The batteries and electrical components are housed in modified shipping containers. Each module contains a diesel generator, battery bank using heavy-duty 2 V VRLA GEL batteries, a battery charger, a photovoltaic array and an ac/dc inverter. The RAPS system consists of modules designed to provide 150 kW h per day of utility grade ac electricity over a 24 h period. Funds have also been received from the US Department of Energy, the International Greenhouse Partnership (Australia) and the Peruvian government. Additional major funding has been received from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) administered by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and from the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC). ![]() ILZRO then began efforts to obtain governmental and inter-governmental funding to supplement its own funds to underwrite the cost of manufacture and installation of the systems in two villages in the Amazon region. In mid-1998, the Peruvian government approved the design of the system. Subsequently, ILZRO sponsored the engineering design of the hybrid RAPS system and SEIA supported a socio-economic study to determine the sustainability of such systems and the locations for pilot installations. Many remote villages in this vast region have either no or limited electricity supplied by diesel generators running a few hours per day. (ILZRO), Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) of Peru signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the installation of hybrid remote area power supply (RAPS) systems in the Amazon region of Peru. ![]() ![]() In 1997, International Lead Zinc Research Organization Inc.
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