Documentary – Ikisaya Energy Centre

The documentary takes place in the rural village Ikisaya in Kenya, far away from the national electricitygrid.
We follows the employees and the commmunity at the new solar energy powerplant, while they are preparing the startup and the operation of the new energy centre.

The powerplant-project is developed by the researchproject Solar Transitions:

The research project Solar Transitions will investigate ways to implement and use solar energy in local communities in developing countries that are viable in the long run and contribute to social and economic development and climate adaptation. This project will provide knowledge on factors influencing the opportunities of people to achieve technological and social changes through activities linked to village scale solar energy systems, but the insights will to a large extent be relevant also for the knowledge on how to implement and use decentralised renewable energy supply in general.

Shot with: Panasonic AG-AF101 and Canon 5D
Produced, directed and edited by: Marius Mass Grøtvedt
Cinematography by: Sondre Holen
Sound design by: Daniel Lindvik

Funded by:
The research project Solar Transitions at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, which is funded by The research council of Norway
&
LNU/ The Norwegian Children and Youth Council & Spire

Original source: https://www.solrenen.com/2020/08/17/documentary-ikisaya-energy-centre/