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Community-based RenewableEnergy Systems and their

Impact on the Lives of

Women and Rural Communities

Victoria M. Lopez

SIBAT, Inc.

The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policiesof the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB doesnot guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequenceof their use. The countries listed in this paper do not imply any view on ADB's part as to sovereignty orindependent status or necessarily conform to ADB's terminology.


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Since mid-90s, The Community-based Renewable

Energy Systems or CBRES have been developed

by POs and communities and NGOs, incollaboration with LGUs.

CBRES is increasingly being established as a

viable energy delivery mechanism for remote

rural villages in off-grid areas.

Microhydros

Solarpowered systems Ram pumps

Biomass powered systems


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Their outputs are bettermeasured by the number ofrural households and

communities that arebenefitted by lighting, water,energy to drive small

machines such as mills.


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The wealth of experience gained from more than 20

years of association with the rural people by these front-

line organizations working closely or independently with

government agencies, therefore are very important for

everyone involved in the field of rural energy and

development. The experiences are noteworthy forvarious projects and unique site-specific energy systems

with strong poverty/energy linkages using e.g.

microhydro and biomass technologies, displacing,

avoiding or reducing diesel generation and petroleumfuels in typical rural villages. [REP-PoR, 2008]


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CBRES are systems that are

operated, managed and sustained bycommunity organizations, with the

support of NGO service providers and

LGUs for energy and development.

WHAT IS CBRES?


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How are these systems built? The communities, NGOs

and LGUs help one another build these systems.


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CBRES are built through multi-

stakeholder efforts.

The community participates in

the planning and installationof the system through its

organization.

The community manages the

system.


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Women participate in the planning, development of

CBRES, from installation to management.


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What have been someeffects of CBRES to

households, communitiesand to women?


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CBRES are able to provide reliabledecentralized supply for theelectrification of households, schools,rural clinics, etc.

Helps raise productivity and income of householdsand community

Quality of Life

Womens productive work has been improved withthe aid of CBRES.

Womens reproductive work in the home has beenmade easier with the provision of lighting.


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Community-basedMicrohydro power

(MHP) systems are

able to provide for

household and

village

electrification, and

for driving

production and

postharvest

equipment.

Where there is noadequate water

source, small wind

turbines (SWTs)

are able to deriveenergy from the

wind to charge

batteries.


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CBRES are able to pump and deliver water to

households that are able to:

minimize labor of women and childrenprovide daily water needs for households,

gardens and livestock raising

minimize incidences of water-borne diseases


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For lower heads,hydraulic ram

pumps (HRPs) are

able to pump water

to serve household

needs or small farm

irrigation.

Photovoltaicsystems (SWPS)

are able to pump

water for

household needs in

difficult terrain

conditions.


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CBRES are able to provide

milling needs of communities

to minimize labor hours esp. of

women, costs of

transportation and milling.

minimize the crop andfinancial losses

Indigenous women who

used to pound rice before

every meal each day, havebenefitted especially from

MHPs .


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But what is the difference

between CBRES and non-

CBRES, in the context of poorremote communities?


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Through CBRES, access to energy isimproved because people can pay,based on agreed tariff.

Affordability of CBRES energy is afeature of these systems.


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Household and other usage tariffcan be decided with communityconsensus.

Technical repair and maintenancecan be ensured.

Issues that address equitability andminimizing of conflicts are decided

upon by the members of thecommunity.

Care and maintenance of the systemis shared among members.

Women can take care of CBRES forpotable water.

Through

CBRES,decentralized

systems can

be managed.


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Outcomes of the energy project canbe optimized through organized

initiatives.

Capacities of community members

are raised.


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Through CBRES, direct benefits can be

planned and implemented by the

members of the community.

Income from enterprises powered by

the energy plant go directly to the

community organization or to their

project.


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Enterprise

Tariff

CBRES

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

HH Tariff


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Is CBRES sustainable?

CBRES experiences have shown the capacity of

the communities to manage.The technical management of systems can be

ensured in partnership with NGO serviceproviders, academe and LGU.

The household tariff can sustain part of repairand maintenance needs, while enterprises canpay the additional tariff.

If enterprises powered by the plant are assisted

or expanded, the income can support the basicand other social and economic needs of thecommunity.


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How are these systems financed?

MHPs and SWPS are mostly built on

grants.

These grants serve as positive

subsidies that build the capacities of

rural people and communities to

produce or generate.


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The CBRES is an innovation in the energy

delivery mechanism in the Philippines, which

directly addresses rural poverty and

underdevelopment.

The CBRES provides a crucial input to the

primary development challenge of providing

food, water, sanitation, medical care,

schooling and access to information.


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We are proposing thus, to allenergy stakeholders, tosupport to the developmentof CBRES in the country,through policy and throughother forms.

THANK YOU!

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