Lead country
Sao Tome & Principe
Participating countries
Sao Tome & Principe
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From January 21, 2016 to March 31, 2022
Project ID: 4602
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Technical team
- Energy Programme
Technical area(s)
- Renewable Energy
- Energy access
Sub-area(s)
- Type: Off-grid, mini-grids
- Resource: Hydro
- Type: On-grid, utility-scale
- Electricity access
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Rural areas
Transformed sector(s)
- Energy
- Forestry and other land use
UNDP role(s)
- Institutional mechanism and system building
- Optimising financing
- Thought leadership
Strategy
- Governance
- Technology innovation
- Capacity building
Sub-strategy
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Institutional framework
- Partnerships
- Alternative energy sources
- Institutional capacity building
- Community capacity building
- Technical capacity building
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Private sector
- Women
Gender equality
- Women farmers
- Women park rangers
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Systems pathway
- Sci-tech pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 7.1 Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
- 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
- Capital providers
Hot topic
- Multi-stakeholder collaboration
- Poverty reduction
About this project
Description
The objective of the project is to introduce an integrated energy and ecosystems-based approach to grid/isolated-grid-based mini/small hydro-electricity generation in Sao Tome and Principe by leveraging $ 20.7 million in multilateral and private sector financing over its five-year implementation period. This, in turn, is expected to generate direct global benefits of 137,200 tons of CO2 over the same period and 36,850 tons CO2/yr thereafter in avoided greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition, in order to ensure the availability of hydro resources for electricity generation (and irrigation for job creation), the project will implement an integrated watershed management approach. It aims at integrating natural resource management with community livelihoods improvement in a sustainable way and within a landscape approach. The project will introduce innovative participative methods of natural resource management, conservation farming and agro-ecology. This will be achieved through watershed level land use planning and implementation of community forests over 6,000 ha, sustainable agricultural land management practices over 10,000 ha, and income generating activities (such as mushrooms, medicinal plants, ecotourism, etc.) for rural communities. This landscape approach will be sustained by a financial mechanism between the private hydroelectricity producers and the upstream communities, based on the maintenance of environmental services (water supply regulation).
Objectives
To assist the Government in addressing the barriers to significantly increase grid/isolated-grid-connected mini/small hydropower capacity and to sustainably manage the watershed.
USD $5,374,544
Grant amount
USD $20,705,704
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($5,374,544)
Implementing partner(s)
- Ministry of Public Works, Infrastructure, Natural Resources
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