Windmill powered rope pump in Nicaragua

An innovative low-cost windmill for water pumping used in Nicaragua for small-scale irrigation, cattle watering and domestic use. The design is based on a Dutch model developed by CWD consultancy wind energy developing countries. The windmill drives a rope pump, similar to the hand rope pump of which 70.000 are installed in Nicaragua. Of the wind rope pump, up to now, 400 have been installed, produced by the enterprise AMEC in Managua.

The technology was transferred from the Netherlands to Nicaragua through Dutch development aid, funded by the development agencies SNV and ICCO. More information: www.ropepumps.org and www.arakis.nl. More info on www.akvo.org, the open source for water and sanitation.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Rope
• pump
• pumps
• low-cost
• irrigation
• well
• Nicaragua
• rural
• water
• supply
• windmill
• smart
• tec
• windpump

[ilieva]

Thank you so much for this project and video - I was looking for something so practical and effisient for these countries. Could I get assistance in this project to be made in other than Bolivia countries? If I contact the mentioned on your site organizations, could they supply the technical information and training for doing the project?

[marktielewestra]

Dear Ilieva,

for more info, please send me an email at m.t.westra at akvo dotorg

[MrJimmilicious]

wooden bushes. i lol'd

[eddieconnors]

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[tarahumaratrail]

I saw one of the simple pumps in one of the rural trips in Nicaragua. Thanks for this video.

[elmoroshan]

ur idea is so good i respect to u. i wont learn about this. becous of its clean.god help to u more experiment if u hawe a selected .

[koenstr]

the dutch are the best!

[marktielewestra]

Yes, these windmills are also used now and then for electricity generation, using a small generator. In those cases, the electricy is a byproduct, for a few lamps and a tv or so. However, as the design is for pumping water (which needs a rather low speed), the design is certainly not optimised for electricity generation.

[laurasIs2c]

Could such a windmill be used here in the states for electric generation?

[marktielewestra]

I indeed consider repairability, affordability, and availability as key ingredients for a sustainable design. Maintenance and reparis are no problem, as long as they are easy and cheap.