EED Advisory’s Post

EED Advisory conducted a national off-grid and mini-grid market assessment of South Sudan, revealing that only 5.4% of South Sudanese have access to electricity. The research shows that 94.7% of households lack electricity, with only 1.8% connected to mini-grids, 0.03% using diesel generators, and 3.44% using off-grid technologies. Most (98.3%) rural households in #SouthSudan lack electricity, yet 1.72% have access through off-grid solar products. Approximately 70% of households in urban areas lack electricity, while 30% have access via micro and mini-grids (13.99%) and solar PV technologies (16.21%). The primary impediment to off-grid solar products in South Sudan is the high upfront cost, which is seen as a barrier by at least 70% of households in rural and urban areas. This barrier could be addressed by offering flexible payment options, with 54% of urban and 29% of rural households open to paying for solar solutions in instalments. However, off-grid solar companies in South Sudan only offered flexible payment options to a few known NGO employees to avoid the high payment default risk. For more insights, visit https://lnkd.in/dNm7_vNv to read the complete Pathways to Electricity Access Expansion in South Sudan: Off-Grid And Mini-Grid Market Assessment report. #ElectricityAccess #OffGridEnergy #MiniGrid #SouthSudan #EEDAdvisory

  • Pathways to Electricity Access Expansion in South Sudan: Off-grid and Mini-Grid Market Assessment
Lincoln Dahl

Managing Director at Waterbuck Partners

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We need studies and reports on the high default risk, rather than on the need for off-grid systems and their well-known upfront cost.

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