Mopti – I Love Windpower Mali Leave a Comment / Member Projects / By Fanni Location: Mopti, MaliEnergy DemandMeant for households and lightning of buildings. We get a lot of local requests for water pumpingEquipment installed7 “Malian Made” wind turbines manufactured by group: EOL Mali. None erected and in operation due to war and depleted fundingOriginal Piggott turbines in sizes of 1.8 to 4.2 meter. All for battery based systems (tristar voltage regulators)FinancingStill in training and prototype phase (turbines made from Malian components and exposed to Malian conditions) so no commercial sold turbine yetOwnership & ManagementStill in training and prototype phaseProblems & SolutionDifficult to setup local managementNow looking for adequate person to become leaderDifficult to keep costs low due to corruptionMake many friendsDifficult to beat monopoly situation on local supply chainAlter design to fit materials that are local abundant available: Example: Wooden & 3 legged guyed TowerDifficult to disseminate ownershipKeep guiding and training.Military coup and civil war introduces safety issuesMonitor situation closely, get Malian people to Holland or neutral groundHighlightsWe focus on empowering the local people with the knowledge to make and install “Malian Made” windturbinesILWP Mali Members page link JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER Thank you for subscribing. Something went wrong. I agree to have my personal information transfered to MailChimp ( more information ) Through our newsletter we want to share the efforts made by so many people and organisations that form Wind Empowerment, our diversity and the common value that we co-create. In this newsletter you will get news about WE members projects, WE collaborative projects, the WE Working Groups, and of course about the next Wind Empowerment conference! We hate spam. Your email address will not be sold or shared with anyone else.