Presenter: Yuri Lima Handem – RE Expert

1. Yuri Lima Handem – RE Expert
ECREEE and
oportunities for
improving Energy
Access
in West Africa
“Smart Villages, West Africa
regional Workshop”
Towards Sustainable
Energy

2. Outline of the presentation
• ECREEE: ECOWAS Centre For Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency
• Current situation of rural electrification in the ECOWAS region
• Regional and national ambitious goals for RE and energy
access
• Oportunities for improving energy access through Clean Mini
Grids
www.ecreee.org

3. ECREEE was established to support the
member states in realizing their RE and EE
potential
• ECREEE: Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Centre For Renewable Energy And Energy
Efficiency
• Established by Regulation C/REG. 23/11/08 of the 61st Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on
November 23, 2008. as the ECOWAS agency with the mandate to promote RE&EE markets
• Secretariat is based in Praia, Cape Verde with National Focal Institutions (NFIs) among all ECOWAS countries
• Established with support of core partners:
• Official Inauguration of the Centre on 6th July 2010
• ECREEE was appointed by the ECOWAS Energy Ministers
as the SE4ALL Focal Point for West Africa
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4. West Africa huge energy efficiency and
renewable energy potential is so far largely
unexploited due to some barriers
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Low Access to
Modern Energy
Services
Climate
Changes
Energy
Security

5. CONSTRAINTS & BARRIERS
• Financial/Economics:
 High upfront costs of solar or wind compared with smaller scale conventional systems even where
competitive;
 Lack of large scale projects at regional level to take advantage of higher solar or wind resource
endowments and economies of scale;
 Lack of innovative financing mechanisms.
• Policy and Institutional Issues:
 Absence of political targets for renewable energy in general and solar/wind in particular, in many countries;
 Non-existent or weak policy measures for level playing field in many countries;
 Weak national agencies with unclear responsibility for solar/wind in many countries.
• Capacity Building & Technology Transfer
 Inadequate skilled technical manpower in many countries.
 Limited or no local manufacturing due to small national markets.
 Limited R&D with little or no linkages to entrepreneurial/ manufacturing sector.
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6. ECREEE results areas are designed to
address those barriers
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RESULT AREA 2:
Capacity building
RESULT AREA 1:
Tailored policy,
legal and
regulatory
frameworks
RESULT AREA 3:
Knowledge
management,
awareness
raising, networks
and advocacy
RESULT AREA 4:
Business and
Investment
Promotion

7. Outline of the presentation
• ECREEE: ECOWAS Centre For Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency
• Current situation of rural electrification in the ECOWAS region
• Regional and national ambitious goals for RE and energy
access
• Oportunities for improving energy access through Clean Mini
Grids
www.ecreee.org

8. In the ECOWAS 42% of the population has
access to electricity (8% if we consider only
the rural population)
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0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Benin Burkina
Faso
Cabo Verde Côte
d’Ivoire
The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea
Bissau
Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra
Leone
Togo
Share(%)ofPopulation
Electricity Access Rates in ECOWAS Member States
National Rate (%)
Urban Rate (%)
Rural Rate (%)
Source: ECREEE, REN21
More than 175 million people with no access to improved electricity services

9. The distributed generation is already playing
an import role to promote access to
electricity
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Benin Burkina
Faso
Cabo Verde Côte
d'Ivoire
Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea
Bissau
Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
ShareofPopulation
(Percent)
Share of Electrified Population Relying on Grid-connected or Distributed Systems in ECOWAS Member States
Mini-grid or stand-alone systems Grid-connected
Source: ECREEE, IRENA
# existing clean energy
mini-grids
0 3 02 0 0 12 1 29 0 107 1 0Several
Source: ECREEE

10. Outline of the presentation
• ECREEE: ECOWAS Centre For Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency
• Current situation of rural electrification in the ECOWAS region
• Regional and national ambitious goals for RE and energy
access
• Oportunities for improving energy access through Clean Mini
Grids
www.ecreee.org

