National Renewable Energy Action Plans (Nreaps)
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National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) LIBERIA Period 2015-2020/2030 Within the implementation of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy (EREP) June 1, 2015 By Jacob S. Sandikie, B.Sc., M.E.R., Consultant for ECREEE and MLME on NREAP, NEEAP, and SE4ALL With support of: NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN (NREAP) OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA 2015 Contact Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy (MLME) Capitol Hill, Monrovia P.O. Box 10-9024 1000 Monrovia 10 Liberia Developed By Assistant Professor Jacob S. Sandikie with technical assistance of: ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) http://www.ecreee.org Supported by: Within the framework of Sustainable Energy for All Action Agenda - 2 - NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN (NREAP) OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA 2015 Table of Contents 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... - 8 - 2.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... - 8 - 3.0 SUMMARY OF CURRENT NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY .......................................................... - 9 - 3.1 AN EXAMINATION OF THE 2009 ENERGY POLICY OF LIBERIA .................................................................... - 9 - 3.1.1 The 2009 NEPL Energy Access Targets ................................................................................................... - 9 - 3.1.2 Quality Standards ..................................................................................................................................... - 10 - 3.1.3 Energy Cost and Efficiency Targets ....................................................................................................... - 10 - 3.1.4 The Status of the 2009 NEPL as of November 2015 .............................................................................. - 10 - 3.2 THE RREA ACT OF JULY 6, 2015 .................................................................................................................... - 10 - 3.2.1 Objectives of the RREA ............................................................................................................................ - 11 - 3.2.2 Principles of Rural and Renewable Energy ............................................................................................ - 11 - 3.3 THE NEW 2015 ELECTRICITY LAW OF LIBERIA ........................................................................................... - 12 - 3.3.1 Purpose and Scope of the 2015 Electricity Law .................................................................................... - 12 - 3.4 THE PROPOSED GOL POWER SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND PROGRESS ................................ - 13 - 4.0 ENERGY SECTOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN LIBERIA ................................................................. - 14 - 5.0 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................................................ - 15 - 5.1 MINISTRY OF LANDS, MINES AND ENERGY (MLME) ................................................................................... - 15 - 5.1.1 The Department of Energy (DOE), MLME ............................................................................................... - 15 - 5.1.2 Energy Regulatory Board (ERB) and Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC)................ - 16 - 5.2 LIBERIA ELECTRICITY CORPORATION (LEC) ............................................................................................... - 17 - 6.0 SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT POWER GENERATION CAPACITY ............................................................... - 17 - 6.1 CURRENT STATUS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PENETRATION IN 2010 ..................................................... - 17 - 6.2 ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR (INSTALLED CAPACITY, ANNUAL GENERATION, IMPORT/EXPORT) ......... - 18 - 6.3 THE 2015 ASSESSED SELF-GENERATION (NON-LEC GRID CONNECTED) CAPACITY ........................... - 18 - 7.0 TARGETS FOR GRID CONNECTED RE 2010, 2020 AND 2030 ...................................................................... - 19 - 7.1 TARGETS FOR GRID CONNECTED RENEWABLE ENERGY ........................................................................ - 19 - 7.2 TARGETS FOR OFF-GRID APPLICATIONS .................................................................................................... - 20 - 7.3 DOMESTIC COOKING UTILIZING IMPROVED COOK-STOVES TECHNOLOGIES ....................................... - 20 - 7.3.1 Targets For Domestic Cooking Energy .................................................................................................. - 21 - 7.3.2 Scenario With Measures to Achieve Universal Access to Modern Cooking, "Cooking Plan" .......... - 21 - 7.4 PROJECTED MODERN COOKING ................................................................................................................... - 21 - 7.5 TARGETS FOR SOLAR WATER HEATERS .................................................................................................... - 23 - 7.6 TARGETS FOR BIO-FUEL USE AS FUEL ........................................................................................................ - 23 - 7.7 RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS AND TRAJECTORIES .............................................................................. - 23 - 7.7.1 Grid‐Connected Renewable Energy Targets .............................................................................................. - 23 - 7.8 OVERVIEW OF THE SCENARIO NREAP - NEEAP - SE4ALL ........................................................................ - 24 - 7.8.1 The Access Rate ....................................................................................................................................... - 24 - 7.8.2 Scenario With Simultaneous Introduction of RE-EE-SE4All Measures ............................................... - 24 - 7.9 COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF THE SCENARIOS ......................................................................................... - 24 - 7.10 SAVINGS FROM ENERGY EFFICIENCY ...................................................................................................... - 25 - 8.0 VALUE OF REQUIRED INVESTMENTS ........................................................................................................... - 26 - - 3 - NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN (NREAP) OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA 2015 8.1 VALUE OF ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AND REQUIRED INVESTMENTS ........................................ - 26 - 9.0 ANNUAL POWER GENERATION RESOURCES MIX ...................................................................................... - 28 - 10.0 THE ACCESS TARGETS FOR THE SHARE OF GRID-CONNECTED RENEWABLE ENERGY .................... - 32 - 10.1 GRID-CONNECTED RENEWABLE ENERGY ............................................................................................... - 32 - 10.2 PROJECTED POWER GENERATION OR SAVINGS BY SOURCE ............................................................. - 32 - 10.3 OFF-GRID RENEWABLE ENERGY ACCESS TARGETS .............................................................................. - 35 - 10.3.1 Access to Electricity Baseline Scenario ............................................................................................ - 35 - 10.3.2 Contribution of Renewable Energy to Electricity Access Targets .................................................. - 36 - 10.3.3 Targets and Estimated Trajectory for Rural Population Served by RE .......................................... - 37 - 10.3.4 Targets and Estimated Trajectory for Off-Grid RE Systems ............................................................ - 38 - 11.0 RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS FOR DOMESTIC USES ........................................................................ 39 11.1 DOMESTIC COOKING ENERGY TARGETS AND TRAJECTORIES ................................................................. 39 11.2 SOLAR THERMAL WATER HEATING ................................................................................................................ 40 11.3 BIO-FUELS TARGETS ......................................................................................................................................... 40 12.0 POWER SECTOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ................................................................................ 41 12.1 STATUS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTRY ......................................................... 41 12.2 CURRENT KNOWN ENERGY RELATED REGISTERED LIBERIAN OWNED COMPANIES .......................... 42 13.0 MEASURES FOR ACHIEVING THE TARGETS ..................................................................................................... 43 13.1 SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE EREP................................................................. 44 13.1.1 Administrative Procedures and Spatial Planning ........................................................................................ 44 13.2 COORDINATION IN THE AUTHORIZATION AND LICENSING ACTIVITIES .................................................... 45 13.3 Technical Specifications for Buildings ............................................................................................................. 45 13.3.1 Information Provisions and Capacity Building .....................................................................................