 days in a row during the rainy period.
The second alternative is to complement the Grid-Batteries Backup System with another source of
energy. The proposed solution is a Solar-Grid-Batteries System that includes a set of
photovoltaic (PV) panels that will extend the autonomy of the overall system and will ensure the
a Network Operation Center working 24/7. If the conditions from the grid improves, the solar
panels will be reallocated to other parts of the wireless network.
Two suppliers of solar and renewable energy equipment have been identified in the region (Solar
and Renewable Energy System and NCL). The majority of the equipment (solar panels, deep cycle
batteries, inverters and stabilizers-regulators) is locally available in Nigeria from Jos and Kaduna.
Although local suppliers are available, a survey needs to be conducted during the first phase of
the project to identify the best options for the system components: stabilizers, inverters,
regulators/charge controllers, deep cycle batteries and PV lighting poles.
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8.7 Worst Month - Results of Simulation Data
The following table summarizes the information used to estimate the worst time of the year. The
second and third column are the estimated solar radiation with an inclination of 0° and 15°
degrees. The fourth column is an estimation of the days of autonomy expected from the system.
The days of autonomy is the result of the maximum number of days of electricity grid outage
during the period. The last column is the distribution of rain in % in respect to the maximum
value. Although September is the month with most heavy rains, July has the minimum value of
solar radiation available. Our worse month for a constant energy demand is July. During this
month the power outage can last as much as 3 days.
Month 0°
Kwh/m2
(day)
15 °
Kwh/m2
(day)
Autonomy
Days
(Required)
Rain
%Total
January 4.2 4.5 1 1
February 4.3 4.5 1 2
March 4.5 4.5 1 5
April 4.5 4.3 2 26
May 4.4 4.0 3 57
June 3.9 3.5 3 73
July 3.5 3.2 3 86
August 3.5 3.3 3 91
September 3.9 3.8 3 100
October 3.9 4.0 2 41
November 4.0 4.3 1 1
December 4.2 4.6 1 1
Average 4.1 4.0 4.0 -
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8.8 Energy Demand and Dimensioning
The next table summaries the estimated energy demand for the different subsystems.
The first six subsystems (cyber cafe, cashier, administration, two computer rooms and repair
room) are dimensioned for a total energy consumption of 77 Kwh/day. An autonomy of 1.5 days
and a value of 80% battery discharge has been used for the calculations. Values for two types of
batteries have been considered (Bat1: 200 Ah) and (Bat2: 500 Ah).
The second group of calculations corresponds to the energy demand of the server room and the
network operation center. The simulation considers 4 days of extra autonomy for the for the
NOC. A PV solar system with a nominal power of 1.7 KWp has been included to provide a daily
energy of 3.8 Kwh.
The result of the calculations summarizes as follows: 80 200Ah batteries (or 28 batteries of 500
Ah) and 32 panels of 55 Wp for PV solar subsystem.
A detailed study which models the specifications of the available equipment in Nigeria is planned
as a part of the project.
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Syst PC Laptop Printer Router Lights Bat1(Ah) Bat2(Ah) #
Power (W) 150 30 100 360 30 200 500
Autonomy(days) 1.5 1.5
%Discharge 0.8 0.8
Units Units Units Units Units W/day time Wh/day Amp(12V) Units # Units #
1 Cyber Cafe 6 3 990 8 7920 660 6.19 6 2.48 3
2 Cashier 2 3 2 450 8 3600 300 2.81 3 1.13 1
3 Administration 1 1 1 3 370 8 2960 247 2.31 3 0.93 1
4 Computer Room1 15 4 2370 8 18960 1580 14.81 15 5.93 6
5 Computer Room2 15 5 4 4170 8 33360 2780 26.06 26 10.43 10
6 Repair Room 8 4 3 2730 4 10920 910 8.53 8 3.41 3
TOTAL 77720 60.72 61 24.29 24
Load 24h Wh/day Amp(12V) 4days 4days
7 NOC–Wireless 175 24 4200 350 8.73 9 3.49 4
TOTAL 81920 6826.67 70 28
NOC–Wireless P(W) I (A) Voltage Batteries Panels Kwh
8 PVSolar 55Wp 3.5A 24V 10 32 3.8
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9. Implementation Plan
9.1 Activity Plan
The project activities have been divided into four main components. Each component contains a
set of activities that relates to each other. Activities that jointly lead to a deliverable have been
clustered.
