Table 11.6 Changes in energy supply, demand and infrastructure of case study projects
Project
Change in supply
Change in infrastructure
Change in demand
Nueva a
Alianza
From traditional biomass
to biodiesel and microhydroelectric plant
Construction of the communal electricity grid and
installation of
connections
Use of household and
office appliances, and
implementation of productive use of projects
San Isidro
Grid-connected smallscale hydroelectric plant
None
None
Chel
From traditional biomass
to micro-hydroelectric
plant
Construction of a communal electricity grid,
public lighting, and
installation of internal
electric home connections
Use of household and
office appliances, and
implementation of productive use projects
Cahabo ´n
From traditional biomass
to solar PV home
lighting
Internal electric home
installations
Use of basic household
appliances (2 CFL’s,
radio, cell phone charging, and occasionally a
black and white TV)
Chap in
Abajo
The workshop had no
energy source prior to
the system (work was
mainly carried out during
daylight)
Internal electric home
installations
Use of two CFL’s
Cancue ´n
Ecotourism project
started with PV system
Internal electric installations in offices and tourist
bungalows
Use of radiocommunications, CFL’s
and cell phone charging
Guatemala
PVEWS
PVEWS formerly used
diesel generations
Internal electric home
installations
Radio-communications
and CFL’s
Guatemala
MEM
From traditional biomass
to solar PV home
lighting
Internal electric home
installations
Use of basic household
appliances (2 CFL’s
radio, cell phone charging, and occasionally a
black and white TV)
ADM
From traditional biomass
to solar PV home
lighting
Internal electric home
installations
Use of basic household
appliances (2 CFL’s,
radio, cell phone charging, and occasionally a
black and white TV)
PVBCS
From traditional biomass
to battery systems
Internal electric home
installations
Use of basic household
appliances (2 CFL’s,
radio, cell phone charging, and occasionally a
black and white TV)
EI Trapi
che
Project started with the
PV system
Pumping system, piping,
tap
Pumping system
EI Bote
Micro-hydroelectric
plant, grid connection
and traditional biomass
Construction of the communal electricity grid,
public lighting, and
installation of internal
electric home connections
For those that had traditional biomass, they currently use basic
household appliances
(2 CFL’s, radio, cell
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