Solar Home System (SHS) Costs

Compariosn of Costs and Subsidies

Country Example	Model	Market Costs in € per SHS	Costumer Price in €	Share of direkt Subsidies1
EnDev Nicaragua	Cash Sales	600 (75-85 Wp)	220-280	54-63%
EnDev Honduras	Two hand	576 (54 Wp)	231-301	60%
EnDev Bangladesh	One hand	341 (50 Wp)	290	15%
EnDev Bangladesh II	One hand	142-149 (21 Wp)	98-115	19-34%
EnDev Uganda	Cash Sales	420 (50 Wp)	420	0%2
EnDev Senegal	Concession	498 (50 Wp)	30 connection, 6 per month	70%
GTZ Tansania	Cash Sales	200 (14 Wp)	200	0%
Roshan Pakistan	Concession	?? (40 Wp)	4,10 connection, 1,76 per month	100%
Solarstiftung Äthiopien	Service NGO	200 (10 Wp)	connection free, 0,17 per month	100%
Sunlabob Laos	Service RESCO	?? (20 Wp)	?? connection, 2,5 per month	0%3
Sri Lanka RERED	Two hand	372-437 (?30? Wp)	310-375	14-17%

1: of direct costs for the system and for installation, without O&M.
2: for private costumers, social infrastracture is subsidised with up to  85% of costs.
3: but refinancing loans at discounted rates

For an evaluation of these economic data, information on the quallity and sustainability of the SHS, as well as on O&M and services has to be collected. In addition, it has to be checked to what extent the target group of the poorer rural population could be reached within the different projects.

Source: Translated from the study on subsidies conducted by SiNERGi for EnDev (in German).

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