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A Failed “Top Down-Implemented” Solar Project in Senegal

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Posted by: CareTaker on June 29, 2007 Under: Science, Senegal



Afromusing the Kenyan blog, showcases a “top down” execution of a rural electrification project in Senegal. The Japanese/ Spanish government-funded project is “an ambitious rural electrification project” that that involved setting and using Photo voltaic systems to power a remote rural area.

“It becomes clear quite quickly that the development model that this project was based on was flawed. Not the technology behind it. I think that the project did not fully involve the community, these guys came in, ’saved’ the village by installing the PV systems, but they did not think it through. Is the community involved in the maintenance? Nope. “

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