Solar Home System (SHS) Costs

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Compariosn of Costs and Subsidies of different projects

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).


The Solar Energy Foundation, Ethiopia 

The Solar Energy Foundation (Stiftung Solarenergie) has developed a small solar-home-system (SHS) with a 10 Wp PV module for rural electrification in Ethiopia.

Each SHS costs 3000 ETB (about 167 €, September 2009), including manufacturing and installation, divided approximately:

10Wp PV module 15%
18 Ah gel-type lead-acid battery 20%
Charge controller with payment function and data logger 25%
Lamps 15%
Cable, box, plugs, user book, fixings, manufacturing, installation 25%



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