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MODULE 10: INCREASING ACCESS TO ENERGY SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS
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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICYMAKING FOR AFRICA
CONCLUSIONS
• Financing is key to increasing access to energy in rural
areas
• Many renewable technologies best suited to provide
energy services to remote rural areas use non-monetized
fuel, but have a prohibitive initial capital cost
• Need for planning integration/consultation with
stakeholders (REAs, DSOs, TSOs,…) = role for energy
regulator
• Governments are actively promoting the replacement of
fuel-wood by subsidizing other energy sources
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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICYMAKING FOR AFRICA
CONCLUSIONS (2)
• But the success depends on two factors largely beyond
government control:
– Economic growth
– The corresponding increase in personal incomes
• The substitution process of energy sources in many
countries is hampered by high import costs resulting from
the inefficient procurement of small quantities of RETs
• Private sector participation is always the most important
option for energy to access to rural people
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