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

该项目提供了在肯尼亚和撒哈拉以南非洲地区加速清洁能源获取的潜力，包括弱势群体和边缘化群体，并通过为“**综合微型电网**”创建新的商业模式来支持性别平等。在肯尼亚，来自微型电网项目的能源消耗平均为40%(骑士能源)。这类项目往往是非商业性的，需要政府资助，导致能源获得率持续较低(71.4%，世界银行)。肯尼亚的微型电网项目平均约60千瓦，投资仅为50-80K GB，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得到服务的能源用户，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可投资，并为开发商和投资者提供手段(软件)来确定许多此类项目的投资组合，从而实现这一点，这些项目将对肯尼亚农村电气化计划目前覆盖的更多村庄产生积极影响。设想的能源系统的一次能源投入是太阳能，小型风力发电场也有一定的潜力。清洁能源技术也设想在包括电动汽车在内的能源系统的需求方面。除了提供能源通道外，设想的商业模式的部署将取代对化石燃料运输能源的依赖，从而减少当地对空气、土壤和水的污染，并减少在电力生产和燃料分配中燃烧化石燃料所产生的二氧化碳排放。此外，还将研究静态电池储能系统，以帮助平衡微型电网中的能源需求与太阳能/风能供应的时机。最后，将调查需求侧响应(DSR)和其他有效的需求管理做法的平衡潜力。项目合作伙伴包括两个总部设在肯尼亚的合作伙伴和两个欧洲合作伙伴。**新资源合作伙伴**(NRP)是一家当地的清洁能源创新企业，为国家和地方政府以及清洁能源投资者提供建议，在英国、欧洲和印度工作。**非洲可持续交通**(STA)是国家内的牵头组织，这是一个非政府组织，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。**VAI Capital**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子移动项目提供资金，以获得财务回报以及气候、经济和社会影响。**骑士能源**(骑士和应用程序有限公司的商品名称)是一家清洁能源项目开发商，在东非的总装机容量超过12兆瓦。

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.