The Success Of Madagascar’s Energy Efficiency By Solo Thierry Randriamanalina

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	The Success Of Madagascar’s Energy Efficiency By Solo Thierry Randriamanalina
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	2018-01-24
发布年	2018
语种	英语
国家	国际
领域	资源环境
正文(英文)	On 16 September 2013, WWF, JIRAMA (the national electricity company of Madagascar) and the Telma Foundation signed an MOU to implement a project to distribute high quality low-consumption lamps in Antananarivo to the tune of CHF 400,000 from WWF Switzerland for and USD 540,000 from the World Bank. This project is called the LUMITSITS initiative and started to ensure more efficient and cost effective ways of lighting homes. The first phase was the distribution of lamps in the city of Antananarivo between September 2013 and December 2014, followed by the collection of used lamps from September 2017. This then led to the current phase of the treatment of the collected lamps scheduled to begin this first quarter of 2018. 55% of the electricity in Madagascar was produced by thermal units running on heavy fuel oil and diesel fuel meaning that more than 100 million USD worth of fuel is imported annually leading to enormous financial losses to the national electricity company and a heavy reliance on government subsidies for continuous electricity supply. Additionally, the use of incandescent lamps accounted for 10% to 20% of the household electricity bill and 50% of the total number of lamps used by households thought it is inefficient because 95% of the energy transforms into heat and only 5% into light. We distributed 518,000 lamps to approximately 120,000 households by 125 distribution agents with great impact on several levels. First, it has increased the visibility of low-consumption lamps and encouraged more to embrace this reliable light source. Second, it has helped lower household bills by reducing 18% from their electricity cost thus created an estimated total annual saving of CHF 9 million: 3.5 million for households and 5.5 million for JIRAMA. Third, it has reduced CO2 emissions by 9,000 tonnes annually with about 5,000T / year being verified and certified by Gold standard to generate additional funds for the implementation of environmental measures to and a regulation on lighting. Fourth, the successful placement of more than 240 bins in the 06 district of Antananarivo between September and December 2018, accompanied by training and awareness campaigns to help collect and properly dispose of the fluorescent lamps which contain trace amounts of mercury that is potentially harm the environment and health. The final benefit is the installation of treatment equipment at the SAMVA premises at the Andralanitra landfill to filter the mercury in the lamps and curb potential mercury leaks into the environment. It hasn’t been smooth sailing. Imagine distributing over 500,000 lamps to 120,000 households. Initially, the hardest elements were the collection of the old lamps and sale of the new lamps. The plan was to have beneficiaries exchange their old lamps at pre-established distribution points but that didn’t work so we went to the people using door-to-door campaigns to explain the idea, replace and install the lamps. We also overcame the lack of a waste sorting system by placing our own bins and then integrating it into the existing collection system with room for adaptation and growth. Now I am proud to see the yellow hue lights as the results of our work on my way back home every evening. I smile and hope every team member feels the same satisfaction. In reality, the LUMITSTS initiative is far from over. Yes, it has stimulated the market for economical lamps and helped the beneficiary’s access quality lamps that will be effective lighting for 9 years. However, we have only reached about 45% of households in Antananarivo set so we must keep working. This means that a generalization of the adoption of economic lamps in the entire country is thus unavoidable. Since 2016, WWF has worked closely with the Ministry of Energy to enforce regulations prohibiting the import and sale of inefficient and substandard lamps to help whole communities receive the full benefits of quality lighting. In November 2015, the Ministry in charge of Energy formalized the New Energy Policy (NPE) for Madagascar, which set ambitious targets by 2030. A key pillar is "... the adoption of affordable measures in terms of electrical and thermal efficiency (by 60% of households, industries, and businesses) by 2030," that makes Energy critical yet to date Madagascar hasn’t implemented regulatory measures to promote efficient lighting solutions so there is still a lot of work ahead of us. Solo Thierry Randriamanalina is the Technical Assistant for the Energy Programme at WWF Madagascar.
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来源平台	World Wide Fund for Nature
文献类型	新闻
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/126097
专题	资源环境科学
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