Puntland's Renewable Energy (Wind/Solar) Development

[Genesis]

Wait what $120 to $130 a day in Somalia isn't that really good?

You have to deduct the costs of running a business as well as taxes from that figure, but the salary comes up to about $30k per annum which is very good money regardless of deductions.

 

[Farm]

You have to deduct the costs of running a clinic as well as taxes from that figure, but the salary comes up to about $30k which is good money regardless.

“Ayan Mohamud Mohamed, a mother of 10 and owner of a small canteen by the main road, told Radio Ergo that the solar lighting has had a positive impact on her business.”

She’s making $130 not the clinic.

 

[Medulla]

You have to deduct the costs of running a clinic as well as taxes from that figure, but the salary comes up to about $30k which is good money regardless.

I thought that had already been taken account of plus with the non-existent taxes and the general low lost of living in PL seems like a good deal.

 

[Genesis]

“Ayan Mohamud Mohamed, a mother of 10 and owner of a small canteen by the main road, told Radio Ergo that the solar lighting has had a positive impact on her business.”

She’s making $130 not the clinic.

My bad, I assumed she was the owner of the clinic.

I thought that had already taken account with the non-existent taxes and the general low lost of living in PL seems like a good deal.

Sorry, she was the canteen owner, not the clinic owner, I mixed them up. But yh, regardless of deductions to her business, she's doing really well.

 

[Sleepy Hollow]

Midnimo Youth organization doing great work, Radio Ergo should have shouted them out. 120 to 130 dollars a day is probably a result of the Somali economy being so heavily dollarized. Radio Ergo and their narrative pieces on local communities are prize worthy.

 

[DR OSMAN]

taxi drivers in bosaso make 300-400 dollars a month

Ikran is happy to be earning $300 to $400 a month from driving, which has improved her family’s standard of living and enabled her to pay the $45school fees for her two sons and one daughter.

 

[GBTarmy]

taxi drivers in bosaso make 300-400 dollars a month

Very impressive that's a lot for people back home

For those curious you can read about it here. once again Radio Ergo doing great work.

Bossaso’s only female taxi driver inspires other Somali women

(ERGO) - When passengers call for a ride in the northern Somali port town of Bossaso using a local taxi

radioergo.org

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

Very impressive that's a lot for people back home

For those curious you can read about it here. once again Radio Ergo doing great work.

Bossaso’s only female taxi driver inspires other Somali women

(ERGO) - When passengers call for a ride in the northern Somali port town of Bossaso using a local taxi

radioergo.org

Female Taxi driver!!!

I love Puntland Wallahi, we are 35565432345678654322 steps ahead and Mashallah she's earning good amount of money.

 

[firefox]

Impressive amounts of money being earned by the woman.

 

[Crow]

7 MW is significant considering USAID has pegged Somalia's entire solar/wind capacity at 6 MW. That number is out of date though.

Somalia | Power Africa | U.S. Agency for International Development

The page below shows Power Africa's involvement in the country.

www.usaid.gov

An electrical company in Mogadishu recently started producing 8 MW, providing power to 300,000 customers for 4 hours a day at a reduced cost. Mogadishu's total installed capacity is 35 MW.

Choking on diesel costs, Somali firm turns to solar for cheaper power

A new solar power plant in Mogadishu should quadruple the city's generation capacity and cut bills, the owners said, providing relief to businesses facing crippling costs from diesel-generated electricity.

www.reuters.com

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

@Crow to be honest a coastal town like Bosaso should be using coal for its power generation. It is the cheapest source of baseload energy. Bosaso's per capita energy needs are going to be much higher than Any other major city in Somalia because cooling is a must. You can supplement coal with wind and solar, but it is necessary for the base of the grid. Inland cities cannot use coal because we lack rail transport, but coastal cities like Bosaso should be using coal.

 

[GBTarmy]

@Crow to be honest a coastal town like Bosaso should be using coal for its power generation. It is the cheapest source of baseload energy. Bosaso's per capita energy needs are going to be much higher than Any other major city in Somalia because cooling is a must. You can supplement coal with wind and solar, but it is necessary for the base of the grid. Inland cities cannot use coal because we lack rail transport, but coastal cities like Bosaso should be using coal.

Excellent input as always, Bosaso needs this more than anyone if hot desert cities in the ME are liveable so can Bosaso even during the summer heat.

 

[repo]

@Crow to be honest a coastal town like Bosaso should be using coal for its power generation. It is the cheapest source of baseload energy. Bosaso's per capita energy needs are going to be much higher than Any other major city in Somalia because cooling is a must. You can supplement coal with wind and solar, but it is necessary for the base of the grid. Inland cities cannot use coal because we lack rail transport, but coastal cities like Bosaso should be using coal.

Can wind alone not work since it's windy in the tip of the horn?

 

[Crow]

Puntland is known as a generally dry region, but we haven't let that stop us from farming outside Garowe, for example. We are doing many innovative local projects focused on managing grazing and irrigation to best use the little water we have. But imagine what we would accomplish if we could use the waters of our vast ocean for drinking and agriculture? That idea isn't nearly as unrealistic as it sounds.

Here is what they are doing in Kiunga, a coastal Kenyan town just 15 kilometres south of the Somali border.

