Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development

The project development objectives are: (i) to support the design and implementation of several access expansion, intensification and renewable energy pilot projects. The pilots are expected to provide inputs for the policy, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks being developed; (ii) to support the implementation of the National Renewable Energy Master Plan to reinforce its outcomes; (iii) to develop market models for renewables, such as standard, bankable contractual agreement for grid-connected small hydro power and market penetration for solar PV technologies; and (iv) initiate development of cross-sectoral energy compacts.