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Figure 4.18 (below) indicates the location of all administrative offices and their connectionstatus (grid or off-grid) and the location of prioritised micro-hydro sites supply by the end of2012. Under the access programme, all administrative offices will have electricity access by2012. Most administrative offices will have 24-hour grid supply (55 percent), while theremaining administrative offices (45 percent) will receive solar PV systems.Figure 4.18: Administrative Centre Access to Electricity by 2012The installation of solar PV systems at social facilities that will not be connected to the gridby 2012 helps to ensure that the benefits of electricity will be accessible for all Rwandans.Due to the limits on the number of new household connections that are feasible, the solarPV programme will provide an important parallel to the main grid and micro-hydrocomponents that can connect a large number of households. By providing electricity toremote social facilities, citizens that do not have household access by 2012 will at least beable to unlock the benefits of improved health, education and civic services. As discussed inSection 7, the solar energy programme funded by members of the European Union is anotable example of early donor commitment to the access programme. Investments thathave already received some funding have been taken into account in estimating theadditional funding required.4.6 Summary of the Technical Plan for the Access ProgrammeFigure 4.19 (below) combines the grid and off-grid elements of the access programme to2012 into a single geospatial plan.38
Figure 4.19: Overall Electrification Access Programme to 2013Three important conclusions can be drawn on the programme’s priorities:• Focus on communities close to the existing network—Rwanda is fortunateto have a relatively well-developed MV transmission network, with more than 60percent of the population within five kilometres of the grid. Over 95 percent ofplanned new connections to 2012 are within five kilometres of the existing grid• Focus initially on more densely populated areas—New connections willinitially be made in the urban area of Kigali and peri-urban areas in the northeastof the country. This will help to minimise programme costs and maximiseeconomic opportunities• Connect social facilities with solar PV in remote areas—To reach theGovernment’s targets for supplying electricity to schools, health centres andadministrative offices, social facilities falling outside the areas that will be reachedby the grid will have solar PV units.The number of new household connections planned for the electricity network in eachDistrict is shown in Table 4.5, based on the least-cost planning approach. The three Districtsin Kigali are presented first because new connections will initially focus in the urban area ofKigali. The remaining districts are presented in alphabetical order.The table does not present the new connections that will be made to achieve complete gridcoverage of all administrative sectors (shown in Figure 4.13 above). This means that districtswith few connections will receive additional benefits to those highlighted in Table 4.5 as theprogramme is implemented. The connections made by off-grid systems (micro-hydro and39
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