Solar-powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS)
E-learning Course // Solar Powered Irrigation Systems
The GIZ Powering Agriculture Team has supported University Ostfalia to develop an e-learning course on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems. The course…
Curso Internacional en Sistemas de Bombeo // Bolivia se Capacita en Sistemas de Bombeo para Irrigación y Otros Usos
En Bolivia, muchas regiones se encuentran afectadas por la falta de agua y el limitado acceso a servicios modernos de energía. Cuando las tecnologías…
Solar Water Pumping Seminar for NGOs // Water Solutions for Developing Countries - Building the Next Generation (Asia)
This event is designed to help NGO and government decision makers, municipal water service providers, engineers, capacity builders and fund raisers…
Solar Water Pumping Seminar for NGOs // Water Solutions for Developing Countries - Building the Next Generation (Europe)
This event is designed to help NGO and government decision makers, municipal water service providers, engineers, capacity builders and fund raisers…
Solar Water Pumping Seminar for NGOs // Water Solutions for Developing Countries - Building the Next Generation (East Africa)
This event is designed to help NGO and government decision makers, municipal water service providers, engineers, capacity builders and fund raisers…
International Forum on Solar Technologies for Small-scale Agriculture and Water Management
The forum will explore how solar technology can help meet the food and water needs of the world's growing population.
International Forum // Solar Technologies for Small-Scale Agriculture and Water Management
The International Forum on Solar Technologies for Small-Scale Agriculture and Water Management will bring together key stakeholders from the water,…
Solar Water Pumping Seminar for NGOs // Water Solutions for Developing Countries - Building the Next Generation (North America)
This event is designed to help NGO and government decision makers, municipal water service providers, engineers, capacity builders and fund raisers…
Nexus Virtual Forum // Solar Powered Irrigation Systems: Opportunities and Challenges
The event revealed how the WEF Nexus approach sheds light on the challenges and opportunities for a sustainable usage of SPIS and how it can help to…
Getting Pumped // A Quest to Finance Solar Irrigation in Kenya
By Evgenia Sokolova. Solar pumping is a well established technology. However, financing solar irrigation can often be difficult, especially for small…
Solar-powered Irrigation Systems // The Benefits and Risks of Solar-powered Irrigation - A Global Overview
By Hans Hartung and Lucie Pluschke. This report takes stock of the experiences with SPIS around the world. What are the real costs and benefits of…
SPIS Study // Impact of Solar Pumping Irrigation Systems in Tunisia
This case study analyzes the impact of solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS)on the groundwater use as well as its impact on a socio-economic level…
JRC Technical Report // Water-Energy-Food Nexus Interactions Assessment: Renewable Energy Sources to support Water Access and Quality in West Africa
By Kougias I., Szabó S., Scarlat N., Monforti F., Banja M., Bódis K., Moner-Girona M. Mitigating the big challenges of access to clean water, energy…
Publication // Capacity development for solar-powered irrigation
This is an abstract of an article that originally appeared in Rural21 (rural21.com), an international journal for rural development. The article…
Here Comes the Sun // Solar Technology for Agriculture
By Mia Signs. Solar energy technology is not new and has been used in a wide variety of ways, from providing energy through microgrids in remote…