By Bob Bortner | Director
I would like to thank everyone who has already donated for this project.
In February, while our Director, Bob Bortner, is travelling to the region, he will spend about a week in the community of Suruacá. During this visit he will take initial river current and flow readings to make a preliminary assessment of the suitability of the river for installing a micro-hydrokinetic turbine. This way we will have a much better idea of whether it makes sense to continue with a more comprehensive analysis over a full year.
Also, should the results be promising from these initial reading, and we find that taking the readings are as straight-forward as we're expecting, we'll train a minimum of two local residents to make and record the measurements on a month basis for the next twelve months. We will still need to gather community demand for electricity, as well as assess the suitability of different sites for installing the turbines, but this will eliminate the need to hire and transport engineers monthly to make the water current readings. This will dramatically reduce the cost of this assessment.
We'll keep you updated about our progress.
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