The EAC Regional Strategy on Scaling-Up Access to Modern Energy Services aims to increase access to modern energy services by adopting High Impact, Low Cost scalable approaches. It addresses four key targets that are key to poverty reduction and sustainable development in line with the 7th UN Sustainable Development Goal. The four targets include:
- Access to modern cooking practices for 50% of traditional biomass users;
- Access to reliable electricity for all urban and peri-urban poor;
- Access to modern energy services for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centres; and
- Access to mechanical power within the community for all productive services.
To scale up energy services in East Africa to support the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Enable the use of modern fuels for 50% of those who at present use traditional biomass for cooking
Access to reliable modern energy services for all urban and peri-urban poor.
Electricity for services such as lighting, refrigeration, information and communication technology, and water treatment and supply for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centres
Access to mechanical power within the community for all communities for productive uses
Increasing adoption of improved cook stoves
Increasing LPG distribution and consumption in urban centers
Mini-hydro systems
Connecting 460,000 urban households to electricity
Grid connection (within 10 km of existing transmission and distribution lines)
Diesel Multifunctional platforms (MFPs)
Bagasse Cogeneration
https://www.uncclearn.org/wp-content/uploads/library/undp65.pdf
https://www.eac.int/energy/renewable-energy/projects-and-programmes