This project uses photovoltaic technologies for the applications of water pumping and lighting in the rural villages of Chad, providing people with greater development opportunities. Research reveals that 70% of the population does not have access to electricity, and most people have to travel at least 2.5 miles to get access to a source of drinking water. Since 80% of the people live below the poverty line, external funding would be necessary to make this project feasible. If funding is provided, this project can be a success in providing affordable lighting and clean water; and can be used as a model for other developing nations.

Creator

• Prasad, Anubhav
• Landry, Taylor
• Narayan, Tushar
• Li, Haoran

Contributors

• Rissmiller, Kent J.

Subject

• Power the World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1551

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International