FLAP project Africa - portable lighting and power supply unit

MIT Energy News

From Wikipedia

-shortages, those with access approx. 10hrs per day

-35% of produced energy is tapped informally

-power from the grid is quite expensive

-lowest coverage of electricity in the Western Hemisphere

-EdH monopoly system

-12.5% of the population (25% with informal connections) regular access to electricity, in Port-au-Prince 45%

-2007 -- total capacity 270 MW, 70% thermal (high dependence on oil!), 30% hydroelectric

-in 2003 electricity consumption 510 GWH

Support for project to stop deterioration and start recovery of state-owned electric utility (2006)

Haiti has the lowest coverage of electricity in the Western Hemisphere. Only about 10 percent of its 8.5 million people have access to limited services. The project, which is line with similar efforts backed by donor countries and multilateral agencies, will help EDH begin on its financial and managerial recovery and prepare for larger projects to sustain its services and extend coverage.

Article by Evans Mills, U. S. Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Science Magazine, May 27, 2005

The $230-billion Global Lighting Energy Bill

Evan Mills, Ph. D.

International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

June 2002