America, Honduras, Choluteca

Honduras locates in the middle of America, three quarters of the country is covered by mountains and plateau. Mountains lie from west to east, surround lava plateau. The rest part of this country is valley and coast plain. This country is rich in solar resources, poor in rainfall, with high evaporation capacity. In order to achieve the target of 60% of total electricity from renewable energy power generate electricity in 2020, Honduras dedicate to solar energy. At the same time, for the benefit of policy support on renewable energy such as net metering electricity price, fixed electricity-network price, and taxation support, Honduras has already become one of the largest solar energy market in Middle America.

In 2015, Solartech PS4000 solar pump domestic water system was successfully installed in Honduras, which shows an example for putting solar energy to use in middle America. The project with water head of 75 m and a daily water flow of 45 tons according to actual testing data, which can fulfill around 372 people daily water drinking demand.