Purpose

To increase national awareness on renewables and energy efficiency and remove barriers to investment and market development through a national policy instrument.

Main Activities

• Identify and evaluate existing energy policy documents.
• Facilitate renewable policy dialogue through consultation meetings between relevant government ministries and agencies, civil society organisations/NGOs, development partners, the private sector, local government officials, energy experts;
• Establish an institutional framework (RE & EE Committee) to serve as the vehicle for formulating the clean energy Policy and Action Plan;
• Draft a national clean energy Policy and Action Plan;
• Convene a forum to review, finalise and validate the draft Policy and Action Plan;
• Submit the final Policy and Action Plan to the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Lands, Mines & Energy for approval.

Expected Impact

• Production of a national policy instrument to build and increase the application of clean energy in Liberia by promoting investment, market development and end-use technologies;
• Increased access to energy services and the resulting positive  impact on poverty;
• Increase energy sector competition by facilitating Government support through tax subsidies for renewables and energy efficiency scale-up;
• Facilitation of private sector investment/lending in the clean energy sector;
• Increased investment in off-grid rural electrification through the deployment of renewable energy technologies;
• Facilitation of indigenous energy technologies that demonstrate clear cost advantage without jeopardising quality;
• Organisation of training to build local capacity to deal with renewable issues.