Clean Energy with Social Responsibility by Clean Social Power

1. Where he comes up with the 63,000 USD per project. The transaction cost of 63000 USD per project is an average calculated based on an extensive scientific literature published on academic journals and reports of market stakeholders. As early as Gouvello and Coto 2003, PCF 2003, Michaelowa 2003, Krey 2005, Teri 2005. To new studies like Magnusson 2015, Watts et al. 2015, or Rahman et al. 2015. 2. Where else can this be implemented? Once the HCSRM model is proved in Latin America, the model could be implemented anywhere. It would especially benefit communities non-connected to the grid living near small streams. 3. Can you show the numbers for the 1200 rural families that would benefit from this. 1200 rural families live in isolated areas not connected to the Colombian national grid. The identification of the families and geographical location was done by the UPME (National Energy Planning Agency) in 2014. The potential for implementing the HCSRM model is big because those families are located near streams with enough flow to generate electricity. Currently, most of the non-connected population produces electricity using small diesel power plants, which is a very inefficient source due to the high operation cost and emissions. 4. What is maintenance like? Small hydropower has most of the cost on the installation stage, the idea is that the communities are involve in the process and therefore the maintenance is in their interest, reducing the need of displacing technicians to isolated areas. The gains of this approach are: a reduction of the maintenance cost, an incentive to keep the plant working, and capacity building in the community.