Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
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Projects
Sustainable PV system for drinking water supply in the rural areas of Somali and Afar Regional States of Ethiopia
For achieving the objectives:
Goals: 6. Clean water and sanitation, 7. Affordable and clean energy, 13. Climate action
Recipient country: Ethiopia
Sector: Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation
Sector: Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation
Period: 2019-2020
Description
The Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea has funded a project for climate change mitigation and adaptation under the Italy-Ethiopia MoU. The project provides for the production of photovoltaic and water storage systems serving wells currently equipped with diesel generators, used for drinking water supply for human and farming use. The project interventions cover the Afar and Somali State Regions in 22 village, each with an average population of 2000 inhabitants. The intervention will prevent 395 tons CO2/year emissions to be released in the air. The results of this pilot experience will be used to implement these technologies under a larger national project that will likely interest 1300 villages, with a view to a more cost-effective and low GHG emissions management..
ENEA Activities:
- Preliminary design
- Realization of facilities
- Training and dissemination of results
- Capacity building