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