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Rural electrification with SWER is an inexpensive method of extending the electricity grid to rural areas. SWER will reduce electrification costs to rural communities in developed and developing countries. Rural electrification using SWER will directly and indirectly help to reduce poverty. What does SWER stand for?SWER stands for single wire earth return and reduces costs by using one wire instead of two and also reduces the quantity and therefore costs of poles. We will show you how to use SWER to electrify your farm, village, water pump or rural business. This site contains the background and resources to enable you to evaluate and use SWER. Site Update Ruralpower.org has been updated. While we are still concentrating on SWER technology we well also look at conventional grid rural electrification technology i.e. two wire single phase electrifcation and three wire three phase electrification. Over time we aim to make the site more interactive and provide more dowloadable tools such as costing spreadsheets, pole top drawings, technical papers, frequently asked questions (faq) section etc. Using PSS/Adept to analyze SWER Rural Electrification Networks. The SWER Links section contains a Microsoft Power Point presentation showing you how to model SWER systems using PSS/Adept. This power system analysis package will enable you to analyze the voltage performance, losses, load flows etc. for SWER systems. You can now also download the early Mandeno paper on SWER. SWER and Rural Electrification Costs The SWER downloads section contains a spredsheet to compare the costs of a) SWER and b) rural electrification using conventional methods. You can also enter the costs for items of equipment e.g. poles, conductors etc available to you locally so that you can develop your own SWER and rural electrification costing tool. If you send me back a copy of the spreadsheet with your local costs in it I will publish it on the site. 
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