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| The Government of Lesotho is cognisant of the fact that 76.3% of the country’s population lives in the rural areas and about 8.7% (DoE, 2014) of them have access to electricity services. To provide the un-electrified 91.35% of the rural population with electricity services through grid extension will simply be an insurmountable task in view of the very high costs associated with construction of electricity lines across a mountainous terrain to supply the small amounts of electricity that the rural population requires. Consequently, there is a keen awareness among decision makers, of the need to shift towards more decentralised, sustainable and modern forms of energy for the much dispersed rural areas in terms of cooking, lighting and heating during the winter months. Thus, renewable energy sources present an excellent alternative to grid extension. Renewable energy technologies can be utilised in isolated mini-grid configurations to provide the rural population with modern energy services, including electricity.
The UNDP Country Office and the Government of Lesotho will, for the next five years (2016 – 2021) implement a GEF-financed project “Development of Cornerstone Public Policies and Institutional Capacities to accelerate Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Progress”. The objective of the project is to catalyse investments in renewable energy-based mini-grids and Energy Centres to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contribute to the achievement of Lesotho’s Vision 2020 and SE4All goals. It proposes to put in place an enabling environment for the development of these renewable energy systems and develop a suitable business model and financial instruments for their viability and replication. This objective is proposed to be achieved through the participation of the private sector working hand in hand with village community organisations. Thus, this programme will not only benefit rural households and small commercial enterprises, but will also connect the private sector, financial institutions, technical training and local organisations to promote the establishment of distribution channels to develop the renewable energy market for the provision of electricity services. Project outcomes are as follows:
The last comprehensive assessment of the energy sector situation (energy survey) in Lesotho was carried out in 1985 during the development of the Lesotho Energy Master Plan (LEMP). The LEMP exercise subsequently developed an energy model called the Lesotho Energy Information System (LEIS) which was used as the national energy planning model with projections of supply and demand for energy up to the year 2010, but is no longer in use. |
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The energy survey will cover the ten districts of Lesotho in all the sectors including households, health, industry, agriculture, education, etc. The survey will focus on energy supply, consumption and demand, disaggregated by sector, district, application and gender. It will include energy access and intensity baseline data (energy efficiency) as well as penetration and performance of renewable energy technologies (RETs). In addition the survey will establish a supply and demand relationship for a base year (2017) by documenting the existing flow pattern of energy use (energy balance sheet) in Lesotho from energy sources through any conversion processes to the final point of consumption. The consultant will be responsible for delivering high quality data according to the expectation and protocols of, and within a timeframe defined by the TOR. Specifically, the consultant will be responsible for the following activities and tasks: Specific Tasks
Expected deliverables and schedule of works The duration of the survey will be approximately 11 months (13 weeks employment duration). The consultant will undertake 3 missions, a total of 8 weeks in Maseru Lesotho, while the remaining 5 weeks will be spend in home office. DOE and BOS have a full team in place for the survey and the consultant will work with this team to produce the expected outputs. |
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