Electricity Access Scale Up Project

Government of Uganda with funding support from the World Bank is preparing the Electricity Access Scale up Project (EASP) with a development objective of increasing access to energy for households, commercial enterprises and public institutions.

UECCC will implement the Financial Intermediation component that will provide credit support instruments for:

• Provision of End user financing for Solar home systems and Commercial systems;
• Provision of Working Capital Facilities for Solar Companies and clean cooking technology companies.
• Provision of financing for Clean Cook stoves for Institutions and households.
• The provision of Result Based Grants to facilitate access to Tier one solar lanterns that qualifies for mapping/counting under the Sustainable Energy for All Agenda (SE4ALL).
• Partner with Uganda Solar Energy Association (USEA) to provide capacity building to solar companies in the areas of Entrepreneurship Development and Job Creation.
• Solar electrification of public schools and hospitals.
• Internal wiring and electrical appliances
• Support standalone solar systems for productive use such as irrigation and refrigeration.

Project Targets

• 490,000 off-grid solar connections, benefiting approximately 2.3 million Ugandans and refugees.
• 353,000 households supplied with clean cooking solutions, benefiting approximately 1.6 million Ugandans and refugees.
• 9,000 productive-use energy systems for activities such as water pumping, irrigation, refrigeration, cooling, water heating and grain milling for informal small enterprises.

Funding Mobilised from Development Partners