{"id":1826,"date":"2019-11-25T01:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/givepower-is-giving-fresh-water-using-solar-power-and-desalinization-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T06:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:25:52","slug":"givepower-suministra-agua-potable-mediante-energia-solar-y-desalinizacion-en-kenia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/givepower.org\/es\/news\/givepower-is-giving-fresh-water-using-solar-power-and-desalinization-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"GivePower est\u00e1 proporcionando agua potable mediante energ\u00eda solar y desalinizaci\u00f3n en Kenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Un tercio de la poblaci\u00f3n mundial no tiene acceso a agua potable. As\u00ed lo indican UNICEF y la Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud (OMS), y se prev\u00e9 que, para el 2025, la mitad de la poblaci\u00f3n mundial vivir\u00e1 con escasez de agua. El fundador y presidente de GivePower, Hayes Barnard, espera ayudar a cambiar esa situaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>En julio de 2018, una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro llamada GivePower construy\u00f3 una planta desalinizadora en Kenia, en un pueblo costero llamado Kiunga. Hoy en d\u00eda, esa planta produce 19,800 galones o 75,000 litros de agua potable fresca cada d\u00eda. Eso es suficiente para abastecer de agua a unas 25,000 personas.<\/p>\n<p>Barnard fund\u00f3 GivePower en 2013 como una filial sin fines de lucro de SolarCity. SolarCity termin\u00f3 fusion\u00e1ndose con Tesla en 2016, pero Barnard ya hab\u00eda separado GivePower antes de la fusi\u00f3n. Luego pas\u00f3 casi dos a\u00f1os en San Francisco trabajando en la construcci\u00f3n de una planta de energ\u00eda solar que convertir\u00e1 el agua salada en agua dulce y, con suerte, proporcionar\u00e1 electricidad a millones de personas.<\/p>\n<p>La organizaci\u00f3n se dedica principalmente a construir sistemas de energ\u00eda solar que suministran electricidad a pa\u00edses en desarrollo. Hasta la fecha, GivePower ha instalado redes solares en m\u00e1s de 2,650 localidades de 17 pa\u00edses. Se enfocan en cl\u00ednicas m\u00e9dicas, escuelas primarias y peque\u00f1as aldeas. En lugares como Kiunga, en Kenia, la falta de agua potable impide que las ni\u00f1as asistan a la escuela. Por lo general, son las mujeres las que se encargan de buscar agua para beber. En \u00c1frica y en algunas partes de Asia, caminan un promedio de 3.7 millas al d\u00eda para conseguir esta agua, lo que impide que las ni\u00f1as tengan el tiempo o la energ\u00eda para asistir a la escuela.<\/p>\n<p>Esto llev\u00f3 a Barnard a tener la siguiente idea:<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que pensamos que lo siguiente ser\u00eda llevarles el agua. De ah\u00ed surgi\u00f3 esta idea. \u00bfPodr\u00edamos ofrecer el agua m\u00e1s accesible, saludable y sostenible? \u00bfY a gran escala?<\/p>\n<p>La desalinizaci\u00f3n no es un proceso barato, pero la microrred solar creada por GivePower puede producir casi 20,000 galones de agua potable fresca cada d\u00eda. Almacena la energ\u00eda producida en bater\u00edas Tesla y utiliza dos bombas en paralelo, por lo que, incluso si una bomba necesita mantenimiento, el sistema puede seguir funcionando. El costo para los habitantes locales termina siendo de un cuarto de centavo por litro de agua.<\/p>\n<p>Antes de que se instalara el sistema, los habitantes del pueblo se ve\u00edan obligados a beber agua salada, lo que les provocaba problemas renales. Tambi\u00e9n lavaban su ropa con agua salada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEra una situaci\u00f3n realmente grave para esta comunidad\u201d, dijo Barnard. \u201cHab\u00eda ni\u00f1os caminando por la comunidad con heridas: lesiones en el cuerpo causadas por lavar la ropa con agua salada\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>La construcci\u00f3n del sistema tom\u00f3 un mes y cost\u00f3 $500,000. Esperan generar alrededor de $100,000 al a\u00f1o con \u00e9l y utilizar ese dinero para financiar la construcci\u00f3n de instalaciones en otros lugares. Barnard tambi\u00e9n espera reducir los costos y est\u00e1 trabajando en un modelo a escala reducida al que se le puedan agregar f\u00e1cilmente nuevas piezas, como si fueran bloques de Lego.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-third of the people in the world don\u2019t have access to clean drinking water. That\u2019s according to UNICEF and The World Health Organization (WHO), and it is expected that half of the world\u2019s population will live with a water shortage by 2025. Founder and President of GivePower, Hayes Barnard, hopes to help change that. 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