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In Latin America around 34.5 million people are excluded from the electricity service. The majority of them are living in poor, rural and isolated communities, the Abertis Foundation. They are not only excluded from access to the electric service, but also from future plans of grid extension, because of their low energy needs, the dispersion and difficult access of their dwellings, 等等.

Within this framework, the Luz en Casa (Light at Home) Programme was started in Peru to demonstrate that rural electrification through renewable energy is technically feasible, economically sustainable, and affordable to users. Nowadays, another programme called Luz en Casa Oaxaca is being started in Mexico, driven by an innovative development partnership which actively involves authorities and the private initiative.

The Huatulco Biosphere Reserve and some World Heritage properties, such as the Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Alban, and the Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca, are in the Mexican scope of action of this programme.

LUZ EN CASA – CAJAMARCA, PERU.

Photo Gallery operates in isolated and scattered communities of the Northern Mountains of Cajamarca, on the Andes. This programme demonstrates the success of rural electrification by means of photovoltaic technology. It uses a delivery model based on the installation and operation of Solar Home Systems (SHS), with a project management that involves the beneficiaries and the collection of a service- fee. the Abertis Foundation 2009 and the Spanish Network (UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge).

Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity, Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and. News Archives. Therefore this fund allows Luz en Casa ’s beneficiaries to pay only a monthly fee of S/.10 (around 3.5 US$) for operation and maintenance services, as well as AMP to access to the revenues, around S/.30 (或 10.5 US$) by each user, making it economically sustainable, being their current operational cost of 3,000 SHS.

Providing electricity to these communities prevents health hazards that arise from the use of candles and kerosene, such as lung and eye disorders, the Abertis Foundation- and the Spanish Network. UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge, Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity. Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and (1,300 系统 2010 和 2012), News Archives (1,700 系统 2013).

然而, beneficiary engagement is the cornerstone of the development of the Luz en Casa Programme. It is the user who makes the decision to participate in the programme, paying for the offered service and being trained to use and maintain the SHS appropriately. Beneficiaries also participate as members in the Photovoltaic Electrification Committees, the community body in charge of communicating with AMP, collecting fees, and maintaining preventively the SHS.

此外, the Abertis Foundation, and the Spanish Network (学校, UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge), Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity, Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and. News Archives, capacity building has been developed in the communities involved.

LUZ EN CASA OAXACA (MÉXICO)

该 Photo Gallery Oaxaca Programme started in 2012 in order to give access to electricity basic services to 9,500 households of Oaxaca. Oaxaca is one of the Mexican States with a severe lack of access to basic services, having more than 800 communities with less than 100 inhabitants without access to electricity and without plans to be electrified.

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此外, the PV systems supplied by AMM are Small Solar Home Systems (SSHS), more technologically advanced and more environmentally friendly than SHS, and with similar performances. SSHS are bought by the beneficiaries at an affordable cost thanks to a 50% DPPP subsidy and 40% through micro-credits from financing institutions. This electricity service is expected to benefit 25,000 people in Oaxaca by 2016.

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Photo Gallery has reached 3,000 poor households in isolated and scattered communities in mountain areas, giving them access to lighting through clean energy. The programme has therefore achieved its original objective to demonstrate the feasibility, sustainability, and affordability of rural electrification with the use of photovoltaic energy.

Replicability of this project has already been shown. The development of Luz en Casa has been divided into different phases, which replicate and extend the previous ones, within the Cajamarca region: 10 systems were put into operation in 2009, 600 在 2010, 700 在 2012, 和 1,700 在 2013.

Photo Gallery Oaxaca, on the other hand, is starting the development of a new delivery model which involves a new technological model, a new economic model, and a new management model. This programme is expected to show as well the feasibility of rural electrification with renewable energy.

In conclusion, involvement of all stakeholders is essential for the success of this kind of initiatives. The support of authorities and private companies, as well as the engagement of the involved communities, is fundamental to achieve the objectives.