Project Details
As part of the UNDP-supported, GEF-financed Africa Mini-grids Program (AMP), the AMP in Somalia seeks to "support access to clean energy by increasing the financial viability, and promoting scaled-up commercial investment, in low-carbon mini-grids in Somalia, with a focus on cost-reduction levers and innovative business models".
The baseline situation is characterized by a low electrification rate (35%), the lack of electricity grid infrastructure, and the predominance of and reliance on diesel mini-grid systems, owned and operated by private Electricity Service Providers (ESPs), charging maximally high tariffs.
The project strategy corresponds to the unique nature of the energy sector in Somalia, and the AMP's concentration on clean energy, by focusing on digital transformation and institutionalization of ongoing initiatives to expand the adoption of solar technologies and promote hybridization of existing diesel minigrid systems as a financially viable path to driving down tariffs and reducing GHG emissions in Somalia.
The Project has four interlinked components:
- Component 1: Policy and Regulation
- Component 2: Business Model innovation with private sector engagement
- Component 3: Scaled-up Financing.
- Component 4: Digital, Knowledge Management (KM) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
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