Community participation in rural electrification Sri Lankas experience

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Community participation in rural electrification
Sri Lankas experience

• By
• Jayantha Gunasekera

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60 is connected to the grid Only about 80 of
households in the country can be finally
connected to the main grid. Even to achieve this
level of electrification it will take about 10
years. Important to note that the remaining 20
need to be electrified only through off grid
systems.
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Micro hydro - community based rural
electrification model

• Viability first demonstrated in Sri Lanka by ITDG
  in 1991
• 161 micro hydro units in operation

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key elements of the model
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Brining the technology close to community
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Brining the technology close to community
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Brining the technology close to community
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Community participation

• Communities lead from the
• inception
• identification of resources
• designing
• construction
• Communities Invest
• labour
• material
• cash
• 100 managed by village communities (Electrical
  Consumer Societies)
• operation maintenance
• regulations
• management

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Thank you