Project

Clean Rural Electrification for African Countries

Lead country

Regional - Africa

Participating countries

Regional

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From November 16, 2018 to September 17, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  2. 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
  3. 7.a Enhance cooperation for clean energy research, technology

Project ID: 6182

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Energy access
  • Renewable Energy

Sub-area(s)

  • Electricity access
  • Type: Off-grid, mini-grids
  • Resource: Solar
  • Resource: Battery

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Rural areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Energy

UNDP role(s)

  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Support functions

Strategy

  • Governance

Sub-strategy

  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Partnerships
  • Transboundary governance

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Sci-tech pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  • 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
  • 7.a Enhance cooperation for clean energy research, technology

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction
  • Structural/system transformation

About this project

Description

Project seeks to develop a distinctive approach and accelerate the deployment of rural electrification utilizing renewable mini-grids. To begin with, the project is not tied to any country office, and is a regional project that will culminate in the submission of a Program Framework Document (PFD) to the GEF. The latter process will require letters of support from countries, to which end the project will target a shortlist of countries during its implementation. The overall objective will be achieved by co-developing a cost-reduction roadmap with mini grid value chain stakeholders (equipment suppliers, developers, funders, governments) and then developing a proposal for a series of pilots to prove out and refine the cost-reduction road map for countries selected during implementation. The project is targeting all countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with a need for electrification in rural areas, but as it progresses through its implementation and more information is obtained, culminating in a shortlist of countries and proposals for child projects at the project end. This is effectively a project of projects, and will involve significant coordination between the project management team (Rocky Mountain Institute) and stakeholders (SSA countries), with the latter perhaps being represented by two or three SSA countries that have supported the project during its development. These countries will be identified and elected during the LPAC/inception phase of the project.

Objectives

To develop a distinctive approach and accelerate the deployment of rural electrification utilizing renewable mini grids.

USD $1,000,000

Grant amount

USD $550,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,000,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Rocky Mountain Institute

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