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Business Plan for the operator of the proposed mini grid at Voinjama, Foya, Kolahun, and some Villages, around the selected towns, in Lofa County in Liberia (2.5 hybrid hydro-diesel SHPP)

Country : Liberia
Client : The World Bank / RREA Liberia
Start Date : 02/11/2016
Completion Date : 31/07/2017
Value of services : 257 050 €
Funder : World Bank .
Associate/Partner : N/A
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Description :
Under the leadership of RREA, the WB-financed project Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project (LIRENAP) was approved in January 2016. The main component of the project is the implementation of MW-size mini-grid (hydro/diesel) in Lofa County and the implementation of a sustainable business model to operate and maintain the electricity service.
The mini-grid in Lofa County will provide access to affordable, reliable, year-round electricity services to about 50,000 people in North Lofa County, an economic and agricultural hub in North-West Liberia close to the border with Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The mini-grid will serve the towns of Vonjaima, Foya, Kolahun, and Massambolahun/Bolahun and surrounding areas and will provide electrical service to households, business and public institutions.
The main generation supply source will be from a small hydropower site called Kaiha 2 in the Kaiha River.
The objective of this assignment is to support RREA to setup the operation and management arrangement of the mini-grid in Lofa County.
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Description of the Actual Services Provided The scope of the assignment will include the following tasks:
- Definition of the institutional arrangement for the operation of the minigrid in Lofa County
- Assessment of the best institutional arrangement for the operation of the minigrid in Lofa County:
- Elaboration of contract and legal documents of the PPP of the mini-grid in Lofa County
- Elaborate the business plan for the operator of the mini-grid in Lofa County
- Technical assistance to RREA in the selection process of the operator of the mini-grid in Lofa County
- Assistance to define the selection process of the operator of the mini-grid in Lofa County
- Assistance in bidding and contracting the operator
- Training of national stakeholders
- Assessment on the Demand Side Management options for the Operator to reduce the generation costs of the mini-grid