Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Zanzibar, (Lot 2) Inception Report

This Inception Report describes how assistance will be delivered under the EU project “Technical Assistance for the implementation of renewable energies and energy efficiency projects, including regulatory reforms (Lot 2)” (EuropeAid/135818/IH/SER/TZ), Service Contract №FED/2016/375-441. It is financed by the European Union, under the Cotonou Agreement, through the European Development Fund (EDF). 

The Project is part of thecomprehensiveEUprogramme insupportoftheREandEEInitiativeinZanzibar thatconsisted ofthepreparatory TA “BridgingPhase”, acontract for supply and installation of wind and solar measurement equipment (under implementation) and two (2) TA contracts for the implementation of the programmevia2lots:

Lot1:Wind ResourceandSolarPotentialAnalysis and fullscale FeasibilityStudies ofwindandsolarfarmsintheperspectiveofdeveloping40 MWwindfarmsinUnguja,4 MWin Pemba andsolar farms.

Lot2:TechnicalAssistancefortheimplementationofrenewableenergiesandenergyefficiency projects,includingregulatory reforms – the present project.

The RE & EE Lot 2 project is a 24-month technical assistance effort, whose main objectiveis to support the development of renewable energies in Zanzibar, promote implementation of energy efficiency and adequate regulatory and institutional framework through appropriate transfer of know-how and capacity developments of Key Stakeholders.