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Figure 4.15: Location of Prioritised Micro-hydro SitesSolar PV for social institutionsThe electrification of social institutions is an important component of the accessprogramme. The location and electrification status of all administrative centres, healthcentres, and most primary and secondary schools has been used in the planning process.These characteristics appear in both the prioritisation process and for determining thefunding requirements for grid and off-grid supply to these institutions. Social institutionsthat fall outside the areas identified for grid electrification have been prioritised for electricitysupply by 2012 through the installation of solar PV units.Different types of social institutions will have different electricity supply needs. Healthcentres will generally have greater demand for electricity than schools and administrativeoffices, and demand will vary depending on the population served by the institution and thelevel of service provided. At this stage of the planning process standard solar PV sizes havebeen used to estimate total solar PV costs. Through discussions with local stakeholderscurrently involved in solar electrification, solar PV units of 3kW have been assumed forhealth centres, 1.5kW for schools and 1kW for administrative offices.A summary of the number of social institutions in each Province targeted for grid and offgridsupply is shown in Table 4.4 (below). The cost of these off-grid institutional systems isidentified separately in Section 5.34