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Solar SystemSolar panels use harvest the energy of the sun and convert it to electricity. They have been placed in schools, health clinics, and homes. Solar cells use a photovoltaic cell as a diode to instantaneously covert sunlight into energy. Photons penetrate the cell, activing electrons, where some fly off a layer of the cell, the electrons flow through metal contacts into a circuit, where they flow back into the cell creating a closed loop.
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Microhydro SystemUsing streams and other running water to provide electricity by diverting a portion of the water to a turbine. Water from a stream is diverted to a turbine downstream. The turbine creates electricity then distributes to the community through transmission lines.
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Wind Powered MicrogridsWind turbines can be manufactured in rural mountain communities to power individual homes. Partnered with Solucionnes Practicas (Practical Action-Peru) who manufactures the turbines that can power individual homes.Wind turns the propellers around the rotor which is connected to the main shaft. The main shaft spins a generator to create electricity.
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BiogasImproved cook stoves reduce fuel consumption and indoor air pollution by 90%. Biogas is a gaseous fuel, especially methane, produced by the fermentation of organic matter. Cooking fuel can come from biogas digesters, as few as four pigs or one cow, when the manure is placed into a digester to optimize methane production.
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