EARP Rwanda

EARP, also known as Electricity Access Rollout Program, is a Rwandan Government Program initiated in 2009 to synergise efforts to realize the country's targets for electricity access.[2]

Electricity Access Rollout Program (EARP)
TypeProgram
IndustryElectricity Access and distribution
Founded2009
HeadquartersKigali, Rwanda
Key people
Reuben Ahimbisibwe
Ag.Program Coordinator[1]
ProductsElectricity
Website

History

EARP was initiated in 2009, when the Government of Rwanda wanted to bring together all Development partners contribution in the energy sector, especially to increase the access rate in the Rwandan community. At that time, only 6% of Rwandan households were accessing on-grid electricity.

So far, remarkable strides have been made by this programme under which access to the grid has increased from 364,000 households in June 2012 to more than 1,000,000 households (38.5% of the total households in Rwanda) in 2019.

EARP mission goes in line with the Rwandan Government rural electrification policy which has set 100% access target by the year 2024 in Rwanda households and 100% of centers expected to boost the economic development commonly named "Productive use areas" by 2022.[3]

Electricity Access in Rwanda

As of June 2021, the cumulative connectivity rate was 65% of Rwandan households including 47.2% connected to the national grid and 17.8% accessing through off-grid systems (mainly solar).[4][5]

During the elaboration of the Economic Development targets, the Government of Rwanda took a decision to diversify the sources of electricity from traditional dominant grid to include even off-grid connections. Subsequently, Households far away from the planned national grid coverage have been encouraged to use alternatively cheaper connections such as Mini-grids and Solar Photovoltaics (PVs) to reduce the cost of access to electricity whilst relieving constraints on historical government subsidies.

See also

References
  1. Bishumba, Nasra (25 January 2017). "Rwf700 million saved on electric pole production". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. Newtimes. "We are targeting 70% energy access by 2018 — EWSA DG" (PDF). newtimes.co.rw. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  3. Rwanda Rural Electrification Strategy
  4. REG. "Electricity Access". reg.rw. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  5. Newtimes. "Govt aims to slash energy losses with new $6 million substations". Retrieved April 17, 2019.


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