Based on the on-site household survey assessment performed in February 2020 within the framework of the project ÖkoFlussPlan, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) investigated the roadmap to reduce the space heating demand of rural Kyrgyz houses. The simulation-based results show that the proposed suggestions help to save a considerable amount of space heating demand.

In cooperation with our Ghanaian partner, the last measurement campaign was carried out at four pilot sites in Accra, Ghana.

In November 2020, a team from EnerSHelF’s industry partner WestfalenWIND travelled to Ghana to install a Photovoltaic-Hybrid System at the health facility in Kologo, Ghana.

The field trip from August to end of October 2020 included a variety of installations and measurements concerning borehole drilling for stress analysis, installation of seismometers to detect the tectonic and induced seismicity, field campaigns for regional deformation detection and many more.

In regular interviews published on the EnerSHelF website, project partners and researchers are giving insight into their work within the project.

Within the scope of SIGN2, membrane modules from Inge were coated with the innovative layer-by-layer technology from Surflay. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the further developed membranes could not be installed as planned at the location of the pilot plant at the waterworks in Wujiang (China), which had previously been sampled several times. Nonetheless, in order to test the new membranes on a pilot scale, an alternative site in Germany was selected.

A team of German and Ghanaian researchers and technicians installed equipment for collecting meteorological data at the health facilities in Kumasi, Akwatia and Kologo.

Final papers on water balance models and rainwater management plans in Ghana. Since the start of the BMBF-funded joint project RAIN, three students have already been able to complete their final theses within this project.

In October, the project team began drilling to collect soil samples and install soil sensors for the early warning aystem for slope movements in informal settlements in the steep mountain slopes of Medellín.

Implementation of a second measuring campaign at four rainwater retention areas by our partner Envaserv in Accra, Ghana.