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= GHG reduction potential of SHS =

*<span>"Savings of 9 tonnes of CO2 equivalent GHG emissions within a 20-year period of use of one single 50 Wp SHS";
</span><span>=&gt; '''0.45 t CO2/year<ref>Posorski, Rolf et al.: Does the use of Solar Home Systems (SHS) contribute to climate protection?, 2002, Renewable Energy, Volume 28, Number 7, June 2003, pp. 1061-1080 (20).</ref>'''</span>
*<span>"Typicale SHS of 10-50 Wp will directly displace roughly '''0.15-0.30 tons of CO2''' per year through fuel substitutions mostly of kerosene."<ref>REPP: Steven Kaufman: Rural Electrification with Solar Energy as a Climate Protection Strategy, Research Report No. 9, 2000.</ref></span>
*<span>"</span><span>During a previous analysis of 8 case studies, it was found roughly '''0.25 tons of CO2''' per average system of 44 Wp per year would represent a conservative but reasonable global value. […] 70% of the analysed emission reductions were actually higher than 250 kg."<ref>Martens et al. (2001): Towards a streamlined CDM process for Solar Home Systems.</ref></span><span />

= Further Reading =

[http://www.energypedia.info/images/a/af/Posorski_does_the_use_of_shs_contribute_to_climate_protection.pdf Posorski, Rolf&nbsp;et al.: Does the use of Solar Home Systems (SHS) contribute to climate protection?, 2002, Renewable Energy, Volume 28,&nbsp;Number 7, June 2003, pp. 1061-1080 (20). ]<br>

[http://www.energypedia.info/images/0/03/Repp_rural_electrification_with_solar_energy_as_a_climate_protection_strategy.pdf REPP: Steven Kaufman: Rural Electrification with Solar Energy as a Climate Protection Strategy, Research Report No. 9, 2000.] 

[http://www.ecn.nl/docs/library/report/2001/b01020.pdf Martens et al. (2001): Towards a streamlined CDM process for Solar Home Systems.]

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