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The Dovuno community is located in eastern Ecuador, in the Province of Sucumbíos, on the banks of the Aguarico River, about 40 km from the border with Colombia.
The Cofán population of Dovuno lives mainly by planting cassava, plantains and coffee, hunting wild animals and fishing. The average monthly gross income of a family is less than US$30, a part of which is spent on river mobilization.
The system was co-executed by the Dovuno community and CODESO.
The financing will be made by Lumbaquí Oil, an oil company.
The Dovuno community is currently questioning funding for potable water, latrine and shower projects.
Other planned projects are ecotourism, cultural rescue and productive projects, important for the socio-development of families. Support is sought to improve their standard of living.
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A typical Cofán house - Dovuno Community - Sucumbíos
Family solar electrification in the cabins
Individual electrification project with
Dovuno community photovoltaic systems
Water pumps with solar photovoltaic energy, they do not need transformers, poles. Installation without connection to the public electricity network. Profitable with low daily costs, Irrigation systems, for livestock, with a long useful life.
Electric solar systems independent or autonomous. Support and protection of medical and computer equipment, radio communication, electric fences. Photovoltaic panels, MPPT regulators, stationary batteries (lithium), and pure sine wave inverters.
It is important that each house has its photovoltaic energy system to be able to carry out daily tasks such as educating children even at night, having access to information through the media.
The solar system helps preserve the forest ecosystem.
The individual solar energy system initially consists of 40 Isofoton I 55 panels with a total of 2200 Wp (peak watts), 40 MAC stationary accumulators of 12 V (volts) 150 Ah (ampere hours) 40 regulators of 30 A.
Each family has a panel, a regulator, a battery and two or three 10 W 12 volt fluorescent lamps. They are also using radio tape recorders and televisions.
The 40 families now have with their photovoltaic energy system the possibility of enjoying light at night and carrying out work tasks, meetings and continuing with their studies.
