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Practical Action’s work on decentralized energy access 40 years experience working on energy access
Direct work on over 500 mini-grids & catalysed thousands more
Trained thousands of operators, micro-entrepreneurs, suppliers
Advising governments, private sector, academia and civil society around theworld
Key knowledge producer and discourse shaper through our Poor People’s Energy Outlook series
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Necessary but not sufficient
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Our Unique Selling Point
- Energy systems, not energy projects
- People centred approach and community engagement, particularly ofmarginalized & vulnerable groups
- Convening CSOs, facilitating effective multi-stakeholder engagementwhile reaching high level profile stakeholders & audiences
- Raising awareness and changingbehaviour to mainstreamdistributed renewable energy andknowledge management
- Market-building, productive usesof energy and women’sempowerment.
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What are Productive Uses
of Energy (PUE)?
PUE: activities which use electricity that enhance
income and employment
Examples: carpentry, food/milk cooling, ice-making, irrigation and
water pumping, metalwork, food drying, poultry hatcheries, feed
production, milling…
Why PUE matters? 1 – enables rural
development …
Mechanism to improve incomes and livelihoods and create jobs
Can support existing businesses and enable new businesses
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… and 2- Supports financial sustainability
PUE best way to increase demand, therefore improving
commercial viability of energy projects
But PUE doesn’t happen organically – access alone
is not enough!
– Energy providers need to play an active role
– PUE can’t be an afterthought
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Success Story –
Sustainable Energy 4 Rural
Communities (SE4RC)
Gwanda district (Zimbabwe) and Chikwawa and Nsanje
districts of Malawi
5 mini-grid systems -174 kW – energy provision to 30.000
users
Funded by the EU
(2015-2019)
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Stimulation of Productive
Uses of Energy
Management
Registered 5 CESCOs
Tariff scheme and norms
PUE
16 Energy Kiosks
established (ICT, recharging,
retail,…)
˃ 60 ha irrigation schemes
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Success Story – SE4RC
Main messages and lessons
Access to Energy alone is not enough. Productive Uses of
Energy (PUE) is key to ensure mini-grid financial viability.
More inter-agency work needed (agriculture/water/energy)
Mini-grid early design stages shall include
participatory/market analysis mechanisms in order to
reduce the risk of failure.
Community Engagement and electricity demand analysis
are crucial for driving successful business models.