Increasing access to clean, affordable, modern energy services in rural communities to improve healthcare, educational services, and agro-business production
Construction Oversight: NRECA International
Construction: American Procurement Service Company & United Infrastructure Projects
USAID Investment: $13,949,236 for Grid Extension
Contact: Jusu Wendell Holmes, juholmes@usaid.gov
Promoting productive uses of energy in rural communities to support private enterprise growth:
- Providing oversight for renewable energy and grid extension pilot projects
- Reducing reliance on costly and environmentally destructive diesel generators
Strengthening the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency to promote rural electrification:
- Training staff for planning, designing, evaluating, implementing, and overseeing rural electrification projects
- Supporting transaction and project implementation to operate and manage energy service systems
Catalyzing Innovation and Partnership:
- Designing the Off-Grid Solar Market Development Activity to foster investment, sales, distribution, and operation
- Utilizing a private sector-led, market-based approach to support government institutions and leverage donor funding
