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In April 2014, SOLAR23 delivered exactly 100 pumping systems to the Philippines, which guarantee over 400,000 people in the Leyte and Samar regions devastated by tropical storm "Yolanda" access to clean drinking water.
The 100 pump systems were delivered in the 1.2kW performance category and have an altogether daily delivery volume of over 2,000,000 liters
The Philippines consist of over 7100 islands on which over 95 million people reside. Tropical storm "Yolanda", also called typhoon "Haiyan", hit the area in November 2013 and not only destroyed the cities of Tacloban and Guiuan, but also the rural environment with a large part of the infrastructure. In the regions of Leste and Eastern Samar, more than 2.5 million people were directly affected. According to surveys conducted by the National Statistics Office of the Philippines (NSO), as many as 24 million people have no access to clean drinking water. This is one of the main reasons for the spread of infectious diseases in the country.
SOLAR23 has been awarded the task to design and deliver PV pumping systems through an international bidding process announced by UNICEF and has asserted its price and technology advantages against a va- riety of competitors. The project is following up on previous first-aid efforts and aims to aid the reconstruc- tion of the water supply in these hard-hit areas.
As a system supplier with over 10 years of experience in the field of solar pumping systems, SOLAR23 has designed and supplied the components for the photovoltaic pumping system. The delivery included the complete PV system with solar panels, floor racks, power distribution, submersible pumps, tubing, water heads and part of the horizontal piping. An international children's fund financed the project.
"The 100 pump systems were delivered in the 1.2kW performance category and have an altogether daily delivery volume of over 2,000,000 liters," explains SOLAR23 project manager. The photovoltaic pumping systems operate completely independently from the electricity grid and local storage batteries. Thanks to the solar panels, they pump deep well water during daytime - from sunrise to sunset - into a water tank. From there, the stored water is available around the clock.
The cleanly pumped deep well water is used sustainably to care for children and families, as well as public facilities such as schools and hospitals.
