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Specific difficulties. A special area of focus has been the recycling of material used in the SHS, which is particularly important for the batteries being used. There is a built in process of recycling in the country through the informal network of people that collect, dismantle and re-sell the usable parts without much regard to personal and environmental safety. With the scale up of the solar programs, it is important that the recycling process be observed for correct use and disposal of material. At the moment there is one manufacturer of batteries in the country which recycles the lead in used batteries from all other factories in the country. Most recent project funded by the KfW has taken this issue under consideration, and recommendations from their study will likely be available in the near future. A very important topic of concern is the lack of political will for renewable energy in general in the government. There is an overall shortage of power generation in Bangladesh, which affects the economic development significantly. Hence large scale power production has received much priority in the national agenda, and special focus on renewable energy has not been established by the policy makers. For example, until last year there was no duty on import of solar modules, which has been increased to 5% from this year. This has resulted in increase in price of the systems. In addition, worldwide increase in price of lead and copper has nearly doubled the price of batteries and cables, which is making even the subsidised projects non profitable for the small operators, even though there is significant demand for SHS in the country.
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Specific difficulties. Protection of Water Pipeline from Freezing The water conveyance pipeline is perhaps the most vulnerable component of the water distribution system. Unlike other components, it has no backup. For this reason, considerable effort was made at the design and construction stage to minimize the possibility of freezing. A constant flow is usually kept in the water line, heat exchangers are used, and heating cables turn on automatically when the water temperature falls below a set value. The current Hydro-Québec regulations on the use of heating cables in northern villages are, however, a major hindrance. Electricity in Nunavik is produced by power plants using generators. A significant portion of energy (up to 65%) is lost in the process of converting fuel into electricity so, understandably, the use of electricity to heat houses or for water boilers is forbidden; oil furnaces and oil-fired water boilers are used instead. Hydro-Québec is denying Rate G (general rate) to municipalities that use heating cables to protect their water pipeline and hence the water supply of the community. This interdiction is based on the grounds that it would contravene Hydro-Québec by-law # 642 (Division XV) establishing electricity rates for customers using autonomous electrical systems. In 1996, a Hydro-Québec representative even went as far as threatening not to connect the two newly-built water plants in Ivujivik and Quaqtaq because heating cables were part of the system. The regulation, however, clearly states that Rate G (7.18¢ per kilowatt/hour) applies to industrial and commercial appliances [used to] to store food, which water is, and in appliances used by light industry for manufacturing applications, which is what water plants in Nunavik do by transforming raw water into drinking water through a treatment process. Hydro-Québec bills 58.57¢ per kilowatt/hour to municipalities where heating cables are used. The KRG has contested Hydro-Québec’s interpretation of the regulations on several occasions but to no avail. It is important to emphasize that heating cables along municipal water pipelines are temperature-controlled; in other words they are activated only when necessary. It must also be understood that the use of heating cables cannot be avoided because there is simply no other technology on the market that could perform the same tasks under similar conditions. Finally, the power demand for heating cables along water lines, perhaps the equivalent of 10 stoves at most, w...
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