Our Research and Development work includes the important department of Renewable Energies.

This year we prepared a functioning prototype of a mechanical wind-pump that was presented to the local farmers. To their great surprise, they saw the water pulled up from a bucket by the mere strength of the wind, without electricity, without fuel, and without noise.

We are now preparing a full-size demonstration model that will be able to irrigate at least our 7 acres of land and keep the water storage tanks full.

Another important project we are developing is a high-efficiency village-technology level oven with multiple chambers (baking, heating, drying), functioning with locally available materials including coconut husks and dried biomass.

So we are working to improve the prototype prepared by the Institute of Research on Rural Technology (here below), that is not really effective because of excessive dispersion of heat.

The oven will be multipurpose and adaptable for operation with biogas, if necessity arises.

The working prototypes will be presented in Seminars and Demonstrations to the public.

Our research on solar power has highlighted the best and easiest utilization for direct thermal solar power is the solar oven, to cook rice, soups, dal and other simply boiled preparations that do not require complex operations or evaporation of the moisture from the foods (as for example condensed milk).

Even better than that, this simple device is excellent to sterilize preserves of all types, contained in glass jar with metallic cap.

In this way it is possible to preserve for a minimum of 12 months at room temperature, and without the use of any chemical preservative, all vegetables, a large variety of fruits (in syrup), all types of fruit juices, sauces, panir, condensed milk, and all other foods that can normally be preserved in cans.

Another research field is solar refrigeration.

By regenerating zeolite or even ammonia cans through exposure to direct and concentrated sunlight, it is possible to refrigerate an insulated chamber in a completely independent way.

For the production of electricity proper,we are working at a steam-thermal solar system, with a parabolic collector and a small steam turbine at the center.

In case of insufficient solar light, the steam turbine can be operated thermally through direct fire.

With the development of our cow protection and dairy farm project, we will also experiment with biogas tanks for the production of sufficient gas.

Depending on the availability of funds, we are also planning to develop small photovoltaic systems with daily recharge for local lighting.

These demonstration projects are essential to give a real impression to the local rural people on Sustainable Development and an alternative to the industrialized and centralized model that is causing the devastation of our planet and climate.