11. ECOWAS RE POLICY TARGETS BY
2020/2030
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Grid-Connected RE Targets 2020 2030
RE share in total ECOWAS electricity mix (incl. large
hydro)
35% 48%
RE share in total ECOWAS generation capacity (excl.
large hydro)
10%
2.425 MW
19%
7.606 MW
Rural RE Targets 2020 2030
Rural population supplied by mini-grids and stand-
alone system
22% 25%
Mini-Grids to be installed
60,000
3,600 MW
128,000
7,680 MW
Population served with improved stoves 60% 100%
Population with access to LPG 17% 32%

12. The ECOWAS goal: universal access for all
the
citizens becomes a reality in 2030
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Rural RE Electricity Targets 2020 2030
Share of rural population
supplied by mini-grids and
stand-alone systems in %
22% 25%
Mini-Grids to be installed
60,000
3,600
MW
128,000
7,680
MW
Stand-alone systems 210,000 262,000
Investment (b€) 32,3 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
2010 2020 2030
Population in mio inhbts
Not supplied
Stand-alone
Off-grid Rural Mini
Grids
Grid-based Rural
Population having
access in 2010
Source: EREP

13. The majority of the countries have
already established ambitious goals and
measures to achieve them
Financial support to
developers through
rural electrification funds
Output-based
subsidies for energy
services products
Traditional subsidies
Direct public investments
in access projects
Special support for
Renewable energy
Electricity access goal
35%
rur by
2025
36%
by
2025
50%
by
2015
100%
by
2020
100%
by
2030
95%
urb.
62% rur
by 2022
65%
rur by
2030
55%
urb.
87% rur
by 2030
100%
by
2030
82%
by
2030
75%
by
2020
80%
rur by
2030
100%
by
2030
100%
by
2017

14. The ECOWREX (http://www.ecowrex.org/ ) is
our main knowledge management tool
Country Profile:an overview of the ECOWAS
member states based on various energy and
socio-economic indicators
Interactive Map Viewer: Combining human
activities, infrastructure and energy potential
helps us to take informed decisions
Analysis and Trends: Compare countries
indicators over time
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15. Some countries are using Geographic
Information Systems for rural electrification
planning
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A regional project has just begun to scale up
on the existing initiatives to develop maps
on energy access and identify the most cost
effective technologies to improve the access
rate.
Source: KNUST

16. Outline of the presentation
• ECREEE: ECOWAS Centre For Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency
• Current situation of rural electrification in the ECOWAS region
• Regional and national ambitious goals for RE and energy
access
• Oportunities for improving energy access through Clean Mini
Grids
www.ecreee.org

17. Oportunities through Clean Mini Grids
• Grid extension (For villages close to the National grid)
• Clean Mini grid
– Settlements with high populations densities
– Isolated areas
– Increased rate of access
– Smart grid
– Main barrier: regulatory and legal framework (e.g. Tariff)
• Stand alone systems (Scattered settlements)
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18. West Africa clean energy mini-grids market
is still “grant dominated” although
investments are starting to materialise
Source: Trama TecnoAmbiental, 2013
An example of financial analysis of the recovery of 25% of the initial investment in an
operating clean-energy mini-grid in Cabo Verde
At this stage of the market
development there is still need of
financial support to the
promoters to make the
investment economically and
financially viable

19. To support the market development the
second ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility
(EREF) focused on Clean Mini Grids
• Grant co-financing (25-50%): 50.000 -200.000 euro
• Total of 1 M€ available
• Emphasis on sustainability of the project (establishment of
a sustainable ownership, management, operation and
maintenance system)
• Ability of applicants to mobilize non grant co-funding is
positively evaluated
• Launch in May 2014, proposals had to be submitted before
10th August, selected projects were announced in
December 2014
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20. THANK YOU
Yuri Lima Handem
yhandem@ecreee.org
ECREEE
Secretariat
Achada Santo Antonio
Electra Building, 2nd floor
C.P. 288, Praia, Cape Verde
Tel: +238 2604630, +238 2624608
Email: info@ecreee.org
Skype: info-ecreee
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