ECPA 2013: Everything Solar Review of this Year’s ECPA Workshops
-Sara Leavitt What do 37 PCVs, 22 socios, 1 APCD, 2 Regional Coordinators, the brother of a PCV, a Peruvian that speaks better English than I do, a goat farm owner and his small children, and a dog all have in common? Why, they have all participated in an ECPA taller, of course! This year, the Renewable Energy committee and I had the pleasure of putting on two workshops for volunteers and their local counterparts. The first took place April 16-18 in Otuzco, the site of Dee Dee DeVuyst and Nicole Thomas, in the lower sierra of La Libertad. A total of 22 volunteers, representing all 5 programs and 8 departments, and 11 socios participated in the 3-day event, which was held in Otuzco’s brand new provincial municipality. The taller covered the themes of climate change and renewable energy projects: Climate Change Overview of the physical process of global warming, effects it is having/will have on Peru and the participants, games and dinamicas, and filmed clips for a 350.org video. Biodigesters Overview of the technology and trip to existing installation
Solar Overview of solar projects, demonstration of pico solar products, calculations for selecting solar system components, solar pump demonstration. Improved Cookstoves Review of advantages and behavior change requirements, construction plans and tips, installation of a GIZ Inkawasi Pichqa model cookstove in a local school. We also reviewed potential wind and hydropower project opportunities, as well as the mitigating effect on climate change that renewable energy projects can have. We learned about designing hydroponics and aquaponics systems and how they can be used for climate change adaptation. Acknowledging the fact that many PCV-initiated projects have not been as successful as hoped for, we held a panel discussion focusing on how to identify appropriate sites and situations for the given projects. Special thanks go out to Dee Dee DeVuyst, Kiryssa Kasprzyk, Andrew Baber, Jacob Silverman, Kail Zuschlag, Michael Mazotti, and Read McCulloch for all of their hard work and contributions to the event! (continued on page 2)
In this Issue... Save the Date! INFOGRAPHICS Pages 3-4
Solar Projects in Peru: A Timeline Energy Facts: Solar in Peru
Solar Issue!!! https://www.dropbox.com/ sh/0iau0lopddeclco/jrW_rS r70Q Peace Corps Peru volunteers have been having a lot of success with solar projects. As ECPA’s first ever Solar Issue, we wanted to present to you a few articles that will introduce you to the variety of solar projects we do and also some information to help you decide if solar technology is appropriate for your community. Please visit our Dropbox: Solar folder for more technical details, instructions and prices. As always, the ECPA committee is here to help you make these decisions and this year, we have more solar specialists than ever before. Hope you enjoy!
PHOTOVOLTAICS Pages 5-14
Choosing Photovoltaics Sizing Photovoltaics Locating Photovoltaics
WALIPINI Page 15-17
Walipini: The Underground Greenhouse
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ECPA Workshops 2013!!! Review of this Year’s ECPA Workshops (continued)
Sara Leavitt
The second taller took place May 9-11 in and around San Vicente de Cañete, near the site of Greg “Goyo” Plimpton, on the southern coast of the department of Lima. A total of 18 volunteers, representing 3 programs and 6 departments, and 11 socios participated in the 3-day event on renewable energy projects. The workshop was held in the Centro de Investigacion de Cabra, owned by the Dueñas family, where a number of renewable energy projects had already been installed. In addition to reviewing the Biodigester, Solar, and Cocinas topics mentioned above, we were able to cover a few more topics. Instead of installing a cocina mejorada, we poured a cement losa and did a practice “dry build” of the cookstove. Participants then practiced stove-lighting technique and compared water boiling times among a traditional cookstove, an improved cookstove, and a gas stove. They also teamed up to build two solar ovens and a solar dryer, and later visited a “light bulb” constructed from a plastic bottle and the composting toilet installed on site. To wrap things up, PCVs and their socios developed projects to carry out in their sites, thinking strategically about appropriateness to the site, potential beneficiaries