Abstract
A maternity ward and a college in Zinvie, Benin, have been equipped with two modest PV installations of 600 and 300 watts peak respectively. This project was carried out using a participatory approach that encourages vocations for solar energy and PV installations in particular. It is also the starting point for a socio-economic analysis of willingness to pay. The collected information reveals that consumers have discovered the advantages of solar electricity and are expressing their desire to switch from the national monopoly service, which is more expensive compared to Switzerland, to autonomous PV installations. However, socio-economic data shows that the effectiveness of this transition is still confronted with the high cost of the initial investment, compared to the economic agents’ annual electricity consumption budget on the one hand and their annual savings on the other. A draft model in terms of mutual investment is proposed in agreement with the stakeholders concerned for the reversal of mentalities in favour of solar PV energy.
Highlights
In the 1990s, an overview of the balance of electricity sources in Benin did not show PV installations as an energy source [1]
A maternity ward and a college in Zinvie, Benin, have been equipped with two modest PV installations of 600 and 300 watts peak respectively. This project was carried out using a participatory approach that encourages vocations for solar energy and PV installations in particular
The collected information reveals that consumers have discovered the advantages of solar electricity and are expressing their desire to switch from the national monopoly service, which is more expensive compared to Switzerland, to autonomous PV installations
Summary
In the 1990s, an overview of the balance of electricity sources in Benin did not show PV installations as an energy source [1]. The new trend, 20 years later, shows that the country is currently dependent on imported electricity. The predominance of solar kits is observed. These facts make it difficult to estimate the total installations deployed due to the lack of a unifying framework for counting private installations. According to the many solar mapping tools available, Benin is situated in one of the most favourably irradiated areas of planet Earth. This region is well positioned for the development and multiplication of solar PV initiatives given the fact that improving access to electricity is a major concern for the socioeconomic development of developing nations [4]
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