APRIL—JUNE 2014 Volume 1, Issue 2 SE4ALL SECRETARIAT

GHANA SE4ALL NEWS GHANA ACTION AGEN- DA

PROGRESS ON HIGH IMPACT PRIORITY AREAS  Promote Productive Uses of Electricity In this quarter, more progress was made by the SE4ALL implementing institutions toward the achievement of the Ghana objectives. Below are highlights of activities undertaken and suc-  Improve Access to : cesses chalked under the high impact priority areas of the Ghana SE4ALL Action Agenda: Improved Cookstove  Improve Access to Promoting Productive Uses of Electricity LPG for cooking

 The Spanish government is supporting the (GoG) through the Ministry of Fisheries  Provide Access to and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) to establish six (6) cold store and refrigeration facilities in the Electricity for Remote Western, Central and Greater Regions. Five of these cold store facilities have been completed in Communities Using Off , Shama, Kromantse, Nyanyano, and Prampam. The sixth is currently being constructed at -Grid Systems New Takoradi in the Western Region. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum is supporting with trans- formers to supply electricity to the cold stores and the responsible district assemblies are working on providing access to water, drains, roads, markets and other social amenities to ensure the sustainable operation of the cold stores.

Access to Improved Cookstove

 The Energy Commission and the Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GHACCO) have completed two reports: National Mapping of Stakeholders in Ghana’s Improved Cookstove Industry, and Consumer Segmentation Study. The two reports are currently being merged by the Energy Commission to constitute a baseline report for the improved cookstove industry in Ghana. The studies where sup- ported by UNDP-Ghana, and SNV; and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (The Alliance), re- spectively.

 The development of standards for improved cookstoves is on-going at the Ghana Standards Author- ity. This activity is part of UNDP’s support toward the implementation of SE4ALL in Ghana.

 Procurement has begun for the purchase of equipment for the establishment of the Cookstove Testing and Expertise Centre at the Technology Consultancy Centre of KNUST. The Request for Pro- Inside this issue: posal was published on UNDP and The Alliance websites. Proposals received are being reviewed. Progress on High Im- 1  To promote the establishment of sustainable woodlot plantations for fuelwood, the Energy Commis- pact Priority Areas sion has kick-start a Sustainable Woodfuel Project in the Eastern and Volta . The project which is being piloted in four Senior High Schools (SHS); namely Presbyterian SHS, and SE4ALL Events in Ghana 2 Greater Manchester Education Institute at Begoro in the ; and SHS and and Abroad Dabala Technical SHS in the ; will establish a total of 16 hectares of woodlot plantation. It is anticipated that 21,500 seedlings would be planted under the project. The Forestry Commission Report from Partner 3 is providing technical support to the project. Improved Access to LPG for Cooking Announcements 4  Under the Rural LPG Promotion Programme being implemented by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in partnership with the National Petroleum Authority, Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company, Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company and Energy Commission, 7,000 LPG cylinders (6kg) and stoves were distributed in Tano South District of the Brong region and Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district of the of Ghana. About 66 and 74 communities were reached in the Tano South Page 2 Volume 1, Issue 2

and Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam districts, respec-  The Alliance—USD 500,000 catalytic i s , tively. grants for seven (7) cookstoves and LPG can operate at cost recovery, under the Uni- small and medium enterprises, plus USD form Tariff Policy. The group deliberated possi- 30m spend in the cookstove sector for a 3 ble mini-grid configurations or sales arrange- SE4ALL EVENTS IN -year period ments that would allow a mini-grid to meet GHANA AND ABROAD existing regulations while charging for a service GoG—increasing access to LPG in rural  that would recover cost. Ghana National Clean areas through the Rural LPG Promotion Cookstoves and Fuel Confer- Programme and support for future LPG The mission delivered an energy project eco- ence infrastructure development nomic and financial analysis model—designed by the State Department SE4ALL team—which The Alliance in collaboration with GHACCO or-  GIZ—financial support for the adoption of facilitates detailed project analysis on financial, ganised a national cookstoves and fuel confer- improved institutional stoves energy potential, and environmental measures. ence in Accra from April 7—11, 2014. The confer-  SNV—innovation in the cookstove sector ence brought together stakeholders from gov- Moving forward, the U.S. will continue working and support for the setting of standards ernment, research and academia, private sec- with Ghana and the multilateral team on devel- oping SE4ALL project specifications and financ- tor, civil society and multilateral partners.  GEF Small Grant—Provide access to funds for cookstove initiatives ing options, drafting of the Investment Prospec- The conference was in two parts: field trips by tus, collaborating with the private sector, and the participating SE4ALL partners to observe Participating dignitaries included: Minister for linking advances in institutional cookstoves to cookstoves and fuel usage in urban and peri- Energy and Petroleum; Minister for Gender, private sector financing. urban areas for domestic and productive pur- Children and Social Protection; Executive Secre- poses; and multi-stakeholder engagement ses- tary, and Director for Technical Regulation of sions. The multi-stakeholder engagement ses- the Energy Commission; Executive Director for SE4ALL Forum, New York sions addressed the following issues: The Alliance; SNV Country Director; The Alli- ance’s Global Ambassador for Clean Cookstoves Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) convened  Day one: stakeholder country action plan (Lucky Dawuni); and other SE4ALL Partners. both the first annual SE4ALL Forum and the third (CAP) review Advisory Board meeting in New York, June 4-6, “cooking should not kill” -

