Webinar Series: Status Quo and Market Potential of Off-grid Renewables in Mozambique

Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa and also one of the top energy-access deficit countries. In 2019, only 30% of the total population had electricity access while 5% had access to clean cooking fuels and technologies1. However, Mozambique has a huge RE potential i.e. 23,000 GW of solar energy2, 12,000 MW of hydro energy3, 4.5 GW of wind potential and 2 GW of biomass energy4. Thus, off-grid renewable solutions have the potential to bridge the energy access gap and achieve country-wide electrification and access to clean cooking. Against this background, energypedia and GBE Mozambique are jointly organizing a four-part webinar series on selected RE technologies such as solar home systems, improved cookstoves, mini/nano grid and solar powered irrigation. Based on demand and interest from the Mozambican energy sector, the webinar series will/can be expanded to include other productive uses of energy. The aim of this webinar series is twofold: promote knowledge creation and sharing on selected RE technologies (mentioned above) and highlight the experiences (both success and failure case stories and learnings) from the sector to prevent duplication and inventing of the wheel. The case studies featured during the webinars will also feed into the “Mozambique-Energypedia Off-grid Knowledge Hub”.