Local Responsibility is Key
We are very happy having received the first support letter from a location chosen to become a pilot installation site for SolSol.
Measuring Sunshine
Knowing the amount of sunshine that can be expected at a specific location is an essential factor in designing a solar power station. However, there are no publicly available data on solar irradiation in PNG, apart from some very rough computer simulations for a very first estimate. This is insufficient for our needs. We have …
Wheel
The traditional society of PNG has developed without the concept of a wheel. The bible already mentions war chariots in the story of Moses and the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Vehicles with wheels, however, have been introduced to PNG only with World War II in the 1940s, when the US Army simply left …
Building up SolSol
The SolSol concept consists of three elements: #1: The solar system itself consists of the power house for the generation of electrical energy, the distribution network to bring the energy to the buildings within the community and the user connections to the individual houses, including the energy metering devices. #2: The community at the served …
SolSol – a solar project for PNG
I have spent my childhood years in Papua New Guinea (PNG). More than 50 years later I have now returned to lead a project on behalf of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG) for the supply of solar energy to church institutions in rural areas. PNG is a country of breath-taking beauty …