 Day two: commitments from implementing Radha Muthiah, Executive at the United Nations. The Forum attracted Director for The Alliance approximately 1,200 participants from govern- partners; and cookstove and fuel technology exhibition ment, business and civil society. Participation ranged from working level to ministerial and  Day three: health; gender; and monitoring presidential level. and evaluation Third Ghana SE4ALL Mission Held On the opening day of the Forum, forty panel Stephen Appiah unveiled sessions presented a wide range of SE4ALL- From April 29 - May 7, the U.S. Department of as the National Cookstove related topics such as building partnerships, Ambassador for Ghana State led the third SE4ALL mission to Ghana. The connecting with business, “scaling-up” decen- mission convened multilateral partners in Ghana tralized energy solutions, cook stoves, women, for an SE4ALL update session. youth, financing, innovation, efficiency, select individual country actions (including Ghana), At the end of the event, the following commit- The Finance Working Group met for its third energy access practitioner network, and more. ments were made by partners in the cookstove meeting and discussed financing options and the The second day featured the launch of the UN sector of Ghana: challenge of implementing renewable energy projects that are economically sustainable, that Decade for Sustainable Energy, an SE4ALL Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 2

Advisory Board meeting with UN Secretary Also, Faustina Boakye of the Ghana General Ban-Ki Moon presiding, and open meet- Alliance for Clean Cookstoves attend- ings of the Advisory Board’s four committees: ed the Forum. finance, access, renewable energy, and efficien- cy. The meetings highlighted progress to date in each of the four areas and reinforced support REPORT FROM among the attending high level officials for the PARTNER SE4ALL initiative. The third day featured re- marks by high level officials and rallied all SNV Ghana SE4ALL stakeholders to mobilize their efforts into action. SNV is one of the development part- ners in Ghana working actively to Construction of the 40m3 institutional fixed dome From the Ghana SE4ALL multilateral team, the contribute to the achievement of biogas digester at KITA by the CEESD team Energy Commission’s Dr. Nii Darko Asante par- Ghana’s SE4ALL objectives. In the first ticipated on two panel sessions: “Scaling up half of 2014, SNV has worked on the following ferred from Mr. Harrie Knoef of Biomass Tech- Decentralised and ‘Bottom-up’ Energy Solutions: projects: nology Group. The project seeks to prove the A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action” concept that electricity could be produced from and “Country Action Progress: Action Agendas.” 1) Biogas for off-grid electricity generation charcoal. The gasifier was built from materials and fertiliser readily available in Ghana such as cement, sand, KITE’s Ishmael Edjekumhene participated in four iron rods and chicken wires. SNV expects that sessions: “Together We've Got the Power: Why SNV Ghana in collaboration with Center for the gasifier will be fed with charcoal from sus- SE4ALL Needs Civil Society?”; “Energy Access Energy, Environment and Sustainable Develop- tainably grown biomass and agricultural and Practitioner Network”; “Renewable Energy for ment (CEESD) constructed a 40m3 institutional forestry residues including charcoal briquettes Off-Grid/Rural Electrification”; and “Catalyzing fixed dome biogas digester to convert human from fecal sludge. Bottom-up Financing and Investment for Sus- waste to generate 3 kilowatts of green electrici- tainable Energy for All.” The State Department’s ty and organic fertilizer for students at the 3) Improved institutional cookstoves for Mark Kissel participated in one panel session: College of Tropical Agriculture, KITA Campus, in productive uses “Promoting Sustainable Energy for All” and Domeabra – , . SNV pro- focused on local financing challenges. vided the expertise to build the capacity of Under the Energy, Poverty and Gender in Agro- CEESD to realize the project. The Biogas project processing Project (EPGAP), SNV Ghana facili- cost GHC70,000. The project includes a 10 unit tated the construction of 65 improved institu-

toilet facility, a biogas digester with a compost- tional cookstoves in the Ashanti, Northern, ing chamber, desulfurizer, dehydrator, 3kW Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana. generator set, gas holder, and a biogas cookstove. The gasifier for off-grid electricity 2) Gasifier for off-grid electricity generation generation at TCC-KNUST from charcoal

