The document discusses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were ratified in 2015, focusing on Goal 7 which aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. It summarizes the targets for Goal 7 and explains how access to energy is key for achieving other SDGs related to poverty, health, education, and cities/housing. The document calls for more investment in energy infrastructure and research/technology to achieve universal energy access, including expanding the range of accessible appliances and services, reducing costs, improving batteries, and developing mini-grid systems. It stresses the need for collaboration between organizations and sharing of information to effectively implement the SDGs.

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FINDINGS OF THE SMART VILLAGES INITIATIVE’S
ENGAGEMENT IN EAST AFRICA
Dr John Holmes
Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Co-Leader, Smart Villages Initiative
8th September 2015

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
■ Due for ratification at UN Summit in New
York, 25-27 September
■ 17 goals and 169 targets
■ Will set the development agenda to 2030

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all
■ 7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable,
reliable and modern energy services
■ 7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of
renewable energy in the global energy mix
■ 7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in
energy efficiency

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all
■ 7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable,
reliable and modern energy services
■ 7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of
renewable energy in the global energy mix
■ 7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in
energy efficiency
Also energy is a key enabler of
achieving other SDGs

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FOR EXAMPLE:
■ Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
■ Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-
being for all at all ages
■ Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all
■ Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements
inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

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FOR EXAMPLE:
■ Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
■ Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-
being for all at all ages
■ Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all
■ Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements
inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
‘integrated and indivisible’

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GOAL 7: MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION TARGETS
■ 7.a By 2030, enhance international cooperation to facilitate access
to clean energy research and technology, including renewable
energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel
technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and
clean energy technology.
■ 7.b By 2030, expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for
supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in
developing countries, in particular least developed countries, land
locked developing countries and small island developing States in
accordance with their respective programmes of action.
→ Investment in Energy Infrastructure
→ Research and Technology

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BRIEF FOR POLICY MAKERS

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INVESTMENT IN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
■ Maximise leverage of public sector funding:
■ additional US$ 50 billion + every year
■ need access to all sources of financing including international climate funds
■ Supportive policy and regulatory frameworks:
 plea from entrepreneurs: less red tape and some breathing space
 nurture home grown enterprises: business incubation / advisory support services
■ Integrate with other development initiatives:
 associated investments in healthcare, education, clean water/sanitation etc.
 investment in new enterprises and increased productivity of existing income
generating activities

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INVESTMENT IN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE (2)
 Access to affordable finance:
 investment capital for mini-grid developers: support to de-risk and lower interest
rates
 working capital for SMEs to accelerate roll-out of SHS and solar lights
 novel financing schemes/business models for end-users
 Public-private-community partnerships:
 community ownership and involvement necessary for success: key investment
 identify, train and support local champions
 important role of rural energy agencies to facilitate connections
 Ensure opportunities and voice for all sectors of the community

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RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
■ Expanding the range of accessible services/appliances:
■ energy escalator approach to higher powers: TV, fridge, sewing machine etc.
■ low energy appliances
■ Reducing costs / increasing durability:
■ key contribution to economic viability
■ potential future breakthroughs: e.g. printable organic solar cells
■ need for focus on enhancing batteries: cost and lifetime
■ poor quality products: quality assurance mechanisms
■ Scale of electricity systems:
■ home/institution based
■ small clusters of houses: DC nano-grids
■ village-level AC mini-grids
■ Research and development:
■ more applied research: improved links between university researchers & SMEs
■ need for: improved control systems, ‘plug-and-play’ technologies, recycling

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GOAL 17: STRENGTHEN THE MEANS OF
IMPLEMENTATION…
■ Need for better collaboration:
 a confusion/competition of funders
 put in place frameworks for cooperation
■ Value of sharing of information & experiences:
 across East Africa and with other regions: role for the Smart Villages Initiative
 case studies of smart villages: value as integrating concept
 government/donor funded datasets of wind, hydro etc. potential
 Focus on capacity building:
 systematic analysis across all stages and actors: training schemes to plug gaps
 Develop approaches to monitor/evaluate development outcomes

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