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| − | = Green House Gas (GHG) Reduction Potential of Solar Home Systems (SHS)<br/> =
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| − | <span>"Savings of 9 tonnes of CO2 equivalent GHG emissions within a 20-year period of use of one single 50 Wp SHS"; </span><span>=> '''0.45 t CO2/year<ref>Posorski, Rolf et al.: Does the use of Solar Home Systems (SHS) contribute to climate protection?, 2002, Renewable Energy, Volume 28, Number 7, June 2003, pp. 1061-1080 (20).</ref>'''</span> | + | = Overview<br/> = |
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| | + | The potential of [[Solar Home Systems (SHS)|solar home system (SHS)]] to reduce green house gases has been highly discussed. |
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| | + | The following points below could be used to argue that SHSs could potentially reduce the green house gases: |
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| − | <span>"Typical SHS of 10-50 Wp will directly displace roughly '''0.15-0.30 tons of CO2''' per year through fuel substitutions mostly of kerosene."<ref>REPP: Steven Kaufman: Rural Electrification with Solar Energy as a Climate Protection Strategy, Research Report No. 9, 2000.</ref></span> | + | <br/> |
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| | + | = Green House Gas (GHG) Reduction Potential = |
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| | + | *<span>"Savings of 9 tonnes of CO2 equivalent GHG emissions within a 20-year period of use of one single 50 Wp SHS"; </span><span></span><span>=> '''0.45 t CO2/year<ref>Posorski, Rolf et al.: Does the use of Solar Home Systems (SHS) contribute to climate protection?, 2002, Renewable Energy, Volume 28, Number 7, June 2003, pp. 1061-1080 (20).</ref>'''</span> |
| | + | *<span>"Typical SHS of 10-50 Wp will directly displace roughly '''0.15-0.30 tons of CO2''' per year through fuel substitutions mostly of kerosene."<ref>REPP: Steven Kaufman: Rural Electrification with Solar Energy as a Climate Protection Strategy, Research Report No. 9, 2000.</ref></span> |
| | + | *<span>"</span><span>During a previous analysis of 8 case studies, it was found roughly '''0.25 tons of CO2''' per average system of 44 Wp per year would represent a conservative but reasonable global value. […] 70% of the analysed emission reductions were actually higher than 250 kg."<ref>Martens et al. (2001): Towards a streamlined CDM process for Solar Home Systems.</ref></span> |
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| − | <span>"</span><span>During a previous analysis of 8 case studies, it was found roughly '''0.25 tons of CO2''' per average system of 44 Wp per year would represent a conservative but reasonable global value. […] 70% of the analysed emission reductions were actually higher than 250 kg."<ref>Martens et al. (2001): Towards a streamlined CDM process for Solar Home Systems.</ref></span> | + | <br/> |
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| | = Further Reading<br/> = | | = Further Reading<br/> = |
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| − | *[[:file:Posorski does the use of shs contribute to climate protection.pdf|Posorski, Rolf et al.: Does the use of Solar Home Systems (SHS) contribute to climate protection?, 2002, Renewable Energy, Volume 28, Number 7, June 2003, pp. 1061-1080 (20).]] | + | *[[:file:Does the use of Solar Home Systems (SHS) Contribute to Climate Protection?.pdf|Posorski, Rolf et al.: Does the use of Solar Home Systems (SHS) contribute to climate protection?, 2002, Renewable Energy, Volume 28, Number 7, June 2003, pp. 1061-1080 (20).]] |
| − | *[[:file:Repp rural electrification with solar energy as a climate protection strategy.pdf|REPP: Steven Kaufman: Rural Electrification with Solar Energy as a Climate Protection Strategy, Research Report No. 9, 2000.]] | + | *[[:File:Repp Rural Electrification with Solar Energy as a Climate Protection Strategy.pdf|REPP: Steven Kaufman: Rural Electrification with Solar Energy as a Climate Protection Strategy, Research Report No. 9, 2000.]] |
| | *[http://www.ecn.nl/docs/library/report/2001/b01020.pdf Martens et al. (2001): Towards a streamlined CDM process for Solar Home Systems.] | | *[http://www.ecn.nl/docs/library/report/2001/b01020.pdf Martens et al. (2001): Towards a streamlined CDM process for Solar Home Systems.] |
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The following points below could be used to argue that SHSs could potentially reduce the green house gases:
