Systems Efficiency Improvement, Equitization and Renewables (SEER) Project - Renewables Components

The project will support a long-term programmatic approach to develop renewable energy according to the country’s Renewable Energy Action Plan. The project supports Phase I of the REAP, building renewable energy awareness, demand, and capacity. The project will: (a) building institutional capacity at national, provincial and district levels to implement the Action Plan and develop the necessary policies and regulatory frameworks; (b) facilitate regulatory frameworks that support independent small power producers for small hydro power and other renewable energy generation; (c) establish a fund to finance and support rural community-based electric cooperatives; (d) support development and application of pico-hydro technology; (e) development renewable energy markets and private businesses. This project is the first in a series of projects that are expected to expand renewable energy activities further.