Togo
Promoting the photovoltaic sector
In Togo, we support a project headed by the Urbis Foundation to nurture the expansion of the photovoltaic sector. A solar educational centre is currently being built in Sokodé to enable electricians to complete training to become solar installers.
The Urbis Foundation has supported two vocational schools that educate electricians on solar installations since 2009. The project is planned to run for five years (2023 to 2027) aided by roughly €20,000 in funding from us each year.
Malawi
Providing clean
drinking water
Access to clean drinking water is a significant problem faced by many African nations. In response, UNICEF is assisting with the refurbishment of boreholes used to supply clean drinking water that will be upgraded with solar pumps . Coupled with water tanks, the solar-powered water supply ensures the local population has access to water even during droughts.
We have committed €55,000 each year to help fund a three-year project launched by UNICEF to construct a solar-powered water pump that gives 6,000 people access to water.
Uganda
Electrical Vocational Training in Busesa
Windkraft Simonsfeld has provided aid to Uganda for many years. We primarily help fund projects designed to electrify critical infrastructure in rural areas (e.g. health facilities) and promote educational initiatives in the electrical field. Busesa Technical College in Uganda in the Bugweri district launched a new course in January 2024: Electrical Vocational Training.
Windkraft Simonsfeld has assisted with acquiring the necessary training equipment and tools as well as building workshops for electricians and installers. Similarly to previous projects, the project receives technical support from the partnership with HTL Braunau vocational school.
Completed projects
Global
Nicaragua
Renewable energy technician apprenticeship (2020 – 2022)
Renewable energy technician apprenticeship (2020 – 2022)
Back in 2020, the IPLS (Instituto Politecnico La Salle) school in León, Nicaragua, launched a new course Técnico General en Energías Renovables (renewable energy technician). The two-year apprenticeship focuses on photovoltaic technology, solar thermal energy, wind power, small-scale hydropower and practical experience. In order to provide the necessary infrastructure, a workshop hall was converted and fitted out with the required training equipment.
Since the launch of the programme, two cohorts have successfully graduated. The apprenticeship Técnico General en Energías Renovables offers new opportunities for sustainable job development in Nicaragua’s energy sector in the long term and promotes a resource-friendly approach towards materials and energy.
Windkraft Simonsfeld has funded a portion of the material costs required to set up the programme with a total donation of €75,000.
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Uganda
Supplying power to a hospital in Minani (2019)
Supplying power to a hospital in Minani (2019)
Working in partnership with local technicians, students from HTL Braunau installed a photovoltaic system with battery storage at a Ugandan health centre. The Minani Rural Health Center provides medical assistance to roughly 20,000 people in the vicinity. Where previously examinations were conducted with hardly any light, often using just a torch, the installed photovoltaic system with battery storage now provides power around the clock. Windkraft Simonsfeld covered all of the material costs incurred.
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