STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN - Ministry of Mines and Energy

NNAA MMRREEPP
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DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVE
1. Enhanced
capacity of the
renewable energy
and energy
efficiency sector
2. Improved
renewable energy
and energy
efficiency
knowledge base
3. Broadened
awareness of
renewable energy
and energy
efficiency
4. Equal playing
field for
renewable energy
5. Improved
financing
mechanisms for
renewable energy
technologies
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DETAILS
The capacity to deal with renewable energy and energy
efficiency issues needs to be enhanced by establishing the
institutional and human resources capacity within the
renewable energy sector by way of a Renewable Energy and
Energy Efficiency Institute. A well-functioning Institute is
essential for the successful implementation of the Renewable
Energy Strategic Action Plan.
An improved renewable energy and energy efficiency
knowledge base will have to be established by way of
research and studies so that energy policies can continuously
be reviewed and effectively implemented, The newly
established REEE Institute will need to coordinate the
development and implementation of a research strategy on
urban energy use and rural energy needs.
Decision-makers and the broad public need to be sensitised
about the macro- and micro-economic as well as the
environmental advantages of renewable energy and energy
efficiency technologies and practices. In order to achieve this
objective, the REEE Institute will be instrumental in developing
and implementing a renewable energy public awareness
strategy.
Once an REEE Institute has been established that will act as
the “driver” of the Renewable Energy Strategic Action Plan,
essential studies and research have been conducted, an
appropriate level of information has been made available and
awareness has been raised (especially among the decision
makers), the necessary steps can be instituted for the
establishment of an “equal playing field” for renewable energy.
This includes a reform process of the energy pricing, legal and
regulatory framework. This will require that the REEE Institute
act as a leader in the development of structures for renewable
energy and energy efficiency planning, generation and
regulation to a level similar to that of the conventional energy
sector.
Once an enabling environment has been established in terms
of institutional capacity, information, awareness and the
regulatory framework, the financing mechanisms for
renewable energy technologies need to be enhanced by
promoting investments for their advancement. For the REEE
Institute, it will become a task of high priority to develop,
update and disseminate life cycle assessment tools for
decision-makers and to assist in the establishment of an
electrification fund. For MME, it will be essential that sufficient
funding is provided to the Solar Revolving Fund.