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During a power cut, students had to collect water from the river, which is also used by cattle. Emmaberg Girls High School, located on the outskirts of Makambako in the Njombe Region, Tanzania, will no longer experience challenges associated with unreliable water supply, unavailability of hot water for showers and no power for lights in the dormitories when the national grid electricity fails. This is the result of a project realised through a partnership between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (Southern Diocese) and SchuPa Tansania and financed by SchuPa and Bavaria State Chancellery of Germany. The school had been pumping water from a borehole using expensive and frequently unreliable national grid electricity. During a power cut, students had to collect water from the river, which is also used by cattle. The project comprises a 4m high water tower, increasing the water tank capacity from 10m3 to 30m3. The 7.2kW solar PV plant replaces the national grid electricity to pump water, and the system uses energy efficiency management devices (pump dry-run sensor and tank-overflow controls). Two solar water heaters with capacities of 1,500lt and 2,700lt have been installed to supply hot water for showers. Additionally, two solar PV systems, rated at 0.9kWp and 1.8kWp, power the lighting for the dormitories. As part of capacity building, the teachers were trained in solar systems maintenance and 200 students were informed about renewable energy and best practices of solar systems. ESI |
