PROVIDING CLEAN POWER TO HEALTH FACILITIES IN SIERRA LEONE

The Sierra Leone Healthcare Electrification Project, managed by SEforALL and funded by the UK, is deploying solar PV and battery storage to health facilities to replace polluting diesel generators. After successfully equipping six hospitals with over 0.6 MWp of capacity, the project has expanded to 26 additional health facilities. The initiative aims to improve health outcomes by providing reliable power for critical equipment and includes a training program for young women in the renewable energy sector.

• Sierra Leone faces significant energy poverty, with 95% of rural residents and nearly 50% of urban residents lacking electricity connections. This shortage leads to an over-reliance on expensive and polluting diesel fuels, and even grid-connected areas suffer from poor reliability and frequent outages, which negatively impacts healthcare and education.
• More than 1,000 health facilities in Sierra Leone require either a complete or back-up power solution, with an estimated investment need of approximately USD 64 million.
• The Sierra Leone Healthcare Electrification Project, funded by the UK and managed by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), initially equipped six hospitals in Freetown, Kambia, Masanga, Kabala, and Bonthe with solar PV and battery storage. These installations provided a combined total of over 0.6 megawatt-peak (MWp) of solar PV capacity. The project has since expanded to include one additional hospital and 25 community health centres.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2024). PROVIDING CLEAN POWER TO HEALTH FACILITIES IN SIERRA LEONE. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2024-06/rm-case-study-sierra-leone-hospitals.pdf

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. PROVIDING CLEAN POWER TO HEALTH FACILITIES IN SIERRA LEONE. 2024. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2024-06/rm-case-study-sierra-leone-hospitals.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2024providing, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{PROVIDING CLEAN POWER TO HEALTH FACILITIES IN SIERRA LEONE}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2024-06/rm-case-study-sierra-leone-hospitals.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }