815ac0c3-33d7-4884-a1e2-b81061512aea 8ae26013-56bc-4b78-a4f7-a53e0472cfce Irit Eguavoen eguavoen@uni-bonn.de 2016-01-06T10:20:55 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 NAMA Design document for rural electrification with renewable energy in The Gambia With a national electrification rate of an estimated 40 per cent and with certain rural areas having an electrification rate as low as 6 per cent, the time is ripe in The Gambia for the Rural Electrification with Renewable Energy (RE) Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA). A number of building blocks have already been put in place in the country. The 2013 Renewable Energy Act provides the framework for both on and off-grid renewable energy tariffs and net metering, as well as establishing a national RE Fund. There has been development of pilot renewable energy projects as well as diesel powered multi-function platforms, which provide energy access for economic activities in rural areas. The NAMA has five key objectives which are: 1. Increase the level of renewable energy (for electricity) and contribute to the national long-term target of increasing the share of renewable energy within the power generation sector. 2. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the power generation sector. 3. Increase the rural population’s access to sustainable electricity. 4. Encourage an increase in rural community income generation, and improve rural livelihoods. 5. Increase the level of private sector participation within the power sector. These objectives will be accomplished through a number of activities, divided into Phase 1 and Phase 2. Phase 1 activities will include the establishment of two types of ventures which will connect unelectrified rural communities: RE Community Energy Centres (RE-CEC) and RE Micro-Grids (RE-MGs). Phase 2 ventures will comprise RE systems which will displace thermal generation at existing regional grids (referred to as RE Displacement Systems—RE-DIS) and RE independent power producers (RE-IPPs). Irit Eguavoen Center for Development Research, Department for Political and Cultural Change, University of Bonn Senior Researcher +49-228-73-4912 Walter-Flex-Straße 3 Bonn 53113 Germany eguavoen@uni-bonn.de UNDP New York United States of America http://www.undp.org/ Homepage of UNDP https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=815ac0c3-33d7-4884-a1e2-b81061512aea&fname=type_scientific_publication.png large_thumbnail png renewable energy source GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 2010-01-13 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet governance electrification climate change mitigation Gambia Region 2006-09-22 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions No restrictions society -17.753894030440716 -12.656237781149924 12.297062322776503 14.51977413090421 PDF http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/MDG%20Carbon%20Facility/NAMA%20Final%20Gambia%202.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NAMA Final Gambia 2 Source for download