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Figure 10.7
Events during the o
cial opening of the pilot solar village in
September 2008 in Sri Lanka.
doubleortripletheiragriculturalcropsthroughhealthypollination,
motivates everyone to keep several beehives at each home, further
contributingtotheirannualincome.Theseprojectsempowervillage
communities to develop sustainably, reduce the country's diesel
importbill,andhelptheglobalcommunitybyreducingharmfulCO
2
emissions [1, 2].
There are over 3,500 clean-water-pumping systems powered by
diesel, and infrastructures have been completed in the dry zone in
Sri Lanka. All these diesel pumps can be replaced by solar water-
pumping systems and follow the new development projects taking
place in the above-mentioned pilot solar village in order to gain
all economic and environmental benefits. The replacement of all
3,500diesel-poweredwaterpumpsbysolar-poweredsystemscould
reduce the diesel import bill by Rs 350 million per annum and
the government of Sri Lanka could transfer this amount to our
village communities to develop themselves. There are hundreds of
