1. Providing access to energy is at the heart of the development challenge
These are adopted from Hystra is a new, hybrid type of consulting firm. Hystra works with business and social sector pioneers to design and implement hybrid strategies, innovative business approaches that are profitable, scalable and eradicate social and environmental problems; and combine the insights and resources of
business and citizen sectors. Hystra itself is a hybrid organization, a for profit tool for social change 1

2. Quick Low priced Solution
Africa should plan for low priced high volume solutions as large amount of Rural are in need sustainable energy 2

3. Allows the poorest to cook, lights home work, and protects health
Envirofit cookstove
Improved air quality with clean cookstove
Global market of billions of customers requires distribution partners

4. Stove market price: $14 (IRS675) Pellets for 1 week: $0.4 (IRS20)
Combustion efficiency from 40% to 80%
Cooking and fuel gathering time from 3h to 40hper day
Carbon monoxide emissions down 98%
4-5 years life expectancy

5. Envirofit stoves save time and money and improve indoor air quality
B-1200 stove market price: $17
Fuel consumption reduced by 50%

6. Solar LED lanterns D.light Design
Retail prices range from $10 up to $35
D.light Design
With these low priced Solar Lanterns we could take light to many more homes with limited funds and with the money saved from each Kerosene lamp the installments can be quickly paid. Only seed funds required. Government should give the saving from the Non use of kerosene Remove all duty for import and encourage local assembly from parts
The Solata prices: $12 to $20
Dlight Kiran S10 6

7. SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS
solar panel (typically 10 to 50W)
A 12V battery to store the power
A charge controller to protect the battery
2 to 6 lamps (LED)
Lighting, communication and income generation for richer rural households
~20% upfront, rest monthly fees Financing scheme: Microfinance or revolving funds, some household savings

8. Needs addressed: lighting, cooking, entertainment, communication and income generation (working at night)
SHS priced at $140 for 10W system, $412 for
50W; $1,000 for 130W
Biogas Plants starting from USD 187 for a 1.6
cum plant to $422 for a 4.8m2 plant
Improved Cook Stoves at $11.76
>215k SHS installations
Grameen Shakti Bangladesh has already built up 41 Grameen Technology Centers for distributed assembling and servicing of SHS.
Currently they are training local technicians who can take on future servicing and installation of SHS at the village level

9. The Solar Energy foundation (SEF) promote solar energy lighting in Africa with non-subsidized Solar Home Systems
Financing: $80 upfront, then $9 per month
for 3 years
~$7.5 monthly households spending replaceable
by ST10 power
Needs addressed: household and classrooms
lighting. Also addressing water pumping and cooling
systems for medicine.

10. Micro hydro plants owned and managed by the community
100kW plant costs $300k to build Each customer pays $0.10 per kWh, roughly $2 a month
Beneficiaries: 60 villages; 300,000 people

11. FINANCING Facilitating the development of social enterprises
Grant-based support to build
the market
Patient capital with energy sector expertise
Carbon markets designed to serve
low-income communities

12. Recommendations Design targeted subsidies Support social entrepreneurs
Finance ecosystem for poorest customers
Invest in programs designed to create the required “infrastructure” for the energy initiatives
Support favorable energy regulation
Set quality standards to weed out sub-standard products
Avoid market distortions such as the promise of free help
Solidify relationships between public utilities and energy enterprises

13. Thank you The Hystra / Ashoka team
This team was led by Olivier Kayser, with Laurent Liautaud as day-to-day project manager. Aileen Nowlan and Jean-Elie Aron worked full time on this project
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