Understanding opportunities: Making the case for climate action
Energy Access
Pecha Kucha prepared for the conference
Climate Opportunity 2019: Co-benefits for Just Energy Futures
Alexander Ochs, Managing Director, SD Strategies GmbH
15 October, 2019
10:15 CEST
Futurium Berlin, Germany
NOTE: Please find all references on slide 21.
When the sun sets…
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Black despair
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Earth at night
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Energy use per capita (kWh pp. per year)
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Benefits of energy access
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Education benefits
Improved human health
Increased local
employ-ment
Other economic benefits
Reduced energy
inequality
Reduced local
pollutants
Reduced GHG
emissions
Increased energy security
Increased quality of
life
Energy for development
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To ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
Energy access definition
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"a household having reliable and affordable access to both clean cooking
facilities and to electricity, which is enough to supply a basic bundle of energy
services initially, and then an increasing level of electricity over time to reach the
regional average”
– International Energy Agency
Access as a continuum of service levels
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Standalone solar home systems
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Mini-grids
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Grid-connected
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Case study: Sierra Leone
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Sierra
Leone
Sierra Leone
Capital: Freetown
Population growth rate: 2.1%
Population (2018): 7,650,154
Electricity access in Sierra Leone - Percentage of population
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0
5
10
15
20
25
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Urban
access: 49%
23%
Rural
access: 5%
Development pathways
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Loa
d
Distance to Grid
Grid Extension
Larger loads make
grid extension viable
Mini Grids
Larger loads justify investment in mini
grids, where grid extension is infeasible
High (~100 kW)
SHS
Can’t meet large loads, and smaller loads don’t warrant inter-connection at larger distances
Low
Far (~16 km)Close
Roadmap methodology
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Mini-grid Policy
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Mini-grid Policy
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Community Engagement
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AMG-CoP
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Direct TA to
individual
country
Group work in
Communities of
Practice (CoPs)
Broad dissemination
through established
networks
Thank you for
your attention!
Contact:
Alexander Ochs
Managing Director, SD Strategies
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Sources
1. Slide 2, 3, 12, 20: https://www.pexels.com/
2. Slide 4: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/79793/city-lights-of-africa-europe-and-the-middle-east
3. Slide 5: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-use-per-capita
4. Slide 7: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg7
5. Slide 8: https://www.iea.org/energyaccess/methodology/
6. Slide 9: https://www.seforall.org/sites/default/files/MTFpresentation_SE4ALL_April5.PDF
7. Slide 10: https://www.irena.org/offgrid
8. Slide 11: https://medium.com/nero-okwa/solar-affordable-power-in-nigeria-and-africa-case-study-mini-grid-green-village-214e42659394
9. Slide 13: 14: https://data.worldbank.org/country/sierra-leone
10.Slide 15: SD Strategies
11.Slide 16: Worldwatch Institute
12.Slide 18: TFE Energy GmbH/AfDB Community Engagement Program, Nigeria
13.Slide 19: SD Strategies
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