Community-based Renewable Energy towards Sustainable Grassroots Communities

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Community-based Renewable Energy towards
Sustainable Grassroots Communities
Engr. Nazario R. Cacayan Executive
Director Yamog Renewable Energy Development
Group, Inc. Renewable Energy Summit 2011 SM
City Cebu, Mandaue City March 8, 2011


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Mindanao

• More than 10 of barangays in Mindanao are
  unenergized ( 2008)
• Degradation of forest lands and major watershed
• Abundance of water resources that can be
  harnessed for micro hydro power generation
• Lack of access to basic social services
• High poverty incidence ( rural areas)

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No electricity 4 in every 10 poor families

• In 2002, among poorest 40 of families, as much
  as four in every 10 families did not have
  electricity at home.
• Regions with a bigger proportion (than national
  average) of poorest families not having
  electricity
• Southern Mindanao (incldg Southwestern Mda)
  (45.7)?
• Caraga (45.7)?
• Western Mindanao (62.8)?
• Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (69.7)?

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Phils. R.E. Resources

• Geothermal Resource 1,200 MW
• Hydropower - 10,500 MW
• Wind resources 76,600 MW
• Micro-hydro untapped vast potentials
• Solar Energy untapped vast potential as a
  tropical country
• Ocean energy - 170,000 MW
• Biomass (bagasse) total potential of 235.7 MW

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Community Development

• Social preparations/Community capacity Building
• Consultations on renewable energy
• Technical (Operation and maintenance, basic
  electricity, etc.
• Organizational development (program mgt.,
  finance, tariff setting, energy audit,
  bookkeeping, conflict resolution, decision
  making, etc.)

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Technology development

• Pre-feasibility/ Feasibility( social, technical
  and financial)

• System Installation

• Training on Operation and Maintenance

• Monitoring and evaluation

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Environment/Resource Management

• Watershed Resource Management
• Nursery Establishment ( indigenous species
  and fruit trees)
• Outplanting
• Monitoring and Evaluation

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• IMPLEMENTED COMMUNITY-BASED MICRO HYDROPOWER

Mabini, Tubajon, Surigao del Norte (5kW)
Megkawayan, Calinan, Davao City (3kW)
Polocon, Lamanan, Calinan, Davao City (6kW)
Marahan. Marilog Dist., Davao City (20kW)
Maglahus, Cateel, Davao Oriental (15kW)
Saloy, Calinan Dist., Davao City (10kW)
Sangab, Caraga, Davao Oriental (10kW)
Chua, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat (12kW)
Lam - alis, Colombio, Sultan Kudarat (10kW)
Dumalaguing, Impasugong, Bukidnon (20kW)
Micolabo, Picong, Lanao del Sur (40kW)
Karim/Minabay, Buldon, Shariff Kabunsuan (38kW)
Sapad, Matanog, Shariff Kabunsuan (45kW)
Kirongdong, Magpet, North Cotabato (20kW)
Malumpeny, Makilala, North Cotabato (15kW)
Legend
IP Communities
Muslim Communities
Christian
Tablo, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato (12kW)
Upper, Sepaka, Suralla, South Cotabato (40kW)
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Micro hydropower projects

• Installed about 21 community-based microhydro
  power systems in Mindanao and Visayas
• total power generating capacities of 363 kW
• ( 6 -45 kW) average cost P
  150,000-250,000/kW
• electricity and other productive end uses
  milling
• 2,480 households ( 12,000 population)
• bundling them together, an estimated total
• of 1,645 metric tonnes CO2 annually being
  avoided

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YAMOG Renewable Energy and other Projects
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MHP Projects
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The micro hydro power that runs a corn mill and
irrigates ricefields.
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Yamog Inc.

• Financing Strategies
• Community counterpart 10-15 -sweat equity
• and household wirings
• LGU Counterpart 5-10 food for work and
• other materials
• Grants 80

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Yamog, Inc.

• Financial Sustainability
• Tariff structure
• capital replacement fund
• operations and maintenance
• community development fund
• watershed protection fund

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Project Impacts

• SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS
• Households with access to quality lighting and
  milling.
• Change in energy use pattern from kerosene to
  electricity.
• Increased Income savings from transportation in
  milling, weaving production of traditional loom
  weaving, etc.
• School childrens quality study at night
  enhancement.
• Community solidarity enhanced, peace and order
  conditions improved.

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Yamog, Inc.

• An indigenous Tboli woman doing traditional loom
  weaving. Before the electricity comes (12 kW),
  she does the loom weaving during daytime. But now
  with the electricity from the hydro, she can
  weave and be more productive during night time.
  (Tablo, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato)

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Project Impacts

• Environmental Sustainability
• Watershed management and protection
• enhance ecosystem services (water,
  biodiversity, etc.)
• Climate change mitigation
• (displacement of carbon dioxide thus
  reducing greenhouse gases)
• ex 10 kilowatts micro hydropower
  displaced 67 tonnes Carbon dioxide annually
• environmental governance
• eco-efficiency

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Success Factors

• Financially self-sustaining projects have cash
  generating (usually day time) and increase the
  use of plant factor (load factor).
• The income generated helps community development
  projects, maintains the system, and enhances
  watershed management and protection.

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Success Factors

• 3.Local capacities to fabricate,manage, operate
  and maintain micro hydro projects.
• 4.Effective lobbying with the LGUs for the
  allocation of resources and formulation of
  favorable policies for MHP devt and watershed
  protection.
• 5. Well-prepared community and active community
  participation with strong sense of community
  ownership

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Success Factors

• 6. Multi stakeholders partnership (community, PO,
  NGO, LGU, private sector and other civil society)
  
• 7. Watershed management and rehabilitation
  through replanting of indigenous tree species and
  fruit trees.

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Challenges

• 1. Project funds for community-based renewable
  energy systems are limited and difficult to
  access.
• Sustainability of some MHP primarily for
  household electricity and without productive
  end-uses like agricultural processing.
• The emerging climate change has already created
  adverse impacts as regards rainfall patterns and
  river flows

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Moving Forward

• Replication and scaling-up of micro hydro power
  systems entail multi sectoral partnership,
  political and financial support for an energy
  corridor approach.
• Enhanced community capacity building ( including
  enterprise development, pool of trained
  technicians and managers)

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Moving Forward

• Diversification of productive end-uses ( income
  generating activities) towards sustainability and
  promotion of local economy.
• Need for an integrated development approach
  including watershed management and enhancement of
  local environment as a climate change adaptation
  strategy

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Conclusions

• Community-based micro hydropower as an
  integrated rural development strategy promotes
  electrification, social benefits, local economy
  and environmental protection.
• Off grid communities with micro hydropower
  resources can access electricity with policy
  support from the LGUs and multi stakeholders
  partnerships.
• RE Law needs to address the issue on rural
  electrification to reduce poverty and promote
  environmental protection in off grid communities.

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