In this work shop we were divided into four groups of four persons. Every group got a case to solve, then they had to present it to one other group, and hear a presentation from another grup trying do find new suggestions to the propositions that then were presented for the whole group. The themes of the cases were: Electrification of a school in a notorious urban slum in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, Alternatives for a large hydro power project in Congo, Electrification of a remote town, Munsyari in a hilly region i North-India and Wells and electrification in rural areas of Burkina Faso.
I was in the group planning electrification of a school in Addis Abeba. We happened to have an Ethiopian guy in our group, so we asked him about weather conditions and what the schools are like. Our plan was to equip the school with solar cell panels, and have a back up generator that could run on bio fuel made locally from faeces and biodegradable waste collected at the school and from the community. The bio fuel could be sold to people in the community for cooking, and they could take advantage of lights at the school by having evening classes there. We also thought a guard would be needed to safeguard both the school and the solar panels. A nice komment was that our plan is a bit overkill, some solar panels would be enough, and if there is cloudy days, then you wouldn't have any lights.
This work shop was nice, since the team worked commonly for one goal, not as in some previous work shops that everybody has an own role to represent. The whole group is also getting more familiar, which makes it easier to joke about things. We were laughing long about micro hydro power stations, that would be so small you would need a microscope.
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