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The Zambia PV ESCOs Project
Anders Arvidson
Stockholm Environment Institute
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Graph prepared by Mathias Gustavsson, Bioquest and University of Gothenburg
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Increase electricity access from 20% to 35% by 2010
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% population electrified
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Urban
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Project objectives
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• What is needed to make PV a
sustainable rural electrification
approach?
• Input to design of necessary
institutional framework
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FILM
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http://www.sei.se/energy/pvesco/download_reports/zambia_pvesco_video.wmv
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Acheivements in breif
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3 ESCOs
Techncians and adminstative staff trained
400 clients paying for light, radio, tv
2 400 people
Children doing homework
Small business extended hours
Motel/lodge
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Acheivements in breif
• Modern lifestyle
• Living conditions for civil servants more
attractive
• Good payment record
• ESCOs takes action when customers
default
• 1 panel has been stolen.
• Applicants waiting
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Acheivements in breif
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• Over-use of the systems, especially
businesses.
• Problems with pre-payment meters in
Chipata
• Long tendering procedures
• Reach the better-off
• Established rural PV service infrastructure
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Fee for service
EUR 6 – 8 /month
Salaries, transport, battery replacement
Not capital
Agreement to repay capital
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Main current company level issues
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• Cash flow
• Mobility
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National level issues
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Transfer of ownership (Gov-ESCOs)
Expansion beyond the present
Subsidy/no subsidy
Subsidy needed
No financial market
Now: Bearing recurrent costs
Investment capital
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Expansion
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A dedicated organisation
A solid institutional framework
National utility?
Solar Energy Society of Zambia?
Energy Regulation Board?
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Facilitator
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• Zambia Solar Facility – supported
• Independent, transparent, accountable
• Rural electrification agency
• Government/financing agency
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