The abbreviations described below indicate the different activity leaders.
FF= Fantsuam Foundation
EC= External Consultant
The work packages are:
WP A: Initial Technical Requirements
WP B: Basic Training, Measurements and Simulations
WP C: Procurement, Implementation and Supervision of installation of the Energy Backup
Subsystems
WP D: Advanced Training and Wireless Repeaters Implementation
WP A: Initial Technical Requirements
A Deliverable Activity Resp.
A1 Technical Requirements for grid
connected backup subsystem
1. Technical Requirements for Tender
Document
(cybercafe, 2 computer rooms, administration,
cashier, repair room)
EC
2. Negotiation, Procurement and Supervision FF
A2 Technical Requirements for
solar-panel backup subsystem
3. Technical Requirements for Tender
(server room, NOC)
EC
4. Negotiation, Procurement and Supervision FF
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A Deliverable Activity Resp.
A3 Technical Requirement for solar
wireless repeaters
5. Technical Requirement
(backbone network and extension with solar-
powered wireless repeaters)
EC
6. Negotiation, Procurement and Supervision FF
A4 Technical Requirement for light
signal and street lights
7. Technical Requirements for Tender
Document
EC
8. Negotiation, Procurement and Supervision FF
WP B: Basic Training, Measurements, Simulations
Deliverable Activity Resp.
B1 Basic Theoretical Training in
renewable energies
9. Training Material “Introduction to
Renewable Energies”
EC
10. Print Training Material FF
11. Conduct Training (Nigeria) EC
B2 Study of existing suppliers in
the local market
12. Visit to suppliers and local installations
(Nigeria)
EC/FF
13. Identify local products and guarantees EC
B3 Energy Consumption and
Savings
14. Study consumption patters EC
15. Energy saving measures and strategy EC
B4 Implementation Plan and Final
Tender Document
16. Implementation Plan and Tender
Document based on A1-4 and B2-3
17. Review of bids
EC/FF
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WP C. Implementation of Energy Backup Subsystems
Deliverable Activity Resp.
C1 Signal Light and Street Lights 18. Supervision of the implementation of
signal light and street lights
FF
C2 Fantsuam Offices backup
subsystem
19. Supervision of the installation of deep
cycle batteries, inverters, DC disconnect
and power regulator
FF
C3 NOC and Server Room Solar
Subsystem
20. Supervision of the installation of deep
cycle batteries, inverters, DC disconnect
and power regulator
21. Supervision of the installation of solar
panels and charge controllers
FF
C4 Solar-powered wireless repeaters 22. Configuration of solar-powered wireless
repeaters
23. Installation of solar-powered wireless
repeaters
EC
WP D: Advanced Training
Deliverable Activity Resp.
D1 Advanced Theoretical Training 24. Training Material “Simulation Tools” EC
25. Training Material “Maintenance of
equipment”
EC
26. Conduct Training EC
D2 Evaluation and Project Report 27. Evaluation and Final Project Report FF
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10. Training and Dissemination
Theoretical and practical training will be conducted by the external consultant and target the
technical staff at Fantsuam Foundation. The training will be given at two different points in time,
in February 2007 and December 2007.
10.1 Energy Dimensioning and Design Training
The first training period will target renewable energies in general and cover:
• Rural Communities and Solar Energy
• Electricity Alternatives
• Introduction PV/Solar Energy. Equipment and Sizing
• Introduction to wind or eolic systems
• Basic applications of renewable energies
• General concepts. Methodology and design
The second training period will cover:
• Simulation tools. PVSYST
• Energy savings
• Maintenance of solar PV systems
• Introduction to solar-powered wireless repeaters
• Deep cycle batteries, regulators, stabilizers and inverters
• Security Measures
• Economical Studies. Sustainability.
The training curricula for this period can be modified accordingly to the need of the technical
staff at Fantsuam Foundation at that point in time.
Each of the training periods will last approx. 3 days.
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10.2 Training Materials
Engineering Without Borders (EWB), a federation of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
funded in 1990 has published a 100 pages manual in solar photovoltaic energy in developing
regions. The manual is originally written in Spanish. EWB has granted the translation and
update of sections of the manual under a Creative Commons license.
