Project

Stimulating Progress towards Improved Rural Electrification in the Solomons (SPIRES)

Lead country

Solomon Islands

Participating countries

Solomon Islands

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From November 12, 2020 to November 12, 2024

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  2. 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
  3. 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement

Project ID: 6089

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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: Hydro
  • Resource: Solar

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Rural areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Energy

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Policy advice
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Law regulation
  • Capacity building
  • Finance economy

Sub-strategy

  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Institutional framework
  • Institutional capacity building
  • Technical capacity building
  • Awareness raising
  • Energy finance

Social inclusion

  • Private sector
  • Local community/CSOs

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  • 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
  • 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Capital providers
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

Hot topic

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration
  • Poverty reduction

Project description

Facilitation of the achievement of increased access to electricity in rural communities in the Solomon Islands.

USD $2,739,726

Grant amount

USD $16,550,531

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,739,726)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Fiji

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