and work alliances, and desired funding sources. Outside of “class time,” we had opportunities to visit the Cerro de Oro archaeological site and the crumbling relic of Unanue Castle. Special thanks to Goyo Plimpton, Kail Zuschlag, Kiryssa Kasprzyk, Will Jensen, Read McCulloch, and Michael Mazotti for making this event possible! And if you happen to talk to someone from PowerMundo, you can thank them for loaning us a variety of pico solar gadgets for the two workshops and for sending their boy Renzo to demonstrate them in Cañete. The third taller held again in Otuzco, La Libertad, by Dee Dee DeVuyst, was a more open and informal invitation to volunteers that had specific interest and plans to install biodigestors within their own sites, to install a biodigestor and gain hands on experience in the more technical aspects of the project. Six volunteers, 12 community members and Sierra Exportadora, a local NGO with plans to do a large scale biodigestor project, were able to attend this educational session while participating in the installation of a biodigestor for a local dairy factory. Overall, all three of the workshops were great successes, due to the great contributions, interest and participation of the volunteers and their socios. I hope that volunteers and socios alike have been motivated to take on the sometimes complex yet always exciting process of a renewable energy project. We are already seeing the effects of global climate change on local ecosystems, and renewable energy projects offer opportunities for climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as providing energy independence to those most in need. Thanks for reading, and I hope you all enjoy this special, solar edition of Power to the People! Sara Leavitt, Renewable Energy PCVC
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Solar Projects in Peru
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Tacna Solar Power Plant Arequipa 2009
Moquegua Solar Power Plant
2010 In one hour, more sunlight falls on the earth than what is used by the entire population in one year. It is the most readily available renewable source of energy that we have access to on the planet.
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2 Solar Panels for Local School Naupe, Peru Solar Panel Components Bosque de Pomac, Lambayeque Solar Powered Mototaxi Lima, Peru 12 40 watt soft solar panels Dr. Werner Pachero Lujan Solar Water Pump Ica, Peru Fujimori Administration Solar Project October 31, 2012 47,196 mW annually South America’s First Solar Power Plant Puno Government/ GIZ 200 Solar Panels Pico Solar- Lanterns and Radios Los Uschos, La Libertad Kapi Uros, Torani Pala European Union 100,000 euros December 31, 2012 50,676 mW annually Pico Solar- Lanterns Ichoca, Lima Solar Panel 75W- Community Center San Bartolomé, Lima Puno Uros Islands/ Pasiri EuroSolar/ European Union Solar Pump 20W San Luis, Cañete Solar Panel Components- Park Guard Station Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad Puno 44,000 solar panels Programa Uso Masivo Paneles Solares Chiclayo- Bosque de Pomac 16 panels of 50 watts Reforestation irrigation system with solar pump Fondo de las Americas/ SERNANP MEM (Ministry of Energy and Mines) 500,000 solar panels Earth Hour 2013 Lima Peru’s rst solar powered concert Solar Powered Hydroponics Trigopampa, La Libertad Solar Showers Santiago De Chuco, La Libertad
PERU: the new solar hot spot A Transition Toward Energy Diversity
Danielle DeVuyst (Dee Dee) The rapid disappearance of tropical glaciers is worrisome for Peru’s dependence on its hydroelectric generation of electricity; that is why President Humala is making e ort to diversify Peru’s energy sources. Within the past year, Peru has really shown great initiative in opening up two solar power plants, making it the largest solar producing country in South America. However, as you can see in the chart below, the most dramatic energy shifts will be seen in a decline in hydro and increase in natural gas. 40
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Peru has a solar potential of producing 3,576,841,559 MWh/year through photovoltaic panels. Over 4 million Peruvians still do not have access to elecricity: 20% of the urban population and 40% of the rural population. The National Photovoltaic Houselhold Electri cation Program plans to provide solar panels for 500,000 households with 12,500 solar panels.
