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Impressions from Africa

Zimbabwe

Impressions from the mission station St. Rupert Mayer in rural Zimbabwe:

Measurement of water storage capacity of near-surface soil
Cooking with firewood is as common as it is harmful to health
Measurement of groundwater aquifer capacity
Diesel generators – Number 1 power generator in rural Zimbabwe
Battery storage destroyed due to poor maintenance
Dried-up, actually fertile soils due to lack of irrigation
A 4x4 vehicle is needed in rural Zimbabwe
Poor cleaning of photovoltaic modules will be swiped away
Battery water level is checked
Surveys of the local population on their consumption of energy, water and food
A Do-It-Yourself wind measuring station is installed
Interdisciplinary team of TUM students arrives in Zimbabwe
Measurement of aquifer connectivity
Workshop on decentralized Energy-Water-Food systems with the local population
Workshop on decentralized Energy-Water-Food systems with high school students
High school students with their new TUM football jerseys
Installation of the solar water pump
Use of solar water pump
Field irrigated by solar water pump
Installation of a biogas digester
Biogas digester in operation
The biogas digester as hands-on project for high school students
Training of local manager and technicians in accounting
Hands-On project on renewable energy technologies for high school students

Lesotho

Impressions from the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Research and Innovation Symposium (RERIS) 2018 in Lesotho:

Ten ENS students and doctoral candidates with international colleagues
Anurag Mohapatra presents his low-cost weather station
Hajer Ben Charrada presents her master thesis on entrepreneurship and renewable energies in Zimbabwe
Johannes Winklmaier presents the topic of his doctoral thesis on decentralized Energy-Water-Food systems
Kartikeyan Rajadurai presents his student project on decentralized Energy-Water-Food systems
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