RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AUTHORITY, ZAMBIA Africa...

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AUTHORITY, ZAMBIA

Africa Electrification Initiative (AEI) Practitioner Workshop in Dakar, Senegal

REA's Experience in Implementing Rural Electrification Projects

A PRESENTATION BY STANLEY LYALABI, SENIOR MINI HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AUTHORITY

Presentation Outline

Background of the REA

Building up capacity within REA

Methods used in RE

Success story of REA

Challenges of REP

Scaling up local/private initiatives in RE

BACKGROUND OF REA/REP • A STATUTORY BODY CREATED THROUGH ACT No 20 OF

2003 • TO SPEARHEAD DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY

INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL AREAS TO FACILITATE ACCESS

BREAKDOWN OF ELECTRIFICATION RATE (2006)

Proportion of Electricity Consumption by User Group

Grid Extension

Mini Hydropower Development

Solar PV Systems

Solar Mini Grid

Biomass

METHODS USED FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

BUILDING CAPACITY IN REA

• REA initially started with less than 4 professionals in 2004

• Now has over 30 professionals in various Departments: Technical Services, Finance, Support Services, Human Resources and Administration

• REMP, prepared with assistance from JICA

• JICA, World Bank and Sida assisting with capacity enhancement

REA has implemented over 80 grid extension project since its formation

Over 10 sites have been studied (prefeasibility and feasibility studies) for hydropower development

Over 300 solar PV systems have been installed at Chiefs’ palaces, schools and clinics

SSMP project to be implemented in 6 areas in Zambia

Mini Hydropower project soon to be constructed in Mwinilunga with assistance of Jica

World Bank (IAES) and EU funded projects

SUCCESS STORY OF REA

SUCCESS STORY OF REA MINI HYDRO SITES STUDIED

KASABA BAY PROJECT

KASABA BAY PROJECT

KASABA BAY PROJECT

CHALLENGES

• Limited funding • Level of staffing • Poor road infrastructure in project areas • Sparsely populated country • Insufficient installed generation capacity • Low tariff levels • Low income among targeted population

• Since Government liberalised the energy sector, private

participants allowed to invest

• Currently very low participation buy private sector due to various

challenges as explained above;

• REA has come up with a document called ‘Guidelines to Subsidies’

elaborating incentives for private investment in the power

generation

Private Sector Participation

Zambia: Africa’s New Frontier for Investments and Profits

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Website: www.rea.org.zm Email: info@rea.org.zm

slyalabi@rea.org.zm