Category of Support
Information Resources » Technical Assistance
Donors
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Users
Open to All
Description

Provides resources to support developing countries in addressing barriers to safe, effective, and accelerated deployment of distributed solar power.

Locations
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
eSwatini
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Egypt
Algeria
Morocco
Libya
Tunisia
Grid Status
On-Grid
Geography
Global
Eligibility
For energy programs: Connected to the distribution system of an established, centralized utility system (i.e. not microgrids or off grid systems)
Smaller in scale (e.g. less than 1 MW)
Typically connected “behind the meter” of a retail electricity customer
Typically (but not always), DPV is not owned or operated by a distribution utility
Point of Contact
greeningthegrid@nrel.gov