Author: Sara Manuela Graciano Correa

In Nariño, people rely on solar-powered boats to fish in the Pacific.

Written by Sara Manuela Graciano Correa on April 28, 2020. Posted in press. No Comments on In Nariño, people rely on solar-powered boats to fish in the Pacific.

In the municipality of Santa Bárbara de Iscuandé, families spend up to 12 hours a day fishing, and petrol costs can exceed 150,000 pesos per day. Geographer Gordon Wilmsmeier developed a project that aims to replace petrol engines with electric ones, helping to reduce pollution.

Solar-powered boats in Nariño: a lesson in renewable energy

Written by Sara Manuela Graciano Correa on March 9, 2020. Posted in press. No Comments on Solar-powered boats in Nariño: a lesson in renewable energy

Santa Barbara de Iscuandé relies only on aquatic mobility for all transportation activities and the economy is based almost entirely on fishing and mangrove resource recollection. Given these scenarios, electric mobility rises as an alternative capable of enhancing people’s quality of life at the same time it helps sustainably preserve ancestral practices.

The idea that brought electric boats for fishing in the Pacific

Written by Sara Manuela Graciano Correa on September 4, 2019. Posted in press. No Comments on The idea that brought electric boats for fishing in the Pacific

Four boats in Santa Bárbara de Iscuandé in Nariño are powered by batteries. Thanks to this, 25 women who hunt piangua do not waste fuel and do not row extensively. Behind it is a decade of effort at the hands of a German.