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Solar thermal energy in Eritrea
| Project Type |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Project Name | Solar Water Heating in Eritrea | ||
| Project Location | Eritrea, several regions | ||
| Project Standard | VER | ||
| Emission Reductions | 1'725 t CO2-eq. (over 10 years) | ||
| Situation without project | Petroleum and local fuel mix | ||
| Project Status | Operation* | ||
| Project Validation | Expert panel | ||
| Project Start | March 2004 | ||
| Documentations |  Project Design Document (1.7 mb) Eritrea solar water heating Status (90 kb) |
Eritrea, the sunny country in East Africa, is perfect for the utilization of solar energy. In collaboration with a small company in Eritrea, myclimate produces and installs solar panels for schools, hospitals and households.
In Eritrea, three technologies are maily used for water heating: electric boilers, electric continuous-flow water heaters, and water heaters with petroleum. In all three options, greenhouse gases are created, and the climate is being polluted either through the direct incineration of fossil fuels or indirectly through the consumption of fossil-based power.
Together with the Ökozentrum Langenbruck, this project was started and supported by myclimate in 2004. The Eritrean company Tesinma Sh. Co was assigned the production and installation of up to 200 plants for solar water heating. Each of these plants consists of a solar panel with a surface area of two square meters, a 140 litre storage tank, as well as the pertinent piping system. The solar panels were installed on roofs of different private and public buildings, mainly in the two cities Asmara and Sawa. The first systems could be initially commissioned in 2004 and have since delivered hot water by utilizing renewable energy.
Through the local production of boilers, Eritrea can produce all the required technical products without additional imports. The Ökozentrum Langenbruck enabled and accompanied the training of the technicians in Eritrea. The Eritrean ministry for energy supported the change-over to renewable heat generation through an advertising campaign.
* Due to the political tensions in Eritrea in the past years, only 170 of the 200 planned plants could be installed and have been delivering heat since then. However, regular monitoring has not been maintained, so that the quantity of the realized emission reductions remains unclear. myclimate has therefore decided to temporarily not use emission reductions from this project for offsetting.
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