Technical assistance
Domestic energy. Solar power Rural electrification
Supervision of installation, collection of payments and maintenance of 12,000 Solar Home Systems (SHS) in the framework of the Rural Electrification and Transmission Project (RETP)
| Country : | Cambodia |
| Client : | MIME (Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy). REF (Rural Electrification Fund) |
| Start Date : | 16/09/2011 |
| Completion Date : | 15/09/2012 |
| Value of services : | 404 066 € (654 560 $) |
| Funder : | World Bank |
| Associate/Partner : | N/A |
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| Description : |
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) plans to extend grid-based electricity supply to provincial towns, district towns and nearby rural areas in the near future providing grid quality electricity to 40% of rural households by 2020 and 70% by 2030. In rural areas, with no access to public grids, the RGC seeks to encourage private development of mini-grids based on diesel and/or renewable energy sources. Under the Rural Electrification and Transmission Project (RETP), the Solar Homes System (SHS) program has been developed to offer the inhabitants in off-grid rural areas, where it is expected that grid or mini-grid supply will not reach within next 5-10 years, with the opportunity of having basic electricity supplies. The SHS purchase is financed with subsidy and loan from the REF, with repayment within 4 years. |
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| Description of the Actual Services Provided | Phase 1: Supervision of the installation of up to 12 000 SHS (13 months) distributed in more than 400 settlements; Phase 2: Collection of payments and maintenance of the SHS units. (On 4 years duration) : * Collection of the loan repayment from the SHS beneficiaries every month from the date of installation up to the end; * Operation and Maintenance of SHS; * Updating 2 databases : (i) Operation & maintenance database and (ii) Loan Repayment database; * Development of user instructions leaflet. |