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Carbon dioxide to solar home systems

Carbon finance: Solar home systems have come within the reach of a great number of rural households without access to grid electricity. Can the carbon credit scheme based on the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol help finance PV in the developing world? An analysis by Simon Rolland of the Alliance for Rural Electrification.

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pv magazine

31 Aug 2011

Due to R&D breakthroughs and economies of scale, short-term cost reductions appear ready to make Solar home systems (SHS) a cost-effective and affordable power source for millions of rural households that do not have access to grid electricity. Under these conditions, even small price reductions can substantially accelerate SHS markets in these areas, including reductions …

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