Solar at SEED
Our main office in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar, runs on green energy generated by solar panels on the roof, and stored in batteries. Check out the statistics below to see how much electricity we've generated and used, and how much carbon has been saved!
Current status
In the last month…
The solar panels have generated 126.6 kWh of electricity, and we've consumed 323.2 kWh. An additional 224.3 kWh was supplied from the local grid during periods of low sunlight or battery charge.
30% solar-poweredSo, that's approximately 30% of our electricity needs met by just solar energy!
By using renewable energy for our office electricity, we've saved approximately 73.75kg of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere this month. That's about how much carbon dioxide 3 mature trees can absorb in a year.
All-time statistics
Since the system was installed on September 2nd, 2021 (1332 days ago) it has generated 11,926 kWh of electricity, and we've consumed 15,449 kWh. 3,967 kWh was supplied by the grid during periods of low sunlight or battery charge.
So overall, we've generated enough energy through solar panels to supply 74% of our electricity needs!
11,926 kWh generatedThat means in total, we've saved approximately 8,565.65kg of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.
That's equivalent to… flying from London to Los Angeles 5.2 times!The electricity grid in Madagascar is not always reliable, so before we had solar power there were frequent power cuts affecting our work. Since installing our solar system, we've avoided approximately 293.4 power outages.
Notes
- Data is collected automatically from our solar power system, and may sometimes be out-of-date or unavailable. Statistics do not include periods where the system has been off for maintenance or inoperable.
- Carbon saving calculation based on 778g CO2-eq per kWH for HFO power generation (Gagnon et al., 2002), and 32g CO2-eq per kWH for solar power generation (Fthenakis and Kim, and Alsema, 2008)
- A mature tree can absorb 22 kg of CO2 per year (European Environment Agency, 2012)
- Flight CO2 emissions comparison based on averages (Guardian, 2019)
- New cars in 2019 emitted an average of 123.4kg CO2 per km (European Environment Agency, 2019)
- Businesses in Madagascar are affected by an average of 6.7 power outages per month (World Bank, 2013)
