Development Actors in Mozambique
This chapter presents an overview of the international development organisations that have implemented energy access programmes in Mozambique and those who are planning new initiatives with the central topic of improving energy access and development of the energy sector. The programmes focus on the following energy technologies and energy uses:
- Solar Home Systems (SHS)
- Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
- Productive Use of Energy (PUE)
- Mini-grids/Nano-grids
- On-grid Electrification
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GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GIZ is a German development organisation focusing on international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ has developed over 20 programmes and projects in Mozambique in different sectors including agriculture, health, climate change, and economic development.
GIZ is implementing several energy access programmes in Mozambique:
- Energising Development (EnDev): A multi-donor programme implemented jointly with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) which tackles energy poverty with a market-based approach to serve people in Mozambique with sustainable access to modern energy services via grid densification, solar home systems, pico photovoltaic systems and improved cookstoves
- Green People’s Energy (GBE)”. GBE is an initiative from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (in German: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung – BMZ) for improving the off-grid energy supply in rural areas in Mozambique and other Sub-Saharan countries through the use of renewable energy technology
- GET.invest, a programme that mobilises investment in renwable energy in developing countries to contribute the growth of sustainable energy markets. GET.invest is an instrument of the Global Energy Transformation Programme GET.pro, a multi-donor platform that accelerate the progress towards energy sector transformation. For more information visit: https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/74170.html
For more information on GIZ‘s projects in Mozambique visit: https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/320.html
