Ecosys – Chile

Swiss Partners

Ecosys SA, Chavannes-des-Bois
www.ecosys.com
David Maradan

Project Type:

Pilot project

Technology:

Photovoltaics

Country:

Chile

Project Status:

Ongoing

Project Start:

2020

End of Project:

2023

Contract:

2020.06

Swiss Contribution

Ecosys has extensive expertise in applied economic and environmental research. The main Swiss know-how transfer is the technical and financial set-up of photovoltaic projects with cooperative governance.

Description

The lack of access to reliable, sustainable and modern energy services at an affordable cost has important consequences for the health and purchasing power of low-income Chilean households. Therefore, the need to test and develop new models which take into account the energy poverty context is vital.

In the frame of this project, a 30 to 40 kW photovoltaic installation will be set up for a cooperative of households and very small enterprises (VSEs).

Results

To this day, 30 households and very small entreprises have been selected to take part to the cooperative. Frame conditions for financial and technical profitability of the solar plant have been determined and a site was chosen for the plant to be built on.