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‘The global solar radiation recorded in the city ranges from 850–950 W / m 2 (watts / square meter), considered one of the highest levels of radiation in South America and the highest recorded in Peru. This phenomenon is due to its proximity to the area of in uence of the Atacama Desert.’ -Wikipedia 4
Everything Solar:
Choosing Photovoltaics
Practical Savvy Sexy Solar
What ECPA solar projects are appropriate and relevant? Kail Zuschlag Who wants to be a solar star? You want to build a school, feed empty stomachs with nutritional goodness, eliminate disease, save at least 10 babies, and maybe even bring light and electricity to a remote caserío... using sustainable, no-emission, solar-power of course. Well, let’s focus on the latter of your world saving desires. Solar power is a very viable project, especially with the help of your ECPA committee, but often times volunteers don’t fully understand what a practical solar project might look like. There are easily obtainable ECPA grants to help with your renewable energy desires, but they are capped at $1,000. What can you really do with that? Probably less then you thought in some ways, but a whole lot more other ways that you may not have considered yet. Realistically powering a caserío is going to be extremely challenging with a $1,000 ECPA grant and the corresponding 40% community contribution. Solar panels are expensive, and although the panels are what most people think of when they think of solar systems, there are many other components working behind the scenes to make a solar system light that lamp or charge that cell phone. Here is what you will need: 1. Charge Controllerto control the amount of power going to your batteries 2. Batteriesto store all that sun power so you can use it at night when it is usually most needed 3. Inverterthat changes your panels and batteries’ DC voltage into the AC voltage that all our familiar electrical devices need If you skimp on any of these components, the overall life of your system will dramatically be reduced, making it harder for us to use one of our favorite words: “sustainable.” 5
Practical Savvy Sexy Solar (continued)
What ECPA solar projects are appropriate and relevant? Kail Zuschlag So what can we do with an ECPA grant in this expensive world of solar? Well, let’s look at three easy-to-implement projects. These projects may not be what you originally pictured with your baby-saving activities, but they are practical, sustainable, and still make a huge difference in the lives of the people you are working with. PICO SOLAR - editor’s choice Pico solar is a very small-scale solar system; each system generally providing very basic electrical needs for one home. This means there is no need to distribute the power throughout the caserío. Sounds good, but you don’t know how all these charge controller things go together? It gets better; there are commercially available products that have all the parts already combined in a nifty little kit that is all ready to go. These vary in price and quality, but usually have a single high efficiency light, and often have a port for charging a cell phone. Peace Corps Peru has a relationship with PowerMundo in Lima, who stocks multiple options of Pico Solar products (I recommend the Sun King Pro). We even get a discount! Q-Energy, also an excellent company, sells a slightly larger and more expensive system, the Pico Light Sistema Solar, which is expandable. I know a single light was a lot smaller scale than what you originally envisioned, but think of the difference this and a cell phone charger would make in a house that has been using candles or burning kerosene. A Pico Solar project with an ECPA grant would be perfect for that 10 house caserío you have been walking past for the last 6 months. Previous projects include: Pico Solar (lanterns phone chargers radios)
Los Ushcos, La Libertad
Julia Mote
Pico Solar (lanterns)
Ichoca, Lima
Brad Goodman
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Practical Savvy Sexy Solar (continued)
What ECPA solar projects are appropriate and relevant? Kail Zuschlag SOLAR HOT WATER HEATERS Imagine how much personal hygiene would improve with the addition of hot water to your cold Sierra site. You came to site thinking that you were going to improve the hygiene of your entire community, and in reality, after you found out how cold the water was, the only change has been the slow decline of your own personal hygiene. However, there is sufficient sun even in sierra sites to produce hot water. Although this is not what most people think of when picturing solar energy, this is no-emission renewable energy, baby, and perfect for an ECPA grant. You have two different choices as far as size goes. If you are slightly handy we have plans for small homemade options that would supply a single shower. These are simple and are better-suited for, but not limited to, sites with stronger sun conditions. They can be built out of materials as found in your capital city, if not in-site, for $50-100 each. There are also highly efficient commercially made solar hot water heaters that heat enough water for showers in multiple homes. These vary in price depending on quality and size but start at around S/.1200 for a 120 liter system. Existing projects include: Solar Hot Water Heaters
Santiago de Chuco
Kail Zuschlag
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Practical Savvy Sexy Solar (continued)
