NGO GivePower: A new type of solar-water filter plant initiative

NGO GivePower Company built a solar farm system and supplied water for people in Kiunga.

This system is an initiative that is integrated between the solar grid and the system to filter seawater into fresh water to serve the people. Initially, right from the beginning of the idea for the construction of the water purifier here, NGO GivePower took into account the huge amount of electricity cost after the plant was put into operation. As a result, the GivePower engineering team decided to build a solar-powered water plant at Kiunga, on the east coast of Kenya adjacent to the Indian Ocean, where the hours of sunshine are high during the year.

The plant draws its energy from solar panels placed on the roof of the plant. Direct sunlight into a solar cell will be transformed into direct current according to the photoelectric effect. This direct current will be converted by an inverter to an alternating current.

When the current is stimulated into the standard 220v sine alternating current, the same power and frequency are the same as the grid. At this level, the solar energy will be fully charged to the storage battery system and used when the panels do not receive light.

Inside the plant, sea water will be pumped into sedimentation tanks to wait for filtration. Thanks to the continuous power supply, the filters will mobilize to convert seawater, which will then be converted into drinking water and stored in the distribution warehouse.

A major advantage of this system is the use of infinite resources such as sunlight and seawater to serve the production of clean water. Therefore the cost of input materials is almost zero. On the other hand, the engineers of NGO GivePower have also designed to create a system with a well-coordinated storage and operation process. Therefore, the operation of the factory can be considered as a semi-automatic.

Thanks to the initiative of the new type of solar-water filter plant, NGO GivePower has significantly saved the cost of permanent manpower at the plant, cutting down all input fuel costs while ensuring durability. Sustainable in terms of environment and society.

Reportedly, NGO GivePower’s panels can produce 50kw and provide two water pumps running 24/7, helping to provide clean water to about 35,000 people in Kiunga every day. This is a big step for people in the field of exploiting clean and sustainable energy sources.

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