Providing electricity services using photovoltaic solar systems through energy service companies in rural areas of Zambia
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Description:
Purpose:
To supply 400 rural households with an ecologically sustainable energy source in areas not on the national grid.
Description:
Photovoltaic panels are an alternative way of supplying rural areas not on the national grid with electricity. The problem is not the technology; it is methods and systems enabling users to afford the equipment and have it maintained. This project is testing a method where users rent the panels.
State factors contributing to the successes of the project:
Many people living in rural areas cannot afford to invest in photovoltaic panels. Instead, the project is trying out a system of renting panels to local inhabitants.
Technology transferred:
Developing methods of supplying photovoltaic panels to rural areas.
Impact on emissions of greenhouse gases/sinks:
The areas involved had no electricity supply before the project began. The project may help to avoid future electrification based on fossil fuels.
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