Accelerated Development

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"What other countries have taken three hundred years or more to achieve, once dependent territory must try to accomplish in a generation if it is to survive. Unless it is, as it were, "jet propelled", it will lag behind and thus risk everything for which it has fought. "

Kwame Nkrumah
Autobiography, preface p. X

Energy Solutions

• Solar Village  solar panels and kits plus links to other sites.
• Photovoltaic: Sustainable Power for the World
• SolarElectronic.com provides solar panes, batteries,  water pumps and purification, generators, converters, books and videos

Photovoltaic

Photovoltaic (PV) cells are devices that convert solar radiation into electricity. Most PV cells are made of the element silicon, but other semiconducting materials can be used.

Photovoltaic arrays can be installed in small or large quantities and can closely match the electricity needs of the user.  The solar water pump shown here can be used to power a pump for irrigation, drinking water, or water for industrial purposes

PV arrays can be installed and be operating in days instead of years for conventional power plants. 

• A stand-alone system consists of
• solar panel(s)
• a battery to store power for use at night
• and an "inverter" to allow conventional appliances to be powered by solar electricity (or an appliance that accepts Direct Current)

The system pictured here provides a maximum of 16V of power and comes ready to attach. It costs $39.95

"We shall measure our progress by the improvement of the health of our people; by the number of children in school, and by the quality of water and electricity in our towns and villages, and by the happiness which our people take in being able to manage their own affairs. The welfare of our people is our chief pride, and it is by this that my Government will ask to be judged."

Kwame Nkrumah
Broadcast to the Nation 24 Dec 1957

We need an enhanced methodology for accelerated development.

We need rapid development. This can be accomplished by developing a new way of thinking. Given todays technology, electricity can be brought to everyone in a very short amount of time.   With adequate sources of enegry, villages and towns can light their streets, irrigate their fields, purify their water, and study at night.

Free Pan-African Calendar (2010)