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02.12.2011: Q-Cells technology further training for solar technicians

Further training courses are regularly offered to the solar technicians from the Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation in Ethiopia. This time, Angelika Hofmann and Florian Stenzel from Q-Cells have carried out the training module and passed on their knowhow. The German company Q-Cells supports since 2008 the training and development work of the Solar Energy Foundation in Ethiopia. We thank you very much!

12.11.2011: Solar power as workplace incentive

We visit a school in Alicho Worriro. The school has problems for a long time. No teacher stayed more than a few months. The school is too remote from the nearest village. Now, a solar home system was installed to make the school more attractive to teachers. Now they can load their mobile phones to talk with their family and friends. They can listen to the radio, watch TV and read with light in the evening.

18.08.2011: Product training at new Solar Center

Samson Tsegaye informing Garad Kebele

Samson Tsegaye, director of the Solar Energy Foundation Ethiopia informs regularly the villagers on how to handle the solar home systems. "These regular information sessions have proven themselves. Almost all systems are running smoothly longer than we initially expected", says Samson. Good maintenance will prolong especially the life of the batteries and lamps. The picture shows an information event in Garad Kebele, southwest of Addis Ababa.

01.07.2011: New sun connect issue

The new edition of the sun connect with a focus on solar development work in the Philippines, the five-watt computer and an interview with Jim Ayala. Download now for free or order a printed copy by email.

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Light for health

19th May 2011. In the solar village Rema, a new use for solar light was discovered. Slides are screened by microscope with the very bright LED light from the Solar-Home-System ST10. This allows as of now and for the first time ever, to detect amongst others malaria and tuberculosis pathogens. Besides, with this rapid detection method 20 patients per day can be tested instead of four.

See it on Google Map: Solar-Center and Installation

Here you will find the current Solar Centers of the Solar Energy Foundation and more than 2.000 locations where Solar Home Systems were installed. Another 2.200 Solar Home Systems were installed in Rema, Rema Dire and Kechemober. The map is not complete yet, we are working on that. The overview will be complete by the end of June.

Solar-Center and the Installation of Solar Home Systems

Stiftungs-TV - report about Solar-Centers

Movie about Solar-Centers Ethiopia

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG in Rema

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30.11.2011: Solar Training for solar trainers in cooperation with Q-Cells

Three-day compact training for solar professionals. In cooperation with the German company Q-Cells, 20 experts from the Ethiopian Energy Department attended a conference with training program. It focused module and solar technology. This training is an essential element for the further expansion of solar energy in Ethiopia.

16.11.2011: Donors wanted for second solar water pump!

Currently, the solar village Rema suffers heavily from the fact that the diesel generator at the intermediate pumping station is defective and therefore the water no longer reaches the village. Presently, mainly the girls carry the 25 liter canister (= 25 kg!) along steep boulder trails to the village. The Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation Ethiopia is under discussions with the people in Rema. The wish of the people is clear: they do not want anymore a diesel generator, not even given, because the diesel price is too expensive. They wish a second solar water pump.

25.7-25.08.2011: further training for solar technician

Experiments and systems planning were the topics at this year's four-week further training for the solar technicians of the Solar Energy Foundation. It focused on the calculations of appropriate system sizes, reparation of equipment such as solar-TV, solar radio, solar-DVD. In addition, field tests were conducted to deepen the understanding of the solar applications. For the 62 solar technician a welcome job variation.
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7.7.2011 - DW-World reports

1.6 billion people live without electricity. Solar systems can improve living conditions. But only the supply and sale of solar sytems is not a solution. A comprehensive infrastructure must be set up.
West of the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, is located the little village Sabola Kebele in the remote highlands. The villagers ...

Field report Minjar Solar-Center

15.6.2011. Abnet Jemal and Habtamu Mussi go to the Minjar Solar-Center for maintenance work. The region is known for its high humidity and heat. These are extreme conditions for the solar systems.
The operation takes the whole day. Habtamu Mussi changes the batteries in six systems and...

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May 2011: Solar electricity for 214 huts and schools

In May 2011 the solar technicians of the Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation equipped 214 tukuls and schools for the first time with solar power. This represents light for about 1,000 people and hundreds of students. 14 solar TVs were also installed. For 31 solar systems maintenance had to be carried out: battery and lamp replacement and exchange of various technical components - of course free of charge because the owners of solar systems pay a monthly service fee, which is well below the price of kerosene.

Derege Walelign visits Solar Valley Addis Ababa

17th May 2011. Derege Walelign President of the Ethiopian Solar Society visits the Solar Valley Addis Ababa. Mr. Walelign is one of the most important persons in the solar energy sector in Ethiopia. He was impressed with what is going on at the Solar Competence Center from the Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation. 

State recognition of the training for solar technician

May 4th, 2011. The training of the solar technicians at the International Solar Energy School shall be awarded state recognition in all stages of education. Currently, discussions are being conducted with the Ministry of Water and Energy, Ministry of Education, representatives of the Agency for Renewable Energies and representatives of Ethiopia's energy supply. Photo: (from left) 1. Asfaw Yilma (head of the school); 4. Samson Tsegaye (Solar Energy Foundation Ethiopia)

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