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In Mali comunal solar battery charging stations (SBCS) are operated by private service providers, who run them on a fee-for-service basis. The income generated from the SBCS is supposed to cover the maintenance and upgrade costs of the SBCS themselves and the PV systems generating power for key public buildings (schools, health centres, town halls). | In Mali comunal solar battery charging stations (SBCS) are operated by private service providers, who run them on a fee-for-service basis. The income generated from the SBCS is supposed to cover the maintenance and upgrade costs of the SBCS themselves and the PV systems generating power for key public buildings (schools, health centres, town halls). | ||
| − | The private operators have begun to install solar home systems, sell solar lanterns and provide after-sales services that go beyond the ELCOM intervention. | + | The private operators have begun to install solar home systems, sell solar lanterns and provide after-sales services that go beyond the [http://www.pact-mali.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=25 ELCOM] (Électrification Communale) intervention. |
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Revision as of 15:22, 18 August 2009
There are different ways of operating a solar home systems business.
Some questions to be considered by the business:
How to reach the costumers?
Which services are offered / integrated?
- Sales
- Installation
- Maintenance
- Provison of spare parts
- Recycling
- End-user training
Who supplies the business with the system components?
- Local manufacturers
- Import of components
Questions to be considered by the programme / project implementation organisation:
How can expanding a business to rural areas be made attractive?
- Incentives to establish businesses in rural areas.
The choice of a certain business structure / operation model also depends on the financing models offered to the costumers and grants and subsidies provided either to the costumers or the business itself.
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In Mali comunal solar battery charging stations (SBCS) are operated by private service providers, who run them on a fee-for-service basis. The income generated from the SBCS is supposed to cover the maintenance and upgrade costs of the SBCS themselves and the PV systems generating power for key public buildings (schools, health centres, town halls).
The private operators have begun to install solar home systems, sell solar lanterns and provide after-sales services that go beyond the ELCOM (Électrification Communale) intervention.
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