Solar-powered desalination plant in Kenya gives fresh water to 25,000 people a day
05 August, 2019

We may be witnessing the first instances of a viable and scalable desalination effort. At a newly constructed solar-powered desalination plant in Kenya, a nonprofit called GivePower has been able to provide fresh water to thousands. The desalination plant opened up on the coasts of Kiunga in July 2018, and today it's capable of creating 19,800 gallons (75,000 liters) of drinking water each day. That's able to support around 25,000 people.

The Kiunga facility initially cost $500,000 to build and took one month to construct. They hope to generate $100,000 per year from the plant, and then funnel that money into building new facilities. The eventual goal is to cut costs to $100,00 per solar-powered desalination plant in the future. Barnard hopes that the systems will fund each other to create an additional system every five years.

Part of their initial funding came from a $250,000 grant by Bank of America last year.

Access to the system comes from people using the M-Pesa payments app. Locals only have to pay $0.0025 for every liter of water. Barnard points out that this is astronomically less than what is usually $1 per liter from premium water brands.

The UN states that "between 50 and 100 litres of water per person per day are needed to ensure that most basic needs are met and few health concerns arise."

In Namibia, a region even drier than Puntland, they're using an even cheaper system.
No Batteries Needed: Can Low-Cost Solar Desalination System “Green” Namibia’s Desert Coast?
Jun 20, 2019

A joint development initiative on the part of the University of Namibia and Finland’s University of Turku, which funded the project at an undisclosed, but estimated, approximate cost of around 3.2 Namibian dollars (~USD212,000), the plant is able to produce 3,000 liters of potable freshwater per hour with zero in the way of operational or energy costs and without the need for batteries. In addition to salt, the system removes bacteria, chemicals, viruses and other impurities and not only from seawater, but practically any source of water. Enough to meet the daily water needs of some 1,000 in one hour, the clean freshwater produced by Solar Water Solutions’ desalination plant will be used primarily for irrigation, but also for drinking purposes, Pohjola said.

Conventional, as well as other solar-powered, desalination technology is energy-intensive and costly, making it economically unfeasible for anything but large-scale installations. Solar Water Solutions’ desalination technology changes the equation by reducing the life-cycle costs of solar-powered desalination by more than 70%. Furthermore, the containerized system is decentralized, modular and scalable, according to CEO Antti Pohjola.

Right now, we need a pilot project similar to what is being done in Kenya and Namibia. $200-500k for one plant is a paltry amount considering the benefits this brings. Once the people of Puntland see this in action, they will build more and we will never suffer from drought again.

 

[BobSmoke]

Puntland is known as a generally dry region, but we haven't let that stop us from farming outside Garowe, for example. We are doing many innovative local projects focused on managing grazing and irrigation to best use the little water we have. But imagine what we would accomplish if we could use the waters of our vast ocean for drinking and agriculture? That idea isn't nearly as unrealistic as it sounds.

Here is what they are doing in Kiunga, a coastal Kenyan town just 15 kilometres south of the Somali border.

Solar-powered desalination plant in Kenya gives fresh water to 25,000 people a day
05 August, 2019

In Namibia, a region even drier than Puntland, they're using an even cheaper system.
No Batteries Needed: Can Low-Cost Solar Desalination System “Green” Namibia’s Desert Coast?
Jun 20, 2019

Right now, we need a pilot project similar to what is being done in Kenya and Namibia. $200-500k for one plant is a paltry amount considering the benefits this brings. Once the people of Puntland see this in action, they will build more and we will never suffer from drought again.

Fuckin macalin, wax fiican ayaad noo keentay
Waxaas kole ayaa loo baahanyahay.

Owning this is a better asset than real estate in terms of cashflow and usefulness.
Imagine how far our nation could go, if we invest our time and resources on stuff people needed.

We can make stupid bank working for Somalia's self-suffiency. We cant keep making Arabs or hindis wealthy, our money must eventually circulate 360

We in the diaspo

 

[Pipit]

@Crow

We need lebensraum in Jubbaland.

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[Habane]

SL needs this as well, and perhaps the hot french brothel of Jabuuti aswell.Our hot ass coasts will atleast be of some benefits.Somalis of the NW and NE coasts need to fill our coasts with solar panels and create infrastructure in our cities in order to bring this electricity to our main cities

 

[Rooble44]

You could easily crowdsource half the amount in 2 years, kista kale, is dabir waaye. But very doable and honestly it's something I've been thinking about myself for quite a while. So lets assume one has the money, what would be the next step in ensuring the project is fully seen through to the end?

 

[Removed]

Honestly where would you take all that brine(waste saltwater)?

 

[AliUK]

Puntland is known as a generally dry region, but we haven't let that stop us from farming outside Garowe, for example. We are doing many innovative local projects focused on managing grazing and irrigation to best use the little water we have. But imagine what we would accomplish if we could use the waters of our vast ocean for drinking and agriculture? That idea isn't nearly as unrealistic as it sounds.

Here is what they are doing in Kiunga, a coastal Kenyan town just 15 kilometres south of the Somali border.

Solar-powered desalination plant in Kenya gives fresh water to 25,000 people a day
05 August, 2019

In Namibia, a region even drier than Puntland, they're using an even cheaper system.
No Batteries Needed: Can Low-Cost Solar Desalination System “Green” Namibia’s Desert Coast?
Jun 20, 2019

Right now, we need a pilot project similar to what is being done in Kenya and Namibia. $200-500k for one plant is a paltry amount considering the benefits this brings. Once the people of Puntland see this in action, they will build more and we will never suffer from drought again.

Is the st taken out of the warer pumped back into the sea.

If they don't,what do they do with it?