off-grid. As a result, primary schools represent nearly 80% of the solar market size. Together with nurseries, the primary schools are – due to their relatively limited electricity needs – also the key driver of the market opportunity for medium and large solar home systems meeting Lighting Global Quality Standards. summarizes these results at the Region level. Table : Number of schools and solar market size by region Of the total annual potential sales volume of around 2,700 quality-verified products, the medium solar home system sold at US $500 accounts for nearly 2,600 units. The PV installations for secondary schools have an average capacity of 1.3kW, ranging from 1.1kW to 3.0kW. As all tertiary institutions are on-grid, the small market here (average annual volumes below 1) is purely for grid backup options; on average, these backup options have a capacity of 2.8kW, ranging from 1kW to 10kW. Health facilities Our analysis for health facilities closely mirrors that of schools above; we separately consider the following public health facilities: de Santé. Small health kiosks managed by registered nurses; provision of most basic outpatient health services e.g. for simple colds and flu. Centres de Santé 1 (“CSI 1”). Small health centers, typically with a waiting room and treatment room, managed by a doctor or clinical officer, often with nurse support; provision of a broad range of outpatient preventative and curative health services. Centres de Santé 2 (“CSI 2”). Medium sized health centers, often with multiple treatment rooms and a maternity room, managed by one or several doctors with several nurses; broad range of outpatient services including maternity and laboratory. For each type of health facility, we assume different quantities of electric appliances as well as more sophisticated medical devices, based on consultations with the Ministry of Health (see Appendix B.2.2). Business case Table 9 shows the business case under the same scenarios as for schools. This is positive under all scenarios for CSI 1 and CSI 2 except those that operate exclusively on grid power – that is, all facilities would realize cost savings by switching to solar whether they are replacing a diesel generator, are on-grid but replacing a diesel back-up generator, or are switching from traditional lighting sources. The business case for Cases de Santé is only positive for
off-grid. As a result, primary schools represent nearly 80% of the solar market size. Together with nurseries, the primary schools are – due to their relatively limited electricity needs – also the key driver of the market opportunity for medium and large solar home systems meeting Lighting Global Quality Standards. summarizes these results at the Region level. Table : Number of schools and solar market size by region Of the total annual potential sales volume of around 2,700 quality-verified products, the medium solar home system sold at US $500 accounts for nearly 2,600 units. The PV installations for secondary schools have an average capacity of 1.3kW, ranging from 1.1kW to 3.0kW. As all tertiary institutions are on-grid, the small market here (average annual volumes below 1) is purely for grid backup options; on average, these backup options have a capacity of 2.8kW, ranging from 1kW to 10kW. Health facilities Our analysis for health facilities closely mirrors that of schools above; we separately consider the following public health facilities: de Santé. Small health kiosks managed by registered nurses; provision of most basic outpatient health services e.g. for simple colds and flu. Centres de Santé 1 (“CSI 1”). Small health centers, typically with a waiting room and treatment room, managed by a doctor or clinical officer, often with nurse support; provision of a broad range of outpatient preventative and curative health services. Centres de Santé 2 (“CSI 2”). Medium sized health centers, often with multiple treatment rooms and a maternity room, managed by one or several doctors with several nurses; broad range of outpatient services including maternity and laboratory. For each type of health facility, we assume different quantities of electric appliances as well as more sophisticated medical devices, based on consultations with the Ministry of Health (see Appendix B.2.2). Business case Table 9 shows the business case under the same scenarios as for schools. This is positive under all scenarios for CSI 1 and CSI 2 except those that operate exclusively on grid power – that is, all facilities would realize cost savings by switching to solar whether they are replacing a diesel generator, are on-grid but replacing a diesel back-up generator, or are switching from traditional lighting sources. The business case for Cases de Santé is only positive for
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