Electricity Access (Rural) Expansion Project Phase II

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The development objective of the Second Electricity Access Rural Expansion Project of Ethiopia is to establish a sustainable program for expanding access to electricity in rural communities, thus supporting broad-based economic development and helping alleviate poverty. The Project will significantly expand access to and services provided by electricity in rural towns and villages. The Project will have three major components: (1) Grid-Access Expansion which will extend the grid to connect customers in rural towns and villages not currently electrified; (2) Mini-Grid (Off-Grid) Electrification which will provide customer access to mini-grids and some basic electric services such as lighting and cooling to remote clinics and schools, as well as lighting and other very basic services to households; and (3) Stand-alone Systems and Productive Uses of Energy (via pilots), Capacity Building, and Technical Assistance which will create capacity building in key technical and institutional areas related to scale up of electrification and efficient use of energy.