1. Solar Powered Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in
ASES 2003
Solar Powered Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) in
Deep Rural Communities
Ron Swenson
Allan Baer

2. SolarQuest® Institute for Renewable Energy (“SQuIRE”)

3. Power Hub

4. Energy Data to Web

10. West Marine

11. Porvenir

18. “Micro” Computers

19. Comparison of PC Energy Consumption and Cost in Remote Solar-Powered Telecenter
Scenario A: Conservative use, perpetual sunshine
Item
Assume …
Laptop
pvPC
hogPC
silentServer
hogServer PC
watts: 15 55 25
175
Monitor 20 80
Total consumption 35
135
Operating.. 8
hrs/day 24
Capacity* 5
sun hrs/day
multiply by
1.6
oper/sun 56
216
4.8
120
840
Cloudiness* 1
day(s)
pv Cost* $
/watt $ $
$ ,160
$ ,200
$ ,400
Delta $
$ ,600
$ ,200
… as compared to
laptop
total $/watt equivalent $ $ $ #
watts
0.4
1.0
3.9
2.2
15.3

20. Comparison of PC Energy Consumption and Cost in Remote Solar-Powered Telecenter
Item
Assume …
Laptop
pvPC
hogPC
silentServer
hogServer PC
watts: 15 55 25
175
Monitor 20 80
Total consumption 35
135
Operating.. 12
hrs/day 24
Capacity* 5
sun hrs/day
multiply by
2.4
oper/sun 36 84
324
4.8
120
840
Cloudiness* 2
day(s) 72
168
648
240
1,680
pv Cost* $
/watt $
$ 1,344
$ ,184
$ ,920
$ ,440
Delta $
$ ,840
$ ,520
… as compared to
laptop
total $/watt equivalent $ $ $ #
watts
1.3
3.1
11.8
4.4
30.5

26. Lighting

27. Bhutan

30. Galapagos

32. Comments and Questions