Final Products Solar thermal egg incubators Required Inputs Material and equipment Competing Products Electric and gas heaters Process Type of Process Moderate - mechanical design and machining Technology Design, manufacturing and assembly Equipment & Material Heat storage unit, saturated salt solution, 3 V battery Human resources Manual labor, technical labor, engineers Economic Features Revenue Stream and maintenance of systems to farms CAPEX Low - working capital OPEX Moderate - salaries, maintenance Considerations Key Challenge High initial cost of system for consumer Payback is constantly decreasing due to the increase of butane Advantages tanks/ diesel/ gas prices Impact Environmental CO2 emission reduction Social More affordable and sustainable source of energy Business Opportunity Factsheet 16: PV pump for cattle watering Market Final Products Solar energy operated pump for cattle
Final Products Solar thermal egg incubators Required Inputs Material and equipment Competing Products Electric and gas heaters Process Type of Process Moderate - mechanical design and machining Technology Design, manufacturing and assembly Equipment & Material Heat storage unit, saturated salt solution, 3 V battery Human resources Manual labor, technical labor, engineers Economic Features Revenue Stream and maintenance of systems to farms CAPEX Low - working capital OPEX Moderate - salaries, maintenance Considerations Key Challenge High initial cost of system for consumer Advantages Payback is constantly decreasing due to the increase of butane tanks/ diesel/ gas prices Impact Environmental CO2 emission reduction Social More affordable and sustainable source of energy Business Opportunity Factsheet 16: PV pump for cattle watering Market Final Products Solar energy operated pump for cattle
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