Barrier Removal to Renewable Energy Programme

The project will help to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by addressing institutional, information, know-how, perceived risk and other investment barriers to increased use of photovoltaic energy sources by households, institutions, commercial entities and agro industries. Specifically the project will: Assist local stakeholders in building local capacities to promote, install and service PV applications; help to develop and implement favorable regulatory frameworks, facilitate the establishment of viable financial mechanisms (micro lending). The latter will address up-front investment cost barriers and related risk perceptions. The project will help to demonstrate viability of investments in photovoltaic energy and encourage widespread replication.