Awareness Raising and Advocacy for Scaling-up Renewable Energy Mini-Grids to Enhance Rural Electrification and Sustainable Development in Tanzania

This project focuses on raising awareness and advocacy for mini-grid development, productive and efficient use of electricity. The project duration is of 24 months (Oct 2016 to Sept 2018). The geographical coverage of the project isfor MG stakeholder’s national wide and to selected pilot districts of Chalinze, Manyara, Kongwa and Muheza.

The main objective of this project is to scale-up investments, demand for electricity in off-grid areas and energy conservation through mini-grid awareness raising campaigns and advocacy in Tanzania. The project strives to fulfil the following specific outcomes:-

• Increase awareness and access to information to local stakeholders on renewable energy mini-grid policies, regulatory framework and financing mechanisms.
• Promote Productive Use of Electricity (PUE) and related equipment to local private companies, local government, CBOs and MFIs within the mini-grids areas.
• Increase awareness for demand side management (energy efficiency) of electricity from mini-grids.
• Advocate for quality assurance and standards for mini-grid equipment and services.

The main impact of this project is to raise demand for and adoption of mini-grid systems as well as productive services from electricity to be generated through renewable energy mini-grids at the community levels and provision of an appropriate approach for promoting and developing modern energy services for rural areas.

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