The Sunflower Solar Pump

FuturePump

The Sunflower Solar Pump

Contact Solution Provider

FuturePump
Nairobi
Kenya
+44 (0)7717 314171
hello@futurepump.com

Solution Overview & Benefits

The Sunflower is a portable and robust solar irrigation pump that was created for seasonal vegetable farmers. The Sunflower offers an affordable and environmentally sustainable alternative to gasoline and diesel-powered pumps, which are expensive and lock farmers into recurring fuel costs.

Benefits of the Sunflower Solar pump include:

  • Pumps up to 12,000 liters of water per-day for irrigation purposes.
  • Performance: 900 liters/hr at 6m depth, or 2,000 liters/hr at 1m depth.
  • Portable design
  • Manual backup
  • Detachable 80 Wp solar panel for secure storage
  • Works great with storage tanks and drip systems
  • Robust and durable design
  • No circuit boards or small electronics that could potentially malfunction
  • Easy to maintain by farmers with basic mechanical skills.

The Sunflower retails for around USD $400, with financing options available from the manufacturer.

History & Development

There are more than 500 million one-acre farmers around the world. FuturePump develops technology that is designed to tap into the needs of this huge global market. The Sunflower irrigation pump is both robust and portable. It offers smallholder farmers a cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable alternative to costly and polluting gasoline or diesel pumps.

Availability

Publicly available: yes
Countries where available: Worldwide
Price range (USD): over 200 USD
Available online: yes
Offered or can be licensed for local manufacture: Yes

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