(Togo First) - In Togo, 317 rural communities will be provided electricity using solar mini-grids. This is a project financed by the BOAD and it entails the development, co-financing, construction, and maintenance of the mini-grids and distribution networks. Contact online >>
(Togo First) - In Togo, 317 rural communities will be provided electricity using solar mini-grids. This is a project financed by the BOAD and it entails the development, co-financing, construction, and maintenance of the mini-grids and distribution networks.
A microgrid consisting of photovoltaic panels, a genset and storage batteries has been designed to meet the needs of cell phone operators'' sites in Bapure, a rural locality in Togo. The focus is on managing energy flows between the various sources of the microgrid, and between the needs of the cell phone operators'' site and those of the local
Rural electrification in Togo will be promoted with innovative solutions. The goal is to achieve universal access by 2030, but we are committed to doing so well before then. Our priority is to develop the off-grid segment and attract private investment because we are convinced that with only public funds we will not be at the rendezvous.
Togo''s ambition is to deploy more than 300 mini-grids by 2030. To achieve this ambition, it needs an approximate finance of $147 billion FCFA in total – that is over $251 million – to deploy the required mini-grids by 2030. To reach the set target of 100% electrification rate by 2030, the government of Togo needs to: Install 555,000 solar
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As the Managing Director of the Togolese Rural Electrification and Renewable Energies Agency (AT2ER), what are your top electrification priorities? How do clean energy mini-grids feature in your plan?
The biggest challenge remains the high tariff level for low-income populations. To make it sustainable, subsidies in various forms are needed. For our specific case, apart from proposed investment grant (RBF), we have elaborated a number of studies to ease the task for future developers.
Are there stakeholders that you would like to see more involved and active in the Togolese mini-grids’ sector? Togo is a hub for young entrepreneurs in the energy access sector. Do you see a way to involve them in the electrification process?
We would like to see local entrepreneurship in general and young people in particular strongly involved. We understand this is a domain that requires a lot of resources and know-how.
Thanks to the funding from the Western African Development Bank, you recently published a tender for the electrification of 317 rural communities. Do you foresee more tenders like this in the future? Is there something that you would like the private sector/industry to know?
In the same stride, we have launched the recruitment of 3 solar kit operators to increase the total number of DESCOs (Distributed Energy Service Company) to 5 or 6 by 2020. Several other calls for tender will follow, but not in the field of off-grid. It will essentially be on-grid solar power plants. The government of Togo has shown its willingness to go towards renewables in partnership with the private sector and a favorable framework, the law 2018 – 010 of August 10th, 2018 was set up to attract private investors. But beyond the 2018 – 010 law, the whole business environment in Togo improved with the reforms made in the business climate in Togo. I will tell the private sector that Togo is the place to come and invest.
What kind of legal and institutional support do you anticipate for mini-grids, to mobilize private sector capital and players?
First of all, it must be said that off-grid in Togo in general, benefits from a large Momentum of the highest authority of the State which introduced the “CiZo cheque”, a direct subsidy to households to deal with energy expenditure. The law 2018 – 010 and the electrification strategy, according to international experts are very progressive and some agree that they are among the best in Africa. In addition to these aspects, the business environment, as we have already indicated, has improved significantly with the reforms. All these have created a favorable environment and the transparency with which we implement the process to reassure off-grid players (financial and private donors).
Tell us more about your annual target for off-grid electrification. What can other countries can learn from your experience?
AT2ER is still young with about 2 years of activity. Our approach to rural electrification, I think, is structured and methodical and strongly integrates the geographic information system. We have taken the time necessary to better understand the situation, develop strategies and are in the demonstration phase. This approach can be shared. To date we have equipped nearly 25,000 households with individual solar kits. Our goal is to reach 100,000 solar home systems by 2020 and about 150 mini grids by 2021.
A new grant to provide decentralized energy to 10,000 people in rural Togo. The funding from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German international development cooperation agency, is valued at 540 million CFA francs (more than 825,000 euros).
According to Mila Aziable, the Minister-Delegate in charge of Energy in Togo, this agreement with GIZ is part of the Energy Self-Sufficient Villages Initiative (ESVI). It is a component of the ProEnergie project designed for sustainable basic energy supply, in relation to the national electrification strategy. Regarding the new electrification project launched in the West African country, it will allow the establishment of solar mini-grids in several rural localities. According to the Togolese Agency for Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy (AT2ER), barely 45% of Togolese have access to electricity, including 8% in rural areas.
The Togolese government’s ambition is to increase the rate of access to electricity at the national level to 75% by 2025 and to 100% by 2030. In January 2020, a call for expressions of interest was issued for the construction of two solar photovoltaic plants near Awandjélo in the Kara region and in Sokodé in the Central region. The facilities will have a combined capacity of between 60 and 80 MWp.
The Togolese government is also focusing on off-grid solutions to improve the supply of electricity to the population. The CIZO Project for rural electrification in Togo (Pravost) is currently under development and aims to electrify 300,000 Togolese households.
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