Liberia Sustainable Energy for All (Se4all) Action Agenda Report 2015
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LIBERIA SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL (SE4ALL) ACTION AGENDA REPORT 2015 Within the Process and Strategy on the Development of Sustainable Energy for all (SE4All) Action Agendas, National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) and National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAPs) in the ECOWAS Member States August 10, 2015 By Assistant Professor Jacob S. Sandikie, B.Sc., M.E.R., Consultant for ECREEE and MLME on NREAP, NEEAP, and SE4ALL With support of: TABLE OF CONTENTS Liberia Sustainable Energy for all (SE4All) Action Agenda 2015 TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................... 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 7 PREAMBLE ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 12 1.1 POLITICAL CONTEXT .............................................................................................................................12 1.2 GEOGRAPHY & DEMOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................12 1.3 ENERGY RESOURCES .............................................................................................................................13 1.4 MACROECONOMIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT ................................................................14 1.5 ASSESSMENT OF LIBERIA’S FINANCIAL SECTOR ...........................................................................15 1.6 LIBERIAN ELECTRICITY SITUATION .................................................................................................16 1.6.1 Current Access to Electricity .......................................................................................................................16 1.7 PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY (ENERGY MIX, EXPORT/IMPORT) ....................................................18 1.8 POWER INSTALLED CAPACITY, GENERATION, IMPORT/EXPORT) ............................................20 1.9 CROSS BORDER POWER EXCHANGE (IMPORT/EXPORT) ..............................................................21 1.10 CURRENT RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR ........................................................................................21 1.10.1 National Actions and Status of the SE4ALL RE and EE Action Plans ................................................ 21 1.10.2 The Power Africa Initiative in Liberia .................................................................................................... 21 1.10.3 Current Programs of the RREA .............................................................................................................. 21 1.10.4 The Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) ........................................................................... 22 1.10.5 GOL Funded Small Hydropower Feasibility and Project Development .............................................. 22 1.10.6 MLME Through the Office of the Energy Advisor ................................................................................ 23 1.10.7 Programs Outlined By LEC in Support of the Objectives of SE4ALL ................................................ 23 1.10.8 Existing Plans/Strategies and the Gaps ....................................................................................................... 24 1.11 LEGAL, REGULATORY AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................25 1.11.1 Institutional Framework .............................................................................................................................. 25 1.11.2 Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy (MLME) ......................................................................................... 25 1.11.3 The Department of Energy (DOE), MLME ................................................................................................ 26 1.11.4 The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) ................................................................................... 26 1.11.5 Establishment of the Rural Energy Fund (REFUND) ................................................................................. 27 1.11.6 Electricity Regulatory Board (ERB) ........................................................................................................... 27 1.11.7 Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) ................................................................................................... 27 1.11.8 LEC Technical and Commercial Electric Generation Losses ..................................................................... 28 1 | P a g e Liberia Sustainable Energy for all (SE4All) Action Agenda 2015 1.11.9 Indipendent Power Producers, Transmission and Distribution Companies (IPP, IPTs and IPDs) .............. 28 1.11.10 Institutions for Off-Grid Power and Renewable Energy Unit .............................................................. 28 1.11.11 Saint Paul River Authority (SPRA) ......................................................................................................... 29 1.11.12 The National Energy Committee (NEC) ..................................................................................................... 29 1.12 ELECTRICITY LAW .................................................................................................................................29 1.12.1 Purpose and Scope of the Electricity Law ................................................................................................... 29 2.0 VISION AND TARGETS UNTIL 2030 ........................................................................................... 30 2.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE VISION ..........................................................................................................30 2.1.1 The Country’s Overall Vision for SE4All....................................................................................................30 2.1.2 The GOL 2009 Adopted NEPL Energy Access Target .......................................................................... 31 2.1.3 NEPL Quality Standards .......................................................................................................................... 32 2.1.4 NEPL Policy to Reducing GHG Emissions and Improving Energy Efficiency ................................... 32 2.1.5 The Objectives Achieved to Date (August 2015)..................................................................................... 32 2.1.6 Expected Energy Sector Development Trajectory ................................................................................. 33 2.1.7 Setting the Level of SE4ALL Ambition for Liberia ............................................................................... 33 2.1.8 Tracking Framework Set by the GTF - The Way Forward .................................................................. 33 2.2 ENERGY ACCESS TARGETS UNTIL 2030 .............................................................................................34 2.3 TARGETS FOR GRID CONNECTED INSTALLED CAPACITY AND SHARE OF RE .......................35 2.3.1 Renewable Energy Share in Total Grid Consumptions ......................................................................... 35 2.4 OFF-GRID APPLICATIONS TARGETS ..................................................................................................36 2.5 DOMESTIC COOKING UTILIZING IMPROVED COOK-STOVES TECHNOLOGIES .....................36 2.6 TARGETS FOR DOMESTIC COOKING ENERGY ................................................................................37 2.7 SCENARIO WITH UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO MODERN COOKING, "COOKING PLAN"...............37 2.8 SOLAR WATER HEATERS TARGETS ...................................................................................................37 2.9 BIOFUELS ENERGY TARGETS ..............................................................................................................38 2.10 ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGET UNTIL 2030 .......................................................................................39 2.10.1 Target Sources for Energy Efficiency in Liberia .................................................................................... 39 2.11 RELEVANT NEXUS TARGETS UNTIL 2030 ..........................................................................................40 2.11.1 Stove Quality and Performance Standards .............................................................................................40 2.12 PLANNING THE ROAD MAP AND ACCESS STRATEGY .................................................................. 41 2.12.1 Facilitating the Mini-grid and Off-grid Power Solutions ............................................................................ 41 2.13 MEASURES FOR SOME NEXUS AREAS IN THE LIBERIAN ENERGY SECTOR ........................... 41 2 | P a g e Liberia Sustainable Energy for all (SE4All) Action Agenda 2015 3.0 PRIORITY MEASURES AND ACTION AREAS ......................................................................... 42 3.1 ACHIEVING THE THREE OBJECTIVES OF SE4ALL ..........................................................................42 3.2 THE SE4A AA ACTION AREAS ...............................................................................................................43