St. Veit: Local Uses Solar Energy

Dietmar Stuck delivers water to the surface by means of solar energy and was now awarded the “build! Impulse Trophy“ to prize his solar well pumping station.

To us, it is very common to open the tap. An African family in need of a canister of water, however, must cover a distance of up to 20 km to get to the nearest water well. And even then there is no certainty as there may be no more water because the windmill pump does not work when the air is still. 

To Dietmar Stuck Jr. this was hard to imagine, too, at the beginning – until his eyes were opened in Africa. “I pondered and pondered how to solve the problem“, the innovative well drill master confirms, and eventually he had the right idea. A solar pump was to solve the problem of still air. And should there be no sunshine, the water can also be pumped manually by means of a hand pump. Meanwhile, the prototype has been set up at the industrial park St. Veit. Information on the water well pump can be received at www.newsolarpump.com. Out of 41 submissions, Dietmar Stuck’s solar well pump was awarded the “build! Impulse Trophy“ by the Carinthian start-up centre.

The centre supports academics in carrying out innovative business ideas and also helps them to get started in terms of self-employment.

The Impulse Trophy 2011 went to Dietmar Stuck Junior. His pumping station is almost maintenance-free, resistant to saltwater and efficient up to a water well depth of 150 metres.

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