What ECPA solar projects are appropriate and relevant? Kail Zuschlag Traditional Photovoltaic Systems I know that I said these were expensive and harder to do, but there are circumstances that make these very feasible projects. If you have a counterpart that is motivated to do a solar system and has a large portion of the money and/or materials to do it, then an ECPA grant could help out enough to make it happen. If a counterpart already has plans to do a system, an ECPA grant could also add funds to buy better quality components (like upgrading from car batteries to real solar batteries) which turns the project into a more “sustainable” project. It is not uncommon for a Peruvian Agency to buy half of the needed components for a solar system and then not know how to proceed. SERNANP (agency of protected lands), for example, purchased a large amount of high quality solar panels and then sent them to local offices to use, often without the other needed components. This is a perfect opportunity for you to step in with an ECPA grant. So when doing a larger solar system, an ECPA grant can be a much needed contributor to the project, but is seldom going to carry the majority of the load. Examples of projects that volunteers could do include pumping water to feed a small reservoir, or powering a few small appliances and providing lighting for a school or a park guard station in a remote location. Existing projects include: 2 Solar Panels (for local school)
Naupe, Peru
John Rohrback
Solar Power Components (for existing panels)
Bosque de Pomac
Robert Guise
Solar Panel (water pump)
Ica, Peru
Alison Schuster
Solar Panel 75W (community lights)
San Bartolomé
Maggie Messerschmidt
Solar Panel 20W (water pump)
San Luis, Cañete
Greg Plimpton
Solar Panel Components (for existing panels)
Santiago de Chuco
Kail Zuschlag
Solar Panel 75W (hydroponic system)
Trigopampa
Nicole Thomas Dee Dee DeVuyst
Solar Panel 85W
Yauyos, Lima
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Everything Solar: Sizing Photovoltaics
Sizing your Solar Panel
Calculations Necessary to Size your Solar Panel Read McCulloch Before you launch into an alternative energy project, you need to do your technical homework. Also, the social sciences of using technology are critical, but are often not well thought out. 1. Determine exactly how much energy you need by calculating every use and how long it is used. 2. Beware of luxuries vs. needs. 3. Prepare a prioritized list of each item that the family really needs, ranked #1 and so on. Example Problem: Kitchen light (bright) Bedrooms (2) Bathroom Cell phone**
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55 watt-hours* 33 watt-hours 18 watt-hours 9 watt-hours 7 watt-hours 122 watt-hours
*A watt-hour is one Watt of energy used over one hour of time. The same can apply to amps, i.e. 5 amps of energy used over 2 hours would be measured as 10 amp-hours. ** Cell phone energy consumption: The label on my wall charger indicates it draws 65 mA (milli amps) or 0.065 amps, at 220 volts, and A x V = W, so 220 x 0.065 = 14.3 watts.
To meet this family's needs, according to their projected consumption, they need a system that produces at least 122 watt-hours of electricity. Additionally, you need to figure in a 10% fudge factor (systems are a bit inefficient and lose energy in the process), so call it: 122 x 110% (1.1) = 134.2 watt-hours. You may also consider the human side of this: if they have lights, they may actually use them more than anticipated, so add another 10%: 134.2 x 110% (1.1) = 145.4, or rounded up you get 150 watt-hours.
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Sizing your Solar Panel (continued)
Calculations Necessary to Size your Solar Panel Read McCulloch Now, don´t forget:
Amps x Volts = Watts. But why is this important? You'll need to store your electricity in a battery so that the family can access it at night. Batteries are rated in terms of amp-hours. Example (calculating amp-hour demand in kitchen bulb): If you want to run a 22-watt bulb at 12 volts of direct current, it will need 1.8 amps of energy to light the kitchen. Watts ÷ Volts = Amps 22 watts ÷ 12 volts = 1.8 amps If you run it for 2.5 hours per night, it will consume 4.5 amp-hours. 1.8 amps x 2.5 hours = 4.5 amp-hours So your solar panel will need to produce at least 5 amp-hours of energy each day, and your battery will need to store that much. Having established the family's need above (150 watt-hours), you can work through the math to figure out how big of a solar panel (photovoltaic) and how big of a battery they'll need.
Solar Panels
Solar panels are designed for specific voltages (12, 24, 48, 110 volts) but are rated in watts. You'll need to do the math to figure out how many amps that panel will produce in full sun. A 24 watt panel at 12 volts will produce 2 amps. Then you'll need to guesstimate how many hours of direct sunlight will hit that panel per day. If you're in the sierra, and it's cloudy, then you may need to anticipate that it will only produce 50% (varies widely) of the energy that it's rated to produce in full direct sunlight. If they live in a canyon or behind a mountain peak, or have lots of shade trees, does that shade the panel and reduce the effective hours of direct light it receives? You can safely assume that in a given day (+/-12 hours here near the equator) without any clouds or shadows, you'll get 5-6 hours of light that shines directly on the panel with the rays coming in at a (close to) perpendicular angle, when the panel is most efficient. So, 6 hours x 2 amps = 12 amp-hours of energy produced by solar panel on a typical day.
