Developing New Ideas for Rural Electrification in AfricaChallenge
In rural Africa, energy is mostly about wood, waste, candles, and kerosene. Only 5 percent of the population has access to electricity - mainly through electric grids. Getting energy to the people is difficult because rural areas are sparsely populated. But making sure these areas have access to electricity is an important development priority for most African countries. Doing this without increasing global greenhouse gas emissions is an enormous challenge. One solution is decentralized power generation using clean and renewable technologies that generate emission-free power. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) established under the Kyoto Protocol helps countries plan for and implement these new technologies. The CDM projects also generate carbon credits that offer developing countries the prospect of future revenues by "selling" these credits on the global carbon market.
Approach
WBI’s Carbon Finance Assist team delivers intensive, action-oriented, and hands-on courses on clean development and carbon finance opportunities in the rural electrification sector in Africa. A typical event took place in Senegal in June 2009. “The workshop helped national experts and practitioners to identify how they could benefit from the CDM and to formulate so-called project idea notes,” says Nadine Dulac, a program task manager in WBI.
Participants came from 20 African rural electrification agencies that together form the “Club Electrification Rurale (ER)." Club ER was created in 2001 by a group of European development agencies including the French Agency for Environment and Energy (ADEME) and the Institut Environnement Energie pour la Francophonie (IEPF). It promotes knowledge and experience sharing among its developing country members and helps identify innovative financing and funding instruments for clean development and related carbon finance opportunities.
The workshop in Senegal was developed and conducted with one of WBI’s partners: Senegal’s Rural Electrification Agency (ASER). Senegal was the first African country to develop and coordinate a proposal for an energy efficiency program in Africa that was eligible under the global CDM. Senegal’s program was, therefore, used as a case study in the workshop. Participants also explored innovative approaches and methodologies for rural electrification, and learned how to calculate emission reductions and how to ensure that the projects comply with CDM requirements.
The training is based on an integrated set of modules on the fundamentals of CDM and the carbon market that WBI has developed in collaboration with the Centre d’Etudes Financières et Economiques et Bancaires (CEFEB). Both organizations are part of the training arm of the French Development Agency, Agence Francaise de Developpement. Every module consists of quizzes, presentations, simulation exercises, group work, and questions and answers. It is an intensive high-impact approach that provides participants with hands-on tools and knowledge that can be applied.
“Getting more African countries informed about the clean development mechanism, helping them to assess their national potential for clean development mechanism (CDM) projects and getting them started are the main goals of our workshops. We have been doing this work for three years and are now seeing early signs of impact,” Nadine Dulac explains.
Results
Hary Andriantavy, who attended the the June 2009 workshop in Senegal, is the Executive Secretary of Madagascar’s Rural Electrification Agency (ADER). He is responsible for coordinating and implementing rural electrification programs with other line ministries. We asked him about his experiences in the workshop.
WBI: Mr. Andriantavy, was the workshop relevant to your work in Madagascar?
HA: Yes, it was very relevant. My work consists of finding financing and promoting different projects in renewable energy. Currently, 80 percent of the energy in Madagascar’s rural areas is made by genset (fuel powered generator to produce electricity). So, the workshop was very interesting for ADER as we need to move more toward renewable energies.
WBI: What did you like most in the workshop?
HA: The sessions were excellent and particularly the plenary discussions and simulations were very stimulating. It was more than just information sharing on new concepts and ideas. The workshop provided specific tools to use when developing new CDM projects. We discussed mechanisms, different schemes and how to make necessary calculations. It provided the fundamentals of clean development mechanisms, but also knowledge on how to do it. The course was gold standard!
WBI: Were you able to identify CDM eligible opportunities for Madagascar as a result of the workshop? Did you develop CDM project idea notes?
HA: Yes, I did. The workshop provided me with comprehensive knowledge and tools on how to analyze the carbon reduction potential in Madagascar and how to move forward. So I was able to formulate a project idea note. The workshop really got me going.
WBI: Can you tell us a bit more about this new project and its status?
