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Every fourth human being is without access to electricity today. Electrification rates are the lowest in Sub-Sahara Africa<br>(SSA), but rural access rates remain surprisingly low even in countries with high GDP and impressive overall access rates. The fact that rural access rates are lagging behind across all countries and regions reflects the fact that costs of traditional grid electrification grow exponentially with falling population rates (and load) density. <ref name="Primer">2010. GTZ. What difference can a PicoPV system make? Early findings on small Photovoltaic systems - an emerging lowcost energy technology for developing countries</ref>  
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<u>The market for PicoPV systems is constantly growing: </u>[[File:Bolivien PicoPV.JPG|thumb|right|180px|PicoPV products in Bolivia]]
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*More than 100 firms are offering PicoPV products in developing countries today<ref>iidevelopment. 2010. GTZ Solar Lamps Field Test Uganda.FINAL REPORT.</ref> and new products are introduced almost daily<ref name="Sun connect. 2010. Rural Electrification with Photovoltaics">Sun connect. 2010. Rural Electrification with Photovoltaics</ref>.
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*Additionally, a fast growth is expected due to the fact, that a decrease of prices for solar components, such as solar panels and LED's is forecasted.
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*With regard to the huge demand for mobile phones in developing countries, almost a solar boom is expected in order to recharge the mobile phones with additional applications. Furthermore, additional applications, such as refrigerators and small TV's will increase attractiveness of PicoPV systems.<ref name="Sun connect. 2010. Rural Electrification with Photovoltaics">Sun connect. 2010. Rural Electrification with Photovoltaics</ref>
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<u>The following articles give an overview of the recent market and activities for a further market development:</u>
  
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The figure below show the most off-grid Arican households.
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*[[Recent Market for PicoPV Systems|Recent Market for PicoPV Systems]]
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*[[Supply Side Support Activities for PicoPV Market Development|Supply Side Support Activites for PicoPV market development]]<br/>
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*[[Market_Trends_in_the_PicoPV_Sector_and_the_Role_of_Development_Cooperation|Market Trends in the PicoPV sector and the role of Development Cooperation]]
  
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Targetanalysis in '''Uganda '''show a potential market expansion:
 
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*Up to 60&nbsp;% of the rural households can afford micro-solar systems of 2-20 Wp (lanterns, phone chargers, radio systems).
 
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*10&nbsp;% of the rural population can potentially afford medium to larger SHS PV systems (50 Wp – 150 Wp).
 
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*30&nbsp;% of the rural households would be considered too poor to afford a solar PV system.<ref>2009. GTZ. Uganda’s Solar Energy Market - Target Market Analysis.</ref>
 
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Analysis of market in '''Rwanda '''describe an encouraging development: Growth in the SHS sector is slow but encouraging with at least three companies actively marketing their products. Given the low-income level of the country, this report estimates that less than 10&nbsp;% of the total off-grid rural population (1.7 million un-electrified) would have an interest in a 10-50 Wp PV system and another 30-40&nbsp;% would be interested in a micro system. The following table provides a basic model for this market:<ref>2009. GTZ. Rwanda’s Solar Energy Market Target Market Analysis.</ref>
 
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Analysis of market in '''Tanzania '''claims, that&nbsp;is growing at a rapid rate. Secondly, it is large, as can be seen in the table below. Thirdly, for qualifying companies, the government will be offering USD 2/Wp per sold system for systems below 100 Wp.<ref>2009. GTZ. Tanzania’s Solar Energy Market Target Market Analysis.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 10:30, 2 November 2016

Overview

The market for PicoPV systems is constantly growing:

PicoPV products in Bolivia
  • More than 100 firms are offering PicoPV products in developing countries today[1] and new products are introduced almost daily[2].
  • Additionally, a fast growth is expected due to the fact, that a decrease of prices for solar components, such as solar panels and LED's is forecasted.
  • With regard to the huge demand for mobile phones in developing countries, almost a solar boom is expected in order to recharge the mobile phones with additional applications. Furthermore, additional applications, such as refrigerators and small TV's will increase attractiveness of PicoPV systems.[2]




Further Information

The following articles give an overview of the recent market and activities for a further market development:



References

  1. ↑ iidevelopment. 2010. GTZ Solar Lamps Field Test Uganda.FINAL REPORT.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sun connect. 2010. Rural Electrification with Photovoltaics
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