Lessons from the Field: Setting up a Windmill Based Business in Rural Kenya
Khanjan Mehta
NCIIA Annual Meeting
Mehta, K., “Lessons from the Field: Setting up a Windmill Based Business in Rural Kenya”, NCIIA Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 2008
Abstract
Students from various disciplines at Penn State University, Bowling Green State University, University of Nairobi, and Kochia Development Group (a Community Based Organization in Kenya) collaborated to develop a robust and sustainable hybrid power system for rural communities in western Kenya. The objective was to build the system in Kenya using Kenyan resources and set up a profit-driven business around it to ensure economic sustainability. The model developed for this project emphasized building strong relationships between all the involved parties and incorporated multidisciplinary engineering design, business development, and social sciences to make the project truly successful and sustainable. The guiding philosophies, program, and business models for this project are discussed in this paper. The various observations and lessons learned during the planning and execution of this project are presented with suitable examples.
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