Low Priced Renewables Presentation

7/31/2019 Low Priced Renewables Presentation

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Providing access to energy is at the

heart of the development challenge


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Quick Low priced Solution


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Allows the poorest to cook, lights

home work, and protects health

Envirofit cookstoveImproved air quality with clean cookstove

Global market of billions of

customers requires distribution

artners


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Stove market price: $14 (IRS675)

Pellets for 1 week: $0.4 (IRS20)

Combustion efficiency

from 40% to 80%

Cooking and fuel gathering

time from 3h to 40hper day

Carbon monoxide

emissions down 98%

4-5 years life expectancy


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B-1200 stove

market price: $17

Fuel consumption

reduced by 50%


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Solar LED lanterns

Retail prices range

from $10 up to $35

The Solata prices: $12 to $20

D.light Design


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SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS

Lighting, communication and incomegeneration for richer rural households~20% upfront, rest monthly fees Financing scheme:

Microfinance or revolving funds, some household savings

solar panel (typically 10 to50W)

A 12V battery to store the

power

A charge controller to

protect the battery

2 to 6 lamps (LED)


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Needs addressed: lighting, cooking,entertainment, communication and

income generation (working at night)

Grameen Shakti Bangladesh has alreadybuilt up 41 Grameen Technology Centers for

distributed assembling and servicing of SHS.

Currently they are training local technicians

who can take on future servicing andinstallation of SHS at the village level

SHS priced at $140 for

10W system, $412 for50W; $1,000 for 130W

Biogas Plants startingfrom USD 187 for a 1.6

cum plant to $422 for a4.8m2 plant

Improved Cook Stovesat $11.76

>215k SHS installations

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The Solar Energy foundation (SEF) promotesolar energy lighting in Africa with non-subsidized Solar Home

Systems

Financing: $80 upfront,then $9 per month

for 3 years

~$7.5 monthly

households spendingreplaceable

by ST10 power

Needs addressed:

household and

classrooms

lighting. Also

addressing water

pumping and cooling

systems for medicine.


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Micro hydro plants owned and

managed by the community100kW plantcosts $300k to

build Each

customer pays$0.10 per kWh,

roughly $2 a

monthBeneficiaries: 60

villages; 300,000

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FINANCING

Facilitating the development of social

enterprises

Grant-based support to buildthe market

Patient capital with energy sector expertise

Carbon markets designed to serve

low-income communities


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Recommendations Design targeted subsidies

Support social entrepreneurs

Finance ecosystem for poorest customers

Invest in programs designed to create the required

infrastructure for the energy initiatives

Support favorable energy regulation

Set quality standards to weed out sub-standard products Avoid market distortions such as the promise of free help

Solidify relationships between public utilities and energy

enterprises


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Thank youThe Hystra / Ashoka team

This team was led by Olivier Kayser, with

Laurent Liautaud as day-to-day projectmanager. Aileen Nowlan and Jean-Elie

Aron worked full time on this project

FOR MORE INFORMATION www.hystra.com

www.ashoka.org/fec

http://www.ashoka.org/sites/ashoka/files/Ashoka-

HYSTRA_Access_to_%20Energy_for_the_BOP.pdf
http://www.hystra.com/http://www.ashoka.org/fechttp://www.ashoka.org/fechttp://www.hystra.com/

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