African Energy Ministers Conference Proceedings Report Road to Durban: Promoting sustainable energy access for Africa
Road to Durban: Promoting sustainable Energy Access for Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa September 15th - 16th, 2011
Road to Durban: Promoting sustainable Energy Access for Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa September 15th - 16th, 2011
The Soviet Union’s collapse left Armenia with a fragment of a power system, never meant to function as a stand-alone grid. Plants were built to run on fuel imported from thousands of miles away, from neighbors that, without the Soviet Union, could not offer certainty of supply or terms that Armenia could afford.
In September 2008, the government signed a 35-year concession with Verbund (Austria’s largest electricity company) to build and operate a new hydropower plant. Over a threeyear period, the project mobilized $262 million in private investment, increased Albania’s power generation capacity by 53 megawatts, and delivered improved services for 170,000 people. Construction of the plant began in January 2010 and became fully operational in March 2013.
This document aims to rehabilitate and develop rural distribution networks (medium and low voltages and off-grid systems) to meet with safety and reliability standards, meanwhile ensuring environmental protection, cost effectiveness and easy implementation. It also aims to ensure the development of the electricity of Vietnam in the transition period that is able to harmonize the current rural electricity.
This is a standardized contract between EVN (the national utility of Vietnam) and local independent contractors who will provide meter reading, billing and minor repairs for retail customers. By using individuals from local communities to perform these services, EVN estimates that it saves 30 to 40% of what it would cost to provide the same services with one of its own employees. A typical service agent will be responsible for 30 to 100 households and will earn US $30 to 120 per month.
On four remote islands in the Philippines, small power projects are making a big difference in people’s lives. IFC helped the government attract private investment
in off-grid power generation, which will provide reliable and cheaper electricity to hundreds of thousands of people. The agreements were signed September 2005 and May 2007.
Department of Energy and Climate Change, HM Government
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