SNV Ghana in partnership with the Technology Consultancy Center of KNUST have constructed the first ferro cement charcoal gasifier to gen- erate 10kw of electricity from charcoal. The technology which could be used to provide elec- The gasifier for off-grid electricity tricity to off-grid rural communities was trans- generation at TCC-KNUST Link to the Ghana SE4ALL Action Ghana SE4ALL Secretariat Plan: http://energycom.gov.gh/ files/SE4ALL-GHANA% 20ACTION%20PLAN.pdf

Energy audits by SNV showed a 42% reduction in communities in the of Ghana. Sustainable Energy for All fuelwood consumption compared to three stone SNV has also conducted energy audits on the Mor- Under SNV Ghana’s EPGAP and stove commonly used by agro-processing indus- rison fish smoking oven which also indicates 39% Improved Fish Smoking and tries. Stoves promoted are made of mud/clay, efficiency over the chorkor smoker which is com- Mangroves Restoration Project, and have a chimney that takes the smoke from monly used in Ghana. The Morrison fish smoking the organization seeks to the cooking area. Switching to improved institu- oven has special features that enhance its efficien- promote the adoption of 1000 tional cookstoves is financially viable, in that the cy, including chimney over the oven for reduced improved institutional initial investment is paid off within four (4) smoke levels, special interlocking trays and heat cookstoves in Ghana, comprising months. resistant base that ensures efficient and fast of: smoking of the fish. Under the Improved Fish Smoking and Mangroves  600 institutional cookstoves for Restoration Project, SNV has constructed 13 fish The project has also established 8 acres of man- pito brewing, rice par boiling smoking ovens in community in the Volta groves in the Kwalakpoyom community in the Ada and shea butter processing; and Region as well as New town and Chorkor East District of the Greater Accra Region.  400 fish smoking ovens for women groups in the coastal ANNOUNCEMENTS regions of Ghana

Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL): Interested applicants may submit their required to make the local absorption of High Impact Opportunity: Clean Energy proposals until 10th August. renewable energy technologies effective. Mini-Grids The EREF Second Call for Proposals is The project will contribute to GoG’s target to Call for Proposals: ECOWAS Renewable supported by the Austrian Federal Minis- achieve universal energy access by 2016. Energy Facility try for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment The project will affect off-grid community- The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Water Management (BMLFUW), the based electrification, increase the share of and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is pleased United Nations Industrial Development renewable energy and promote the produc- to announce that the EREF Second Call for Organization (UNIDO), the Spanish Agency tive uses of energy. Proposals is now open. In for International Cooperation and Devel- view of the SE4ALL High Im- opment (AECID) and the Austrian Develop- The project will facilitate exchange of ex- pact Opportunity of Clean ment Agency (ADA). pertise and technology between China and Energy Mini-Grids, this initia- Ghana, thereby building on China’s unique tive aims to support the installation of More information, including the EREF 2 development experience. The project will be renewable energy-powered mini-grids and Guidelines, is available here: http:// implemented over a period of four years the establishment of an appropriate man- www.ecreee.org/page/eref2 with a total budget of USD 2,720,000. agement, operation and maintenance sys- tem. The overall amount available under The project is a collaboration between the UNDP China and Ghana Renewable this call is 1,000,000 Euros. Ghana Energy Commission, the Ministry of Energy Technology Transfer Project Science and Technology in China and the Approved After the successful implementation of the UNDP Country Offices in Accra and Beijing. First Call for Proposals, under which 41 The Government of Denmark is lending On institutional arrangements, Ghana’s projects were selected and 30 are under support to the promotion of SE4ALL in Energy Commission and China’s Ministry of implementation in the ECOWAS region, Ghana and Zambia under the South-South Science and Technology will implement the ECREEE is now looking specifically at the Cooperation through UNDP China. UNDP project while UNDP China and Ghana provide promotion of mini-grids, a technical solu- China seeks to facilitate the transfer of technical and administrative support for the tion that can often be the most feasible renewable energy technologies from project implementation. option to provide electricity to isolated China to Africa by building the necessary communities. institutional framework and capacity

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