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Participants :

Contributors : Ghislain D Dessieh Africa for Green Daouda Konkobo Head of Analytics for Exvivo Mehdi Berrada,Alto Solution CEA & Founder Gilles Rocchia, Directeur Marketing Stratégie et Marchés chez Socomec Paul-Francois Cattier, SE Internatinal - President West & Central Africa, Caibean, Indian & Pacific isles Demba Diallo, Expert A4T Rachid Yazami (CS A4T) Priscilla Air Liquide Facilitator: Samir Karoum connector A4T

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WHY Micro-grids ? Provide clean & reliable energy to 6OO Millions African

CIGRÉ Micro-grid definition : Micro-grids are electricity distribution systems containing loads and distributed energy resources, (such as distributed generators, storage devices, or controllable loads) that can be operated in a controlled, coordinated way either while connected to the main power network or while is landed.

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Micro-Grid worldwide Installed base (in GW)

Micro Grid Installed base in GW

What about Africa ? - Let’s target a leap frog such as Mobile Telco - Let’s make it Africa for Africa - Let’s make frugal & linking several fields

Main Challenges & REX: - Uncertainty on technologies & profitability - It’s not a “do it yourself” type of projects - Mixing Energy & Water improves ROI’s

2 approaches : Publics sector: Launch tender for batches of micro-grids (60 villages or more) => Back to « normal» financing Private sector or village: Consider pilot projects - with the smallest micro grid brick - to scale later on

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HOW ? Focusing on a specific Case = Tiegba 4000 inhabitants

1- Soft conditions of Success -Check Government regulations on Electricity resale -Fully on Board Village Community in the project - MOOC to train and increase awarness/involvement

2- Financial Conditions of Succcess -Financial attractivity, (secure the ROI) - Integration of Electricity, Water & Connectivity

1 Village Partial 200 Homes , 150 Watt / Home = 30 K/W

3- Applications for community Development : Commercial activities, Livestock Breeding, Food prod, Food processing , Foodstorage , Food for sale , Media & Entertainment, internet access, Energy service, School & Education, Health station, Water management, Village community life…

LOCAL community project

Electricity + Water + Internet connectivity

Several indirect benefits

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HOW ? Micro-grid project simplified value chain principles

Components manufacturing

System Engineering

System Integration

Construction Operation & Maintenance

Reduce cost of technology

Frugal Operation & Maintenance

LV network = local employment

It represents an significant cost contributor of the project to ensure reliable LV Network construction & connexion. Installation will be performed by / sub-contracted to a local company allowing economical activitie

Main criteria considered Low Cost , Eproved technology, Ecological solution, Sustainable solution have led to the following choice : PV + Battery + Pump + water Tank + Router + Internet connexion to allow maximum synergies.

Buy Make

Through Digital innovation develop MOOC to train Operators, Improve population awareness and involvement , Train population on consumer to adapted behavior to save energy Manage Spare parts availability involving the community via => Common stock

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WHAT ? Micro-Grid project Business Plan 20 years

BENEFITS: Profitability : 280.000€ invested => cumulated cash-flows over 20 years = 370.000 € 8000 tonnes of C02 saved Health issues due to carbon & wood heater usage avoided Economical developpement of the village

WHAT’S NEXT ? 1/ Identify and start with a project pilot in Africa (in a country with adapted regulation) 2/ Find financing option for a batch of villages to scale (Institution, partnershhip, crowdsourcing…) 3/ Develop remote pilote & Maintenance + related services

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Main References :

Mini-grid definition from CIGRE, DOE USA, energypedia.info Introduction to microgrids from Smartgrids-cre.fr Green power for mobile GSMA report march 2014 Sharing Business models & scaling up mini-grid in Asia Pacific TERI report 2013 PV innovation for micro-entreprise GIZ (German innovation) report 2016 AFD & BAD report on 2050 horizon of energy in Africa Increasing rural energy access through mini-grids- CIF (Climate Investment Fonds) report march 2014 Mini-grid policy toolkit – UE Energy associative & Moroccan Solar Cluster - 2016 quarterly report Electricity for rural population in Senegal report from “Fondation Energie pour le monde” Smart village business model for off-grid electricity - Cambridge Workshop report Jan 2016 Project Design on the renewable energy in Kenya _ Economic Consulting Associate s (ECA) Nov. 2014