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Power Player from Sri lanka
My power player is Lalith Seneviratne an Ashoka- Lemelson fellow from Sri lanka. Lalith has created low cost, high yielding biomass based generators to produce electricity for rural Sri lanka. Families living outside of major cities in Sri Lanka have no realistic hopes of grid based electricity: hydroelectricity is inefficient due to the unpredictability of monsoon rains, and imported fuel is prohibitively expensive. Lalith designed an electric generator that runs on the biomass of the woody gliricidia, well-suited to the dry
rural conditions; each generator is capable of powering 60 households. The biomass generators are easy to construct and maintain. With projected larger biomass power facilities, these same rural farmers will be able to produce excess fuel and energy, which can become a steady source of revenue.
Lalith’s socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable biomass-based generators will stimulate economic development in rural Sri Lanka. Moreover, the plant’s leaves can be used as naturally
effective fertilizers, replacing expensive and harmful synthetic fertilizers currently used, resulting in improved agricultural productivity and increased revenue.
Lalith, a serial innovator and social entrepreneur, has proven the potential to provide electricity for and improve the economic wellbeing of families across Sri Lanka. He has designed not only the biomass
power station, but also the community structures necessary to make it socially viable. Village cooperatives run by elected representatives operate the system and charge a monthly tariff per household for the
electricity. Lalith empowers villagers with the technical knowledge to run the power plants and maintain and manage them. In one village, he has facilitated a partnership between villagers and a well-respected
finance organization to enable the first cycle of loans needed to build the plant. Having received many requests from neighboring communities, Lalith is eager to spread his innovation; he regards the technical,
environmental, and financial components all as integral features of this
model (Ashoka tech , 2010).
The above information about Lalith was extracted from http://tech.ashoka.org/Community_electricity%20generators
rural conditions; each generator is capable of powering 60 households. The biomass generators are easy to construct and maintain. With projected larger biomass power facilities, these same rural farmers will be able to produce excess fuel and energy, which can become a steady source of revenue.
Lalith’s socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable biomass-based generators will stimulate economic development in rural Sri Lanka. Moreover, the plant’s leaves can be used as naturally
effective fertilizers, replacing expensive and harmful synthetic fertilizers currently used, resulting in improved agricultural productivity and increased revenue.
Lalith, a serial innovator and social entrepreneur, has proven the potential to provide electricity for and improve the economic wellbeing of families across Sri Lanka. He has designed not only the biomass
power station, but also the community structures necessary to make it socially viable. Village cooperatives run by elected representatives operate the system and charge a monthly tariff per household for the
electricity. Lalith empowers villagers with the technical knowledge to run the power plants and maintain and manage them. In one village, he has facilitated a partnership between villagers and a well-respected
finance organization to enable the first cycle of loans needed to build the plant. Having received many requests from neighboring communities, Lalith is eager to spread his innovation; he regards the technical,
environmental, and financial components all as integral features of this
model (Ashoka tech , 2010).
The above information about Lalith was extracted from http://tech.ashoka.org/Community_electricity%20generators
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 19, 2010 at 4:26am
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That is truly a brilliant idea. Thanks for the share, Ashoka does it again!
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