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Sri
Lanka
In 1998 Pedley
Wheel Trust installed the first overseas Pedley Wheel
in Sri Lanka. The site was surveyed in December 1997
and the wheel was providing electricity for the twenty
four houses in this village three months later. The
cost was approximately GBP 5,000 to provide 2.5 kW.
Five further installations have now been completed providing
electricity for over one thousand people. Four more
are underway during 2004/5.
Blessing
the Wheel at Polgaswatte
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Developing
World Applications
The Pedley Wheel is particularly
suitable for developing world applications where grid electricity
is not available. It's characteristics include:
- Possible local manufacture
- Simple construction
- Easy maintenance
- Robust and efficient
- Ideally suited to
low-head sites
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Basic
requirements
- low-head
sites (3-5 metres) with 50-250 litres/second water
flow
See articles
Intl
Journal on Hydropower & Dams
World
Renewable Energy Congress
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