Other manuals in renewable energies will be included as part of the curriculum development. It is
expected that by the date of the implementation of the project two unpublished handbooks (ITU
and UNEP) will complement the available literature in the field.
10.3 Dissemination
A strategy for the dissemination of the training materials and outcomes of the project will be
planned during the first visit of the external consultant to Kafanchan.
For the materials, it is expected that a similar strategy as the one followed for the community
wireless materials will be adopted. The materials of the wireless community networks are publicly
available in three repositories: IT+46, MMTK itrainonline and the Wilac portal in the LAC
region.
The target of the training materials will be technical personnel responsible for the procurement
and maintenance of energy backup systems.
All training materials and the results of the implementation will fall under the Creative Commons
Non-Commercial Share-Alike license.
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10.4 Time plan
The time planning is based on the following requirements:
• The first site visit (V1) by the EC will take place in February 2007 (basic training and data
gathering)
• The second site visit (V2) by the EC will take place in June 2007 (supervision of
implementation phase)
• The third site visit (V3) by the EC will take place in Dec 2007 (advanced training and
wireless repeaters)
Travel costs for V1 and V3 are covered by the community wireless project.
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Comp. Deliverable # Activity Resp. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
A1 1 EC
2 Negotiation, Procurement and Supervision FF
A2 3 Technical Requirements for NOC and server room EC
4 Negotiation, Procurement and Supervision FF
A3 5 EC
6 Negotiation, Procurement and Supervision FF
A4 7 Technical Requirements for Tender Document EC
8 Negotiation, Procurement and Supervision FF
B1
9 Training Material “Introduction to Renewable Energies” EC
10 Print Training Material FF
11 Conduct Training (Nigeria) EC V1
B2 12 Visit to suppliers and local installations (Nigeria) EC/FF
13 EC
B3 Energy Consumption and Savings
14 Study consumption patters EC
15 Energy saving measures and strategy EC
B4
16 EC/FF
17 Review of bids EC/FF
C1 Signal Light and Street Lights 18 Implementation of signal light and street lights FF
C2 Fantsuam Offices backup subsystem
19 FF V2
C3
20 FF/EC
21 Installation of solar panels and charge controllers FF/EC
C4 Solar-powered wireless repeaters
22 Configuration of solar-powered wireless repeaters EC
23 Installation of solar-powered wireless repeaters V3
D1
24 Training Material “Simulation Tools” EC
25 Training Material “Maintenance of equipment” EC
26 Conduct Training EC
D2 Evaluation and Project Report 27 Final Report EC
Technical Requirements for grid
connected backup subsystem
Technical Requirements for six subsystems.
Technical Requirements for solar-panel
backup subsystem
Technical Requirement for solar
wireless repeaters
Technical Requirement
backbone and wireless repeaters
Technical Requirement for light signal
and street lights
Basic Theoretical Training in
renewable energies
Study of existing suppliers in the local
market
Identify local products and guarantees
Implementation Plan and Final Tender
Document
Implementation Plan and Tender Document based on A1-4
and B2-3
Installation of deep cycle batteries, inverters, dc disconnect
and power regulator
NOC and Server Room Solar
Subsystem
Installation of deep cycle batteries, inverters, dc disconnect
and power regulator
Advanced Theoretical Training
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11. Project Organization
Project leader: John Dada, Programs Director at Fantsuam Foundation
Responsibility: Project management
John Dada has worked as Research Fellow with Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria and the
University of Leeds, UK. He is a trained nurse, holds an MPH degree from the University of Leeds
and is a member of the African Stakeholders Network - United Nations ICT Task Force, African
Research for Information Society Emergence, the Open Knowledge Network, the International
Burden of Disease Network, IBDN and was the chair of the African Technical Advisory
Committee, ATAC, to the UNECA (2002 – 2004). John Dada is currently a member of the
membership committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and a Council member of the
Association for Progressive Communication.
Project Administrator: Comfort Kazanka, Fantsuam Foundation
Responsibility: Local procurement
Mrs. Kazanka Comfort is the General Secretary of Fantsuam Foundation. She holds a first degree
from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (1987). She has a Diploma in Social Studies from
the University of Birmingham, UK, and attended the 37th
International Dialogue of the Grameen
Trust in 2000 in Bangladesh. She has also completed her Law degree with the University of Jos,
Nigeria (2001). She was awarded the first Hafkin Africa Prize for her outstanding and creative
use of Information and Communication Technologies for women in rural communities in 2001.
