Global Solar Water Heating Market Transformation Initiative

UNEP/UNDP/OLADE/GEF/ICA

Regional Workshop for the Transformation and Strengthening of the Solar Water Heating Market in Latin America and the Caribbean

Santiago, Chile

23 June 2011

Solar Water Heating in Barbados

Country Information

Located in Easterly Caribbean island Relatively even distribution of wealth Free secondary & tertiary education Population 276,302ppl (2008) 42 on HDI Net importers of oil and gas

Early Initiatives

Recognition for the development of the first solar water heater is given to Arthur Coppin, a Barbadian chemist and Sir Frank Hutson who were told to build one in 1935 Then came Anthony Hoad, who along with a Simpson of D.M.Simpson also constructed solar water heaters in the sixties

Solar Heating Development Professor Tom Lawand Brace Research Institute

McGill University

Used available materials to construct one of the first “low cost solar water heaters”

The first Oil Shock

The oil disruption of 1973 provided the spark that would rekindle the use of solar energy for water heating.

The Birth of Solar DynamicsAlong with CADEC staffers he

piloted a $4,200.00 US dollar pro project to the CADEC board

Project : Reverend Andrew Hatch

The Birth of Solar Dynamics

Bishop Gomez invited James Husbands GCM to join to provide marketing

Developing the Market

Government Business

Society

BUSINESS

The Business of Solar Water Heating

Through entrepreneurial drive, quality and innovation Solar Dynamics was able to target and cater to customers through:

• Needs fulfillment • Product reliability• Quality Service & Maintenance • Performance Guarantees • Market Education

The Domestic Market

Almond Beach Resort Barbados

University of the West Indies Jamaica

St. George´s University Grenada

Expanding to the Caribbean

Solar Dynamics hot water systems can now be found in:

Bahamas GuyanaGrenadaJamaicaSt. Lucia

Government

Government Involvement The Late JMGM “Tom” Adams, former Prime Minister of Barbados, was attracted to the concept of building your own solar water heater – he made one with the assistance of his plumber.

Unhappy with the temperature produced, Mr. Adams sought out Solar Dynamics for assistance.

So satisfied was he with the performance and the reduction in his gas consumption, with a 100 lb cylinder lasting three and a half times as long, that he launched a solar tax rebate to home owners in 1980

Government Involvement His administration introduced

Tax exemptions on parts imported for manufacturing

Income tax rebate to home owners who installed solar hot water systems

Increased the duties on gas and electric water heaters

Government Involvement Support successive Governments has contributed to the success of this industry. During the tenure of His Excellency The Hon. Errol Barrow, the plant of Solar Dynamics was officially opened at White Park Road.

Here His Excellency stated his commitment that all housing projects should have solar hot water systems.

Society

Economic Benefits • The average energy consumption for water heating per family is 4,000

kWh per year (Equivalent to 3.7 barrels of oil per year)• Barbados has approximately 50,000 Solar Water Heaters

Total Energy Savings Total oil Import Savings

185,000 barrels of oil US $18, 500, 000.00 or (US$100.00/barrel )

200,000,000 KWh per year

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Between 1974 and 2002, 35,000 systems were installed withUS $130,000,000.00 savings to consumers.Perlack Report, Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the USAID.(www.solardynamicsltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SWH-report1-2.pdf)

Year NewSystems

Cumulativeenergy saving

(kWh)

Electrical Energy

equivalent

Money savingeach Years

(US)

4000 kWhper system US$/kWh Cost x Energy

1974-2002 35000 140 000 000 130 000 000

2003 2000 148 000 000 0.1845 27 298 600

2004 2100 156 400 000 0.2005 31 358 200

Economic Benefits - Cumulative Savings

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Economic Benefits - Cumulative Savings

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Year NewSystems

Cumulativeenergy saving

(kWh)

Electrical Energy

equivalent

Money savingeach Years

(US)

4000 kWhper system US$/kWh Cost x Energy

2005 2100 164 800 000 0.2155 35 522 6402006 2100 173 200 000 0.2278 39 463 6202007 2100 181 600 000 0.2365 42 948 4002008 2300 190 800 000 0.2893 55 188 900 2009 2300 200 000 000 0.2402 48 040 000

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Economic Benefits - Cumulative Savings

Consumer Energy Savings from 1974 to 2009:

US $ 410,000,000.00

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Achievements

International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling.http://www.iea-shc.org/publications/downloads/Solar_Heat_Worldwide-2010.pdf

Achievements

• Introduced Independent Product testing by the Florida Solar Energy Centre www.fsec.ucf.edu

• First known company in the world to offer a temperature guarantee

• Designed a Horizontal storage tank with production in North America by AO Smith and John Wood Ltd.

• The design of aluminum extrusions for collectors

Environmental Benefits

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory calculated that Barbados saved 15,000 metric tons of carbon emission from 35,000 Solar Hot Water Systems in 2002.This corresponds to an average saving of:

428 kgCO2 per system per year

This estimate is in accordance with the US Department of energy (25.4 metric tons of carbon per terajoule).

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bioenergy.ornl.gov)

Summary

Historically Barbados has demonstrated a culture of movement towards Sustainable development. This has been evidenced not only by our success in the solar thermal industry but at the overarching strategic level when we hosted the S.I.D.S Conference 1994 and were the first Caribbean territory to articulate plans for a Green Economy

Thank You

Presented By: Marlon MooreConsultant Solar Dynamics Ltd.www.solardynamincsltd.com