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Green, Scalable, Affordable and Portable Power to off grid families in Tanzania

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Mitigation
Energy
Financial services
Call 8
Tanzania, United Republic of
Time consumed
 
Start: 19-Aug-19 End: 18-Feb-22
Lead Nordic partner
Peoples Portable Power ApS
Country of Lead Nordic partner
Denmark
Local partner(s)
Peoples Portable Power (TZ) Ltd, Arusha, Tanzania, Kakute.org, Arusha, Tanzania, PG Consulting, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
NCF grant size
405,724
Total project cost
644798
Technologies
ICT tools, Solar photovoltaic systems
Methods
Pay-as-you-go models, Training, Value chain development
Country of implementation:
Tanzania, United Republic of
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Description

Peoples Portable Power (hereafter referred to as PPP) has developed a portable, green energy solution for families living without public electricity supply. We partner up with companies and organizations who install Solar photovoltaic installations and micro-grids in off-grid, rural villages. Our solution makes it possible to expand the micro-grid to families and homes further away without the use of expensive grid extensions. Instead of...
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Objective

The overall project objective is to demonstrate large-scale viability of our business concept through deployment of 1,000 portable solar powered batteries in Tanzania, paving the way for our market scale-up. Furthermore, we aim to:

• Reduce CO2/black carbon emissions from black energy sources used today.
• Stimulate local Tanzanian entrepreneurship and innovation by bringing green and affordable electricity to rural Tanzania families and small businesses.
• Analyze risk associated...
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Results

The NCF project ran for almost 3 years from late 2019 until spring 2022 during both COVID-19, rising food and energy prices and latest the Ukrainian War which have impacted the world economic a lot. We managed anyway with help from the NCF project to reach out to more than 350 families thus creating better live conditions for more than 2500 people. We were able...
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