Access to Energy Efficient and Safe Lamps

2nd November,2015

Eng. Naresh MEHTA, OGW, ONM ( France)FIEK, C Eng,naresh_mehta@powertechnics.com

+254 733 612009

Africa… Still the Dark Continent

• Population of Africa 1.1 Billion• > 62% not connected with Grid

Power• Population of East Africa 265M• > 76% not connected with Grid

• Initiative to enrich everyone to haveAccess 2 Energy through exemplarySchneider Solutions.

Needs of the Safe Lamps and solutions.

• There is a need for Energy by customers where the GridPower is not likely to be available soon, in next decade.

• The “Solutions” designed and developed for the regionare to assist in Access to Energy with Safe lamps.

• It may be…– Off-Grid Solar Back-up System or– Grid Supported Back-up System

• Schneider Electric (East Africa) has develop suchcustomized Solution based on market research andsurvey.

• System Design is modular and flexible to serveCustomers

Access 2 Energy…for Schools, Hospitals, Business and Community…

Villasol

Individual Houses

Off-Grid Solution

Water of the Sun

School

Market

Infirmary

Cinema

Community

Entrepreneur

Battery Recharging

Station

Production Activity

Agri-Business

In-Diya Lighting

Why we need Safe and Reliable Lamps

There is a rush to install the solar lamps and this is done by the users and the conditions at the site are challenging in most of the cases. The surface where these are mounted can be flammable !!! Example Coconut /Banana leaf roofs……….

Solar Lamps and Risk of Fire !!!

The products must be to an International Standard and safe to use as the site conditions vary from one country to another.

Case Study… Off-Grid Solar Systems for School…

• Access to Energy for Schools, a programby Ministry of Energy, Kenya

• Solar Power for computes and Lights

• Product developed in Kenya, withInverters and batteries for Schools.

• Modular design and easy to transport.

• Installation completed in half a day.

Case Study… Off-Grid Solar Systems for School…

Eco Villa Smart… specially designed for Households, micro-Grid…

Eco Villa Smart… for Small Commercial and industrial, mini-Grid…

Solar Back-up systems… great support to Power outages in cities…

IEC 62257-9-5 …..Lighting Africa Initiative.

• Products must confirm to IEC 62257-9-5• Quality Standards were imposed by Lighting Africa, a World

Bank initiative to promote the Access to Energy in Africa.• Only products complying to IEC Standards were allowed to

be on the approved list of products for sell in African countries.

• This gave a rise for more products to adopt IEC standards and be eligible for the African market.

• The Standards have helped in bench marking the products and its performance in line with the IEC Standards.

Lighting Africa …….IEC Standards

IEC 62257-9-5 compliant LED fitting

Excitement First light .. Quality

The Future in Africa…Schneider Lights