She is a member of the AAW (APC Africa Women) and has concluded an internship with
WomensNet in Johannesburg.
Technical Staff : Ochuko Onoberhie, Fantsuam Foundation
Responsibility: Coordination of local training and contact with local suppliers
External consultant: IT +46
Responsibility: Capacity building within Fantsuam Foundation (on-site) theoretical and
practical training, technical specifications for tender documents, supervision of installation
Workload: Approx. 37 working days including 10 days on site in Nigeria.
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UNIT TOTAL
Quantity (USD)
GRID STABILIZER
Stabilizer 5000 Watts -
-Digital 1 1725 1725
Stabilizer 3000 Watts -
-Digital 4 125 500
Grounding System 1 150 150
Lightning arrestor AC 11 100 1100
Electric panel Boards 7 50 350
SOLAR SUBSYSTEM
solar panels (55Wp) 32 350 11200
charge controllers (30A) 6 250 1500
support structure 8 125 1000
LIGHTS (LIGHT POLES AND SIGNAL LIGHT)
Supply and installation of street lighting poles 6 775 4650
Signal Light 1 800 800
3 2500 7500
Inverter charger 2400 Watts/24V Modified Sine wave 4 1250 5000
DC Disconnect 500 amps 4 1150 4600
Battery Deep cycle (Sealed) -
- 200 Ah 80 360 28800
Battery Stand 13 100 1300
Battery fuses 110 amp / DC 5 100 500
Battery fuses 200 amp / DC 6 150 900
EXTRAS
Distribution box 7 75 525
Dividing box 80 10 800
Cables and accessories 9 100 900
Clips -
-Trunking 9 25 225
INSTALLATION COSTS
Transport, Installation, and Overheads 1 3000 3000
0
0
Inveneo 2 1700 3400
TOTAL 80425
Fantsuam Overhead (12%) 1 9651 90076
DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES AND
INVERTERS
Inverter charger 10000 Watts/48V Modified Sine
wave
SOLAR POWERED WIRELESS
REPEATERS
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12. Appendix A
Executive Summary: Fantsuam Foundation Wireless Community Project
Kafanchan, located 100 km Northeast of Abuja, is a poorly connected area in terms of fix
telephony and Internet connectivity. Today, no fix telephony is available and GSM just arrived in
2005. Fantsuam Foundation is the only Internet Service Provider.
The main objective of this project is to improve access to communications in Kafanchan by
implementing a community wireless network. The network will provide Intranet and Internet
access to a set of identified local partners. The community network will mainly be formed by
community-based organizations such as educational institutions, faith-based institutions and health
services.
The objective will be achieved by capacity building within Fantsuam Foundation in designing,
implementing and maintaining community wireless networks. Theoretical and practical training
will be conducted by an external consultant on site in Kafanchan. After the training phase and
the joint deployment of a set of wireless outdoors links; Fantsuam staff will alone undertake the
implementation of the remaining links of the network by replicating the process learnt during the
training.
As a part of the project, Fantsuam Foundation will work on developing a sustainable social and
cost-effective business model for the wireless network. The model will not be based on simply re-
selling the bandwidth provided by satellite communication but on the creation of revenue-bringing
activities. For example, such add-on services could include local mail accounts, web space with
content management systems and the implementation of a low cost voice service in the local
network (VoIP).
In order to prepare for a future expansion of this project, four viability studies will be carried out
to address the following topics: (1) Establishment of a solar power system to run the backbone
infrastructure (2) Deployment of two sun-powered repeaters for the future expansion of the core
network (3) Upgrading of the VSAT connection (4) Socio-economical impact of the wireless
network and its services on the local community.
In terms of wireless infrastructure, this initial proposal budgets the implementation of a central
tower at Fantsuam Foundation premises and the deployment of a wide wireless outdoor network
(NET13) consisting of 11 backhaul links connecting 13 partners.
The project will be lead by Fantsuam Foundation. Four technical staff from Fantsuam Foundation
will undertake appropriate training and later lead the implementation of the network.
The project requests 63 KUSD that briefly can be summarized as: Human Resources and
Training (26 KUSD), and Hardware and Transport (37 KUSD).
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