The ecowas small scale hydro power program
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The ECOWAS Small-Scale Hydro Power Program runs from 2013 to 2018 to promote small-scale hydro power (<30MW) in ECOWAS countries. It aims to develop 35 small hydro power projects by 2018 to increase energy access. The program is managed by ECREEE and partners like UNIDO to support project development, capacity building, and improve national policies and stakeholder coordination. Expected results by 2018 include 5 operational demonstration projects, 2 refurbished projects, 10 companies providing small hydro services, and improved understanding of barriers to support the sector's growth.
The ecowas small scale hydro power program
- 1. Efficiency (ECOWREX) and the provided tools and contents Partners SMALL HYDRO ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency are utilised. j. An information base on relevant SSHP resources and sites is created and helps to facilitate the development and implementation of SHP programmes and projects. k. A communication strategy disseminating achieved progress and raising awareness about SSHP opportunities is developed and implemented. POWER l. ECREEE is established as centre of excellence in the SSHP sector. Implementation Strategy The SSHP Program is managed by the ECREEE Secretariat, based in Cape Verde, Praia, in close partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Other partners are invited to join. The partners will be responsible for the administration of the program (e.g. project cycle management, appraisal and quality assurance of supported projects, financial accountability). The program management team will implement the activities according to the project document and annual work plans. To stimulate the market most of the activities will be executed by private implementers contracted through competitive tenders or call for proposals. The SSHP Program is governed by the ECREEE Executive Board (EB) and a special Technical Committee (TC) formed by local and international SSHP experts. The bodies will review and approve the annual work plans, budgets progress and financial reports of the program. Moreover, strategic steering and technical assistance for supported projects will be provided. Contact us: The SSHP program will benefit fully from the established ECREEE network of National Focal Institutions (NFIs) among all ECOWAS countries and the UNIDO Regional Centre for Small Address: Achada Santo Antonio, Hydropower in Africa (URC-SHP), based in Abuja, Nigeria. The Electra Building, 2nd Floor C.P. 288, Praia, Cape Verde budget requirement to implement the envisaged first phase of the ECOWAS SSHP Program amounts to around 15,5 million Tel.: (+238) 260 4630 Euro for the period 2013 to 2018. Fax: (+238) 262 4614 e-mail: info@ecreee.org Skype: info-ecreee www.ecreee.org Towards Sustainable Energy
- 2. THE ECOWAS SMALL-SCALE HYDRO POWER PROGRAM: First Phase 2013 to 2018 synergies to the Strategic Program for West Africa of the Global b. At least 5 SSHP projects (< 100 kW) are operating and - during Environment Facility (GEF). their planning and implementation - have served as demonstration projects for capacity building. The SSHP Program contributes to the objectives of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy (EREP) to increase the c. At least 2 refurbishment/rehabilitation projects (< 200 kW) are share of renewable energy (excl. large hydro) in the overall identified and realised. electricity mix to around 10% in 2020 and 19% in 2030. These targets translate to the installation of additional 2.425 d. At least 10 companies started to provide various SSHP related MW renewable electricity capacity by 2020 and 7.606 MW by services (planning, operation, repair etc.). 2030. It is estimated that SSHP could contribute with 787 MW Towards Sustainable Energy e. Bottlenecks of SSHP project implementation and operation, of (33%) by 2020 and 2449 MW (32%) by 2030 to this additional current policies and legal frameworks and roles and shortcomings capacity. The SSHP program also contributes to the objectives of relevant stakeholders are understood and recommendations for of the ECOWAS White Paper on Energy Access in Peri-Urban improvement are elaborated and discussed. and Rural areas. It is expected that in 2030 around 25% of the rural population will be served either fully or partly through f.ECOWAS countries obviously improved their legal framework renewable energy powered mini-grids. The SSHP program (poverty reduction impact of SSHP in evidence in the legal Background complements the WAPP Master Plan which is mainly focused framework, feed-in tariff defined, transparent licensing procedure on the expansion of transmission lines and generation from etc.) and SSHP has become integral part of ECOWAS/WAPP T he ECOWAS SSHP program was adopted by the large hydro power and natural gas. planning documents. ECOWAS Ministers of Energy in October 2012 and is implemented between 2013 and 2018. The Program Envisaged Results by 2018 g. A capacity development strategy is elaborated and SSHP contributes to increased access to modern, affordable initiatives and projects increasingly rely on local expertise from and reliable energy services, energy security and The program will generate the following key results by 2018: public and private sector (with limited international support). mitigation of negative externalities of the energy system a. By 2018, at least 35 projects (new projects or rehabilitations) (e.g. GHG emissions, local pollution) by establishing h. Quality guidelines are introduced during trainings and are in different ranges of capacity up to 30 MW are developed to an enabling environment for small-scale hydro power generally applied for development and implementation of SSHP feasibility stage and at least 5 are brought to financial closure. investments and markets in the ECOWAS region. projects. The projects will be identified through annual calls of the The program is a priority action under the regional ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility. i. Facilitate open knowledge sharing on SSHP aspects through SE4ALL Framework for West Africa and will seek the ECOWAS Observatory for Renewable Energy and Energy The overall hydroelectric potential (small, medium and stations do not exist anymore. Lines will allow large scale) located in the fifteen ECOWAS countries regional power trade and will lower the generation is estimated at around 25,000 MW. It is estimated that costs and consumer tariffs particularly in countries only around 16% has been exploited. Around half of highly dependent on expensive diesel generation Hydropower Potentials in the the existing large potential (around 11,5 GW) has been today. The estimations for the SSHP potential (up to ECOWAS region assessed technically and economically in the course of the elaboration of the 2011 Master Plan of the West 30 MW) in the ECOWAS region differ widely and lack of reliability. They range from 1.900 MW to 5.700 MW African Power Pool (WAPP). The implementation of of feasible potential. Due to the lack of available the WAPP project pipeline and attached transmission hydrological data in the countries it remains difficult decades ago have never been updated and gauging to give a comprehensive updated overview.