Catalysing Bankability of East African Mini-grids by Integrating Transport Energy Demand

通过整合运输能源需求促进东非微型电网的融资能力

• 批准号: 10039913
• 金额: $ 95.06万
• 依托单位: NEW RESOURCE PARTNERS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10039913
• 关键词: Catalysing; Bankability; East; African; Mini

This project offers the potential to accelerate clean energy access in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa, including for disadvantaged and marginalised groups, and supporting gender equality, by creating new business models for "**Integrated Mini-grids**". In Kenya, energy off-take from mini-grid projects averages 40% (Knights Energy). Such projects often remain non-commercial, and require government funding, resulting in persistently low energy-access-rates (71.4%, World Bank). Mini-grid projects in Kenya average around 60kW, an investment of only £50-80k, and too small to be attractive to many private investors.The project directly targets **energy access** for presently unserved energy users, including marginalised, disadvantaged and groups such as women, the elderly and persons with disabilities. It does this through rendering rural mini-grids investable, and providing the means (software) for developers and investors to identify portfolios of many such projects, which will positively impact many more villages than presently reached by Kenya's rural electrification programmes.The primary energy input to the energy systems envisaged is solar, with some potential for small wind farms also. Clean energy technology is envisaged also on the demand-side of the energy systems, including electric vehicles. In addition to providing energy access, deployment of the business models envisaged will displace reliance on fossil-fired transport energy, leading to reduced local pollution of air, soil and water, and reduced CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels both in the production of electricity, and in the distribution of fuel. In addition static battery energy storage systems will be investigated to help balance the demand for energy in mini-grids with the timing of solar/wind supply. Finally, Demand Side Response (DSR) and other efficient demand management practices will be investigated for their balancing potential.The Project Partners include two Kenyan-headquartered and two European partners. **New Resource Partners** (NRP) is a local clean energy innovation business, advising national and local governments, and investors in clean energy, working in the UK, Europe and India. **Sustainable Transport Africa** (STA) is the in-country lead, an NGO whose core mandate is to promote energy access for the underprivileged through sustainable transport solutions. **VAI Capital** is an investment and fund manager specialised in sustainable transport, with focus on financing integrated energy and e-mobility projects for financial return and climate, economic and social impact. **Knights Energy** (Trading Name of Knights and Apps Ltd.) is a clean energy project developer, with a total installed capacity of over 12MW installed across East Africa.

该项目通过为“** 综合微型电网 **"创造新的商业模式，为加速肯尼亚和撒哈拉以南非洲的清洁能源普及提供了潜力，包括为弱势和边缘化群体提供清洁能源，并支持性别平等。在肯尼亚，来自小型电网项目的能源平均占40%（Knights Energy）。这类项目通常是非商业性的，需要政府资助，导致能源获取率持续偏低（71.4%，世界银行）。肯尼亚的迷你电网项目平均约为60千瓦，投资仅为5万至8万英镑，而且规模太小，对许多私人投资者没有吸引力。该项目直接针对目前未获得服务的能源用户，包括边缘化，弱势群体和妇女，老年人和残疾人等群体。它通过使农村微型电网具有投资价值，并为开发商和投资者提供手段（软件），以确定许多这类项目的组合，这将对比肯尼亚农村电气化方案目前所覆盖的更多的村庄产生积极影响，设想的能源系统的主要能源投入是太阳能，小型风力发电场也有一定的潜力。清洁能源技术也被设想用于能源系统的需求方，包括电动汽车。除了提供能源供应外，部署设想的商业模式将取代对化石燃料运输能源的依赖，从而减少当地空气、土壤和水的污染，并减少发电和燃料分配过程中燃烧化石燃料产生的二氧化碳排放。此外，还将研究静态电池储能系统，以帮助平衡小型电网的能源需求与太阳能/风能供应的时间。最后，需求侧响应（DSR）和其他有效的需求管理实践将被调查，以了解其平衡潜力。项目合作伙伴包括两家总部位于肯尼亚的合作伙伴和两家欧洲合作伙伴。**New Resource Partners**（NRP）是一家本地清洁能源创新企业，为国家和地方政府以及清洁能源投资者提供咨询，在英国，欧洲和印度工作。** 非洲可持续交通 **（STA）是国内牵头组织，是一个非政府组织，其核心任务是通过可持续交通解决方案促进弱势群体获得能源。** 奥钢联资本 ** 是一家专注于可持续交通的投资和基金管理公司，专注于为综合能源和电动汽车项目提供融资，以获得财务回报以及气候，经济和社会影响。**Knights Energy**（Knights and Apps Ltd.的商号）是一家清洁能源项目开发商，在东非地区安装的总装机容量超过12 MW。