Knowledge fuels change - Support energypedia!
For over 10 years, energypedia has been connecting energy experts around the world — helping them share knowledge, learn from each other, and accelerate the global energy transition.
Today, we ask for your support to keep this platform free and accessible to all. Even a small contribution makes a big difference! If just 10–20% of our 60,000+ monthly visitors donated the equivalent of a cup of coffee — €5 — Energypedia would be fully funded for a whole year.
Is the knowledge you’ve gained through Energypedia this year worth €5 or more?
Your donation keeps the platform running, helps us create new knowledge products, and contributes directly to achieving SDG 7.

Donate now and support open access to energy expertise
Thank you for your support, your donation, big or small, truly matters!

Publication - Lessons from Collective Action for the Local Governance of Mini-Grids for Pro-Poor Electricity Access

From energypedia


►Add a New Publication
►See All Latest Publications

Title
Lessons from Collective Action for the Local Governance of Mini-Grids for Pro-Poor Electricity Access
Publisher
Low Carbon Energy for Development Netowork
Author
Lorenz Gollwitzer and Jon Cloke
Published in
May 2018
Abstract
Access to modern energy can be a key enabler for human development through improvements in livelihoods, education and healthcare. Over the last two decades decentralized energy options using renewable energy sources have enabled faster access to reliable energy services for communities across developing Asia and Africa. These Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) solutions include both standalone systems such as Solar Home Systems (SHS) and solar lanterns, and interconnected systems such as micro and mini-grids.

In the current context, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) such as the African Development Bank (AfDB) and national governments are actively developing policies around mini-grids and accelerating their deployment as part of rural electrification plans. There is, thus, an urgency to research and collate both practice and learning that ensures the long-term sustainability of these systems. While the technical and financial factors affecting the operational sustainability of rural mini-grids in developing countries are comparatively well-researched, the social and institutional aspects critical for longer-term sustainability are relatively under-researched and form the basis of this paper.

This briefing paper builds on studies of mini-grids in Kenya and in Bangladesh to illustrate the relevance of community governance in the deployment and management of DRE systems in underserved and off-grid regions of the Global South. Mini grids are highly dependent on community cooperation and good governance mechanisms to succeed. Understanding this role of local institutions is a pertinent challenge because, despite recent developments in the mini-grid sector, pro-poor, operationally sustainable and easily replicable approaches for mini-grid-based rural electrification remain difficult to find. This understanding holds considerable promise in connecting knowledge gained from both community-based and private-sector mini-grid operation.
URL
link to the document


Admin:
Yes

PIE Grant (Grid Portal)?


















Retrieved from "https://energypedia.info/index.php?title=Publication_-_Lessons_from_Collective_Action_for_the_Local_Governance_of_Mini-Grids_for_Pro-Poor_Electricity_Access&oldid=279256"