Solar Energy in Local Communities

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The develop objective of Solar Energy in Local Communities Project is to expand access to energy services for households, enterprises, schools and health centers in rural areas of Burundi. This project has five components. 1) The first component, Energy Services for Schools and Health Service Centers has the following sub-components: (i) Energy Services for Schools; and (ii) Energy Services for Health Centers. 2) The second component, Energy Services for Rural Communities, aims to fund the deployment of several mini-grids using business models that leverage the private sector in areas where electricity supply through mini-grids represents the least-cost option from a country perspective, as underpinned by geospatial and socioeconomic analyses. 3) The third component, Energy Services for Households, finance a grant fund for the distribution of standalone solar products to roughly 65,000 households and CECs to roughly 300,000 households. 4) The fourth component, Technical Assistance, Capacity Building and Project Implementation Support, has the following sub-components: (i) Access Strategy and Planning; (ii) Market Development Support; (iii) Consumer Awareness and Citizen Engagement, Women’s Employment and Female Entrepreneurship; and (iv) Project Coordination, Implementation Support, Capacity Building and Sector Studies. 5) The fifth component, Contingent Emergency Response Component, with zero allocation may be used to partially cover emergency response through implementation of key activities by the appropriate agencies to respond to the emergency.