In many remote regions of the world there is a lack of both electricity and potable water. In order to increase the standard of living and thus maintain the population both power and water have to be supplied at reasonable prices. A good option at many of these places are wind diesel systems of...

The paper introduces a Wind Diesel concept suitable for remote communities, the ‘Simple, Robust & Reliable Concept’ developed at Risø. All components are standard components, the system is self regulating using the component controllers and there is no power electronics. The paper documents...