APPEL À L’ACTION FEUILLE DE ROUTE POUR LA SURVIE ET LA CROISSANCE DU SECTEUR DES ÉNERGIES RENOUVELABLES DÉCENTRALISÉES DANS LE CONTEXTE DE LA CRISE DU COVID-19

This report, published by the Alliance for Renewable Electrification (ARE) in April 2020, outlines a roadmap to ensure the survival and growth of the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the crisis threatens the viability of DRE companies and the delivery of electricity to rural communities, potentially hindering the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) by 2030. The document provides specific financial, political, and technical recommendations for governments, donors, and charities to protect the sector and leverage the crisis to accelerate universal electrification.

• The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent liquidity crisis for decentralized renewable energy (DRE) companies, with most reporting they can only sustain operations for 3 to 6 months under current conditions. This instability is driven by reduced customer liquidity due to lockdowns, decreased demand, limited commercial agent activity, and restricted access to capital.
• The ARE proposes the creation of a "Global DRE Support Fund" to protect local economies and maintain rural employment. This fund would provide grants or concessional loans with interest rates up to 3% and minimum repayment periods of four years, with allocations based on impact indicators and active personnel in rural areas.
• To ensure long-term growth and achieve SDG 7, the report calls for a "Rural Electrification Stimulus Plan." This plan would mobilize private, public, and charitable funding to reduce risks and encourage local financial intermediaries to co-invest, utilizing result-based financing, concessional loans for capital expenditures, and risk mitigation tools.
• The report urges governments to officially designate the DRE sector as an "essential service," similar to health, water, and food sectors. This status would allow key personnel to move during lockdowns to maintain power grids and support rural health centers and businesses.
• The document recommends three specific areas of short-term technical assistance for DRE companies to manage the pandemic: risk scenario analysis and mitigation plans, crisis management and resilience planning, and health and hygiene training for field staff.
• The DRE sector is positioned as a critical tool for universal electrification; the IEA estimates that DRE systems, including clean mini-grids and standalone solar home systems, will be the least expensive solution for the majority of the 840 million additional connections needed by 2030, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where over two-thirds of new connections are expected to be DRE.

APA

Medici, A. (2020). APPEL À L’ACTION FEUILLE DE ROUTE POUR LA SURVIE ET LA CROISSANCE DU SECTEUR DES ÉNERGIES RENOUVELABLES DÉCENTRALISÉES DANS LE CONTEXTE DE LA CRISE DU COVID-19. Alliance for Renewable Electrification. https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2020-06-26-ARE-COVID-19-Response-Appel-a-laction-FR.pdf

Chicago

Medici, Alessandro. APPEL À L’ACTION FEUILLE DE ROUTE POUR LA SURVIE ET LA CROISSANCE DU SECTEUR DES ÉNERGIES RENOUVELABLES DÉCENTRALISÉES DANS LE CONTEXTE DE LA CRISE DU COVID-19. Alliance for Renewable Electrification, 2020. https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2020-06-26-ARE-COVID-19-Response-Appel-a-laction-FR.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{medici2020appel, author = {Medici, Alessandro}, title = {{APPEL À L’ACTION FEUILLE DE ROUTE POUR LA SURVIE ET LA CROISSANCE DU SECTEUR DES ÉNERGIES RENOUVELABLES DÉCENTRALISÉES DANS LE CONTEXTE DE LA CRISE DU COVID-19}}, institution = {Alliance for Renewable Electrification}, year = {2020}, month = apr, url = {https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2020-06-26-ARE-COVID-19-Response-Appel-a-laction-FR.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }