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02<br />

Solar Lighting<br />

Systems<br />

BRAZIL<br />

Solar Home<br />

Systems (SHS)<br />

Biogas<br />

Installations<br />

Clean Cook<br />

Stoves<br />

Micro-Hydro<br />

Systems<br />

Community-based electrification - power generation and distribution<br />

Reliable electricity supply is critical for the sustainable development of rural communities. The member-run<br />

co-operative CRELUZ started its activities with the objective of extending the electric grid to rural homes<br />

within an area of 13,000 km². CRELUZ invested in six local run of river mini-hydropower plants as well as<br />

in wind to provide a reliable power supply, overcoming power cuts in the national electric grid.<br />

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil<br />

Created: 1966 | Members: 20,000 families in 36 municipalities | 4500 km of power lines, 3.96 MW of run of river mini-hydropower capacity

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