The Rural Renewable
Energy Project (RREP) is a first of its kind in scale and sc...
The Rural Renewable
Energy Project (RREP) is a first of its kind in scale and scope in Sierra Leone
and regionally in Sub-Saharan Africa, implemented by the Ministry of Energy
with support from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and grant
funded by DFID. The project will contribute to Sierra Leone’s economic
development through increased access to electricity in rural areas while
simultaneously reducing Sierra Leone’s future Green House Gas emissions.
This project aims to
establish an enabling environment in Sierra Leone for a private sector driven
rural mini-grid market and to provide up to 5MW of sustainable renewable power
in rural community households, priority institutions, such as Community Health
Centers (CHCs), schools, agricultural business centers and other productive
uses, as well as chiefdom administrative offices, through solar mini-grids,
based on a Public-Private Partnership approach. It is estimated that the RREP
will connect approximately 360,000 direct beneficiaries in rural Sierra Leone
to electricity, with a further 500,000 indirectly benefitting from access to
low carbon electricity.
The implementation of
the project is developed around three Work Packages (WP):
Work package 1 / 1+. 6kWp
solar photovoltaic (PV) generation plants at 54 Community Health Centres (CHCs)
were installed between April and July 2017. These generation plants were then
extended into small mini-grids with a capacity between 16kW and 36kW and
distribution networks installed which will eventually connect all other public
institutions and households in 50 of these communities. All 50 mini-grids are
installed and ready for operation as of October 2018.
Work package 2: aims to bring the country’s photovoltaic (PV) power
generation capacity up to 5MW by attracting the private sector to invest in the
mini-grid market while drawing on the lessons of WP 1/1+. WP2 will install
mini-grids in additional 40 communities with >36kW systems (up to max.
200kWp) using sustainable business and delivery models developed by the private
sector.
Private sector
operators have been selected through a competitive tender process, and will
take on operation and maintenance of WP1/1+ mini-grids and co-invest in the
development of the WP2 sites. The operators will be responsible for the last
mile connection to identified customers and the in-house wiring of customer
homes.
Work package 3: provides Technical Assistance (TA)
and institutional capacity building to the Ministry of Energy, the Electricity
and Water Regulatory Commission, other relevant government agencies as
necessary, as well as to private sector companies selected to operate WP1 sites
and co-invest in and operate WP2 sites.
The Programme Analyst is
responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations of Work Package 3 (WP3) –
Technical Assistance and Capacity Building.
The Programme Analyst provides support to the Team Leader to ensure all milestones
under WP 3 are delivered in a timely manner and within budget. He/she is expected to work towards and meet
the organization and project’s performance and delivery goals.