HA: As I said, we use primarily fossil fuels to produce electricity in rural areas in Madagascar. However, Madagascar has a much higher renewable energy potential. The course helped me to analyze this potential. With the local climate change focal point, ADER was then able to produce a project idea note. We want to develop a 1,200KW hydropower project for rural electrification. It’ll cost about EU three million. And we will be able to save 50,000 Teq Co2 over ten years – which we could then use to sell on the global carbon market. An interesting option seems to certify this project under the Gold Standard VERs as a micro project since such projects are very desired by carbon buyers and the transaction costs are lower. We will start the competitive bidding process for the project in 2010.
WBI: What is your next step?
HA: We need to promote more diverse ways of clean energy production in Madagascar. For example biomass and other renewable energies. There is much more CDM potential that needs to be explored.
WBI: How could WBI or the World Bank help you in future?
HA: We should work together on a project to show that it is possible. It is not easy. It is hard work. But clean energy development is not a dream. We need a success story to get more buy in - particularly from the private sector.
The workshop in Senegal was developed and conducted with one of WBI’s partners: Senegal’s Rural Electrification Agency (ASER). Senegal was the first African country to develop and coordinate a proposal for an energy efficiency program in Africa that was eligible under the global CDM. Senegal’s program was, therefore, used as a case study in the workshop. Participants also explored innovative approaches and methodologies for rural electrification, and learned how to calculate emission reductions and how to ensure that the projects comply with CDM requirements.
The training is based on an integrated set of modules on the fundamentals of CDM and the carbon market that WBI has developed in collaboration with the Centre d’Etudes Financières et Economiques et Bancaires (CEFEB). Both organizations are part of the training arm of the French Development Agency, Agence Francaise de Developpement. Every module consists of quizzes, presentations, simulation exercises, group work, and questions and answers. It is an intensive high-impact approach that provides participants with hands-on tools and knowledge that can be applied.
“Getting more African countries informed about the clean development mechanism, helping them to assess their national potential for clean development mechanism (CDM) projects and getting them started are the main goals of our workshops. We have been doing this work for three years and are now seeing early signs of impact,” Nadine Dulac explains.
Results
Hary Andriantavy, who attended the the June 2009 workshop in Senegal, is the Executive Secretary of Madagascar’s Rural Electrification Agency (ADER). He is responsible for coordinating and implementing rural electrification programs with other line ministries. We asked him about his experiences in the workshop.
WBI: Mr. Andriantavy, was the workshop relevant to your work in Madagascar?
HA: Yes, it was very relevant. My work consists of finding financing and promoting different projects in renewable energy. Currently, 80 percent of the energy in Madagascar’s rural areas is made by genset (fuel powered generator to produce electricity). So, the workshop was very interesting for ADER as we need to move more toward renewable energies.
WBI: What did you like most in the workshop?
HA: The sessions were excellent and particularly the plenary discussions and simulations were very stimulating. It was more than just information sharing on new concepts and ideas. The workshop provided specific tools to use when developing new CDM projects. We discussed mechanisms, different schemes and how to make necessary calculations. It provided the fundamentals of clean development mechanisms, but also knowledge on how to do it. The course was gold standard!
WBI: Were you able to identify CDM eligible opportunities for Madagascar as a result of the workshop? Did you develop CDM project idea notes?
HA: Yes, I did. The workshop provided me with comprehensive knowledge and tools on how to analyze the carbon reduction potential in Madagascar and how to move forward. So I was able to formulate a project idea note. The workshop really got me going.
WBI: Can you tell us a bit more about this new project and its status?
HA: As I said, we use primarily fossil fuels to produce electricity in rural areas in Madagascar. However, Madagascar has a much higher renewable energy potential. The course helped me to analyze this potential. With the local climate change focal point, ADER was then able to produce a project idea note. We want to develop a 1,200KW hydropower project for rural electrification. It’ll cost about EU three million. And we will be able to save 50,000 Teq Co2 over ten years – which we could then use to sell on the global carbon market. An interesting option seems to certify this project under the Gold Standard VERs as a micro project since such projects are very desired by carbon buyers and the transaction costs are lower. We will start the competitive bidding process for the project in 2010.
WBI: What is your next step?
HA: We need to promote more diverse ways of clean energy production in Madagascar. For example biomass and other renewable energies. There is much more CDM potential that needs to be explored.
WBI: How could WBI or the World Bank help you in future?
HA: We should work together on a project to show that it is possible. It is not easy. It is hard work. But clean energy development is not a dream. We need a success story to get more buy in - particularly from the private sector.
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