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Sizing your Solar Panel (continued)
Calculations Necessary to Size your Solar Panel Read McCulloch
Batteries
Batteries are rated in terms of amp-hours of stored electricity. Lead-Acid batteries (like your car battery) last the longest when they are only discharged to 50% of their capacity. On a given night (between times when the panel can charge the battery) if you estimate that you'll use up 150 watt-hours of energy and you have a 12 volt DC system: 150 watt-hours รท 12 volts = 12.5 amp-hours of stored energy ready to use at sunset. Given the 50% rule, you'll need double that, or a 25 amp-hour battery (12 volts of course). If dark clouds are common, you may want several days of storage on hand, or 75 amp-hours for a 3-day storm. You'll also need to produce at least that much energy each day. So, 12.5 amp-hours consumed daily x 12 volts = 150 watt-hours produced daily. Assuming only 6 hours of effective direct sunlight, 150 watt-hours รท 6 hours = 25 watt panel. In the cloudiness of the sierra where the panel may be 50% efficient, double the size to get the same total watt-hours (50 watt panel @ 50% = 25 watts x 6 hours = 150 watt-hours). Solar panels and components are EXPENSIVE! After calculating the size of your solar panel, remember you still need to buy a battery, charge controller, fuses, wires and inverter. (You can avoid the need of an expensive inverter if you purchase 12V products that are directly compatible with solar panels. Many of these 12V products will be more expensive or unavailable.)
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Everything Solar: Locating Photovoltaics
Locating Solar Panels
Insolation Number: How Much Sun is Available in your Site? Greg Plimpton & Michael Mazotti You can get your monthly insolation number from: http://www.wunderground.com/calculators/solar.html .
What is your Insolation Number? Insolation is a measure of solar radiation energy received on a given surface area and recorded during a given time. For interactive educational charts regarding solar panel location, please refer to: http://www.pveducation.org/pvcdrom/ properties-of-sunlight/calculation-of-solar-insolation
Slide the bars below each chart to find information relevant to your specific location.
This number is basically the number of “full sun� hours you can expect from a fixed panel, tilted to the north by the degrees of your latitude (nearly flat in N Peru).
Also for more Solar Energy lesson plans, please review this great list of teaching lessons: http://www.dteenergy.com/pdfs/s olarTeachers.pdf
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Locating Solar Panels Angles and Orientation
Greg Plimpton & Michael Mazotti How to Orient a Solar Panel LOCATING A SOLAR PANEL Calculate quantity of sun in your site Calculate angles of sun and panel Consider the safety and protection of the solar panel (where they won’t be hit by swinging branches, slide off, or be knocked over by animals and people) Consider also a location where it can easily be cleaned regularly with pure water and a soft cloth
The solar insolation number (KwHr/M2) is calculated for a panel that is fixed and properly angled for the site latitude. The angle of fixed tilt is simply the degrees latitude of the site. In Peru, latitudes range from 4º in the north, to 18º in the south. As we are in the Southern Hemisphere, panels are angled to the north. So, in Ica, for example - 14º, the panel is angled 14 degrees to the north and level east-west. A fixed panel is the easiest installation and requires only periodic cleaning for maintenance. However, there are two methods to increase solar power: Monthly tracking – In the example above, 14°N is the AVERAGE sky position of the sun. The ACTUAL sky position will vary from 9S in December to 37N in June. If you adjust the panel angle monthly, to track the sun’s sky position, you can gain an additional 15% power. This will require construction of a pivoting frame. A daily table of sun declination is found at: www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/sundials/DEC_Sun.html . Daily tracking – A fixed panel will only be directly facing the sun at noon. If the panel is turned to the east in the morning and tracks the sun during the day, ending at west at sunset, another 20% power gain can be realized. This requires either constant manual attention during the day or construction of a double swivel frame and tracking device. The simplest tracking device is a soda bottle attached to each end of panel. The western side is ½ full and the eastern side is filled each morning and has a small drip hole, which drips water at the rate of ½ bottle in 6 hours. Finding true north: Use a compass to find magnetic North. Then go to : http://magnetic-declination.com/ to find the magnetic declination at your location, since magnetic North is not located at polar North and the earth’s magnetic field has variations in it. Fortunately, Peru lies almost exactly on the Zero Declination line, so declinations will be small – nil on the coast and about 2 degrees in the Andes.
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Walipini-
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A Walipini (meaning ‘place of warmth’ in the indigenous Aymara language) is essentially an underground or pit greenhouse, the origins of which are traced back 20 years in the South American Sierra. This renewable energy project takes advantage of combining ‘solar passive’ energy with earth sheltered building; although these passive and vernacular techniques certainly are not new, this speci c application has been perfected fairly recently.
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How to Calculate Sun Angles for Winter Solstice Danielle DeVuyst
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Why a Walipini? Danielle DeVuyst
A Walipini shares all the bene ts of a traditional greenhouse, plus the advantages of being underground.
Bene ts of a Greenhouse 1. Extended Growing Season Your Sierra site will be able to extend their growing season (possibly all year long).
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2. Availability of New Crops Your Sierra site may be able to grow summer (warm-weather) crops such as tomatoes and avocados. 3. E cent and Local Food System The result of the aforementioned two advantages is a more e cient and local food system, reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The traditional Peruvian food system requires excessive transportation of vendors and produce from the coast (where warm weather crops are grown) to the Sierra (where produce is sold and consumed). 4. Economic Niche Growing summer crops locally in the Sierra may provide an economic niche for a small business that produces and sells food more cheaply, since the cost of transport is eliminated.
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5. Health Bene ts Also, growing warm weather crops for the rst time in some of the coldest Sierra regions (where produce transport is not feasible) will introduce new foods, nutrients and vitamins to populations who need them most.
Advantages of a Walipini
1. The Walipini, in comparison to a traditional greenhouse, is signi cantly more cost e ective, because the majority of the structure is located underground, enclosed by earth. 2. The construction of the Walipini is heavy on labor and low on cost, which makes this project ideal in many Peace Corps communities. 3. The majority of materials required are natural (adobe, soil, gravel, rammed earth), and the remaining materials are locally available. 4. The combination of passive strategies, low cost and local materials make this project sustainable and easy to duplicate.
Materials List Water PVC pipes Gravel Hinged doors Soil Vent lintel Topsoil polyethylene plastic Rammed Earth Wood stripping Adobe Plastic sheeting Drain gutter Drain pipes
Hammers Nails Shovels Picks Saws Wheelbarrows Crowbar Wooden forms
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Have a question? Don’t know who to contact?
GRANTS! REMEMBER... to apply for your ECPA grants! Renewable energy projects include: Cocinas Mejoradas, Solar Panels, Pico PV Solar Panels, Hydro turbines, Wind turbines, Biodigestors and Renewable Energy/Climate Change Education. The grants are up to $1000 for each project and the community must be able to match 40% of the cost. Check your email for more details and written materials, but if you have not been receiving our previous emails about grants, please email Sara Leavitt.
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sleavitt@pe.peacecorps.gov 975368619 *629437
bobbyguise@gmail.com 957626837 *0012329
Robert Guise
Sara Leavitt
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kailzuschlag@gmail.com 979586236 #979586236
imaginarydeedee@gmail.com 976597485 #976597485
Kail Zuschlag
Danielle DeVuyst (Dee Dee)
SOLAR
MICRO-FINANCE
kkasprzy@gmail.com 979584388 #979584388
christopherpatricksweeney@gmail.com 979585321 #979585321
Kiryssa Kasprzyk
Christopher Sweeney
CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION
IMPROVED COOKSTOVES
imaginarydeedee@gmail.com 976597485 #976597485
sleavitt@pe.peacecorps.gov 975368619 *629437
Danielle DeVuyst (Dee Dee)
Sara Leavitt
Please email applications to: sleavitt@pe.peacecorps.gov Subject: ECPA Grants
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