RURAL ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY - Solar Home Systems (SHS)

According to the United Nations Development Programme, 400 million families (nearly 2 billion people) have no access to electricity.

This means that they have no access to basic energy services, such as electric lighting, television, radio and stereo sets, refrigerators, etc.

Solar Home Systems are the least cost method of household lighting and electricity.

Families are spending up to
N2, 900.00 per month on home energy services, depending primarily on income levels and fuel prices. A 1993 World Bank study from a dozen countries found that the average monthly expenditure for lighting and entertainment communications alone ranges between N250.00 for low income families to N1, 750.00 for upper income families in the rural areas.

SOLAR PANELS

Affordable & reliable

Solar panels can provide electricity by charging 12 Volt batteries, which can in turn be used to power modern electrical appliances like lights, radio, television, refrigerators, etc.

The solar panels have a lifespan of over 20 years while the batteries we use have a lifespan of between 6 to 12 years.

Our configurations allow the rural end-user to start as small as affordable and can be expanded as required.

Our standard small SHS (Solar Home System) system of one 60Wp solar panel with a 105AH, 12V battery will operate some DC fluorescent lamps and one 14" black-and-white DC television set, a radio or cassette player and a small DC fan for at least 4 hours every night for the lights and television. This will sell for about N130, 000.00.

The system size can be increased by increasing the size/number of the solar panels and battery bank.

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