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1 January 2000

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Table 1 Selection of initiatives on small hydropower in Africa

Location	Project	Implementer	Description	Important component
East Africa	Greening the tea industry	UNEP/GEF	Small hydro plants at tea factories, including rural electrification component	Linking rural electrification with existing industrial activity
Kenya	Tungu-Kabiri hydro project	Practical Action / UNDP/GEF-SGP	Community owned system to power micro enterprises centre	Legislative framework prohibited connection of households
	Rural Energy Access Model	GPower	11 small hydro plants initially off-grid, later to be interconnected. Includes local turbine production	Long term planning, integration with grid, part of larger development plan, local turbine manufacturing
Malawi. Mozambique, Zimbabwe	Catalysing Modern Energy Service Delivery to Marginal Communities in Southern Africa	Practical Action/EU	Rehabilitating existing systems, development of local/regional capacity	Inclusion of capacity building component
Mozambique	Access to modern energy services	GIZ	Rehabilitation of microhydro mills	Direct link with productive use
Nigeria	UNIDO Regional Centre for Small Hydro Power, Abuja	UNIDO	National and regional capacity building	Capacity building, linkages with International Centre for Small Hydro Power, Hangzhou, China. Current status unclear
Rwanda	Energizing Development	GTZ	Support to private sector to develