The Population and Community Development Association installed solar photovoltaic water pumping systems (PVWPS’s) in rural villages in the province of Khon Kaen, Thailand, in response to the population’s ongoing problem of lack of access to affordable water. Through interviews and observation of three villages, our team compared the cost and technical performance of PVWPS’s to those of grid-powered pumps, and identified their socio-economic and environmental effects.

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Creator

• McGahey, Abigail M.
• Mansuri, Nasim
• Goldman, Talya
• Carlstrom, Owen M.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031020-192741

Keyword

• Energy and Resources

Advisor

• Servatius, Brigitte
• Boucher-Yip, Esther

Year

• 2020

Center

• Bangkok, Thailand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Population and Community Development Association

Date created

• 2020-03-10

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright