Ageto commissions minigrid to bring clean and reliable power to this Liberian community through the Totota Electric Co-op—the nation's first micro-utility. For many of us, access to reliable and affordable energy is a foundation to so much of our lives. Contact online >>
Ageto commissions minigrid to bring clean and reliable power to this Liberian community through the Totota Electric Co-op—the nation''s first micro-utility. For many of us, access to reliable and affordable energy is a foundation to so much of our lives.
UNDP Liberia funded the installation of solar power at 12 health facilities in 7 counties. Launched today at the United Nations Climate Conference COP27, the Africa Minigrids Program (AMP) is a country-led technical assistance program that supports countries to rapidly and cost-effectively provide electricity and new development opportunities
Low access to affordable energy and heavy reliance on traditional biomass fuels have significant social and economic implications for Liberia. The combustion of these fuels in poorly ventilated spaces can lead to indoor air pollution, which poses significant health risks [14].
The financed project will help to improve the affordability of off-grid energy products in Liberia and in the long term support higher standards of education, increase gender equality and create new employment opportunities in the country through productive use of electricity.
A not-for-profit utility cooperative from Texas has been awarded a contract to electrify a community in Liberia with a solar-plus-storage microgrid, to benefit around 400 homes and businesses.
Launched today at the United Nations Climate Conference COP27, the Africa Minigrids Program (AMP) is a country-led technical assistance program that supports countries to rapidly and cost-effectively provide electricity and new development opportunities to some of Africa''s poorest communities.
The Africa Minigrids Program, a multi-partner initiative led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will enable scaled-up private investment in renewable energy minigrids.
With funding led by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and implemented by UNDP in partnership with national governments, RMI (founded as Rocky Mountain Institute) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), the AMP''s market transformation approach aims to help countries crowd in private investment to scale up and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy minigrids.
"We know that innovative policies, technologies, and business models to scale up existing solutions are needed to achieve SDG 7 on universal access to affordable and reliable energy – business-as-usual won''t do," said Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator. "The AMP is UNDP''s most ambitious electricity access program to date. Its market transformation approachaims to deliver impact at the pace and scale needed to effectively help countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, leaving no-one behind."
"Improving access to clean energy in remote areas has so many benefits — it directly improves quality of life, creates job opportunities particularly for women, and also reduces carbon emissions," added Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the GEF. "This is why the GEF is investing in energy access as part of our mission to invest in the planet. I am thrilled to see the Africa Minigrids Program advance and look forward to sharing the lessons from its rollout across our partnership and in all the countries and communities we are supporting in the clean energy transition."
With a focus on various cost-reduction levers, AMP aims to support scale-up investment by improving the financial viability of minigrids. The program will work with countries to put in place the policies and regulations that enable large-scale private investment, durably creating the conditions for renewable energy minigrids to be deployed at scale.
"We cannot achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without sustainable energy for all. It is urgent to drastically scale-up solutions that close the energy access gap. We must address this blatant inequality," said Ahunna Eziakonwa, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Director for Africa at UNDP. "The AMP has the potential to be a game changer for millions of people in Africa."
The AMP aims to complement activities supporting minigrid investment in Africa and has therefore identified three key areas of opportunities to focus on: national dialogues to identify the best ways to deploy minigrids; productive use of energy, and digitalization for minigrids.
The 21 AMP countries represent a diverse set of African countries, each with their own energy market specificities and development contexts: large and smaller markets; Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone countries; small island developing states; and countries in post-crisis contexts.
The AMP is a key component of UNDP''s pledge to mobilize partners through its Sustainable Energy Hub to enable 500 million additional people to have access to sustainable, affordable, reliable energy by 2025. AMP''s implementation has already started with the launch of the Nigeria and Eswatini national projects in 2022 and will continue until 2027.
Program information: The participating 21 AMP countries are: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome e Principe, Somalia, Sudan, Zambia.
The African Development Bank Group is Africa''s premier development finance institution. It comprises three distinct entities: the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Development Fund (ADF) and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF). On the ground in 41 African countries with an external office in Japan, the Bank contributes to the economic development and the social progress of its 54 regional member states. For more information:
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) programme has signed an agreement with the off-grid energy service company Easy Solar Ltd to support the scale-up of high-quality solar home systems and appliances in the country.
Easy Solar is the fourth project to be contracted in Liberia by the BGFA programme. In total, the four contracted companies plan to establish up to some 94,000 off-grid energy connections by the end of 2026, providing energy access for people living in rural and peri-urban areas in the country.
"We are very happy to sign our fourth project in Liberia with Easy Solar to support their scale-up in the country. With this project, BGFA can provide energy access up to some 470,000 people living in remote communities in Liberia," commented Kari Hämekoski, Senior Programme Manager at Nefco.
"As a last mile distributor operating one of the largest off-grid retail networks in West Africa, we are proud to partner with BGFA. With their support, we will be able to scale up our activities and deepen our penetration in Liberia, providing access to clean energy and other life-improving goods to thousands living in off-grid communities," said Alexandre Tourre, CEO and Co-Founder at Easy Solar.
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