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Assumptive vs Realistic Demand: Tips for sizing mini-grids
- September 14, 2020
- Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
- Category: Blog
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Tips for Sizing Mini-Grids A major challenge to the profitability of mini-grids is stimulating regular demand. Even in that, there is a need to consider the ability, willingness and commitment to pay on the consumer’s end. From our experience deploying mini-grids in off-grid rural communities since 2017, here are some lessons we have learned with regards
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What is a Mini-Grid?
- February 11, 2020
- Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
- Category: Blog
What is a Mini-Grid? Simple as A, B, C! There is a current buzz about mini-grids. What does ‘Mini-Grid’ even mean? Why is there a buzz around it? Let’s start from somewhere, shall we? In the world right now, about 3 billion people are living in energy poverty. Out of this number, almost 900 million
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WORLD BANK DELEGATION VISITS HAVENHILL SYNERGY SOLAR MINI-GRID
- October 29, 2018
- Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
- Category: Blog, News
WORLD BANK DELEGATION VISITS HAVENHILL’S SOLAR MINI-GRID Last Saturday, Jon Exel (Senior Energy Specialist at World Bank) and Tatia Lemondzhava (Energy Specialist at World Bank) joined us on a visit to Havenhill Synergy’s Solar Mini-Grid at Kigbe Community in Abuja, Nigeria. Jon leads the Nigeria Electrification Project, a $350 million World Bank program to increase
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US Ambassador to Nigeria and USADF delegation visit Kigbe Solar Mini-Grid
- October 19, 2018
- Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
- Category: Blog, News
Abuja, Nigeria. 10/19/2018 – We received The US Ambassador to Nigeria, W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, Board of Directors, USADF, Jack Leslie, President and CEO of USADF, C.D. Glin, and the Executive Director, Diamond Development Initiatives, Adamu Garba who came on a site visit to our Solar Mini-Grid at Kigbe Community in Abuja, Nigeria. The dignitaries
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What size of battery bank do I need in my home?
- August 10, 2018
- Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
- Category: Blog
How to calculate the size of the battery bank needed for your home? We know that batteries are referred to as the life of an inverter system. How well your inverter serves you is dependent on the quality of your battery, design and more. ALSO READ: What determines an efficient power backup or solar system?
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Mini-Grids: 7 things you should know
- July 28, 2018
- Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
- Category: Blog
Here are 7 things you should know about mini-grids. What is a mini-grid? According to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, mini-grid means an integrated local generation and distribution system with an installed capacity below 1 MW, capable of serving numerous end‐users independent of the national grid. A mini-grid consists of an isolated electricity generation source that
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A year later: Solar Mini-Grid at Kigbe, Abuja, Nigeria.
- July 4, 2018
- Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
- Category: News
Prior to this time, a year ago, the inhabitants relied on candles, kerosene lanterns and petrol generators (for those who could afford it) to power their homes and businesses which pose health and environmental risks. In fulfilment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy and our quest to end blackout in
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Rural Electrification: Havenhill Synergy deploys solar mini-grid to Kigbe
- September 19, 2017
- Posted by: Havenhill Synergy
- Category: Blog, News
In a bid to end blackout in Nigerian rural communities, Havenhill Synergy Limited, a cleantech organization in conjunction with United States African Development Foundation and Power Africa commissioned one of the first solar mini-grid in the Abuja suburb. The organization deployed a 20kW solar mini-grid to provide 24/7 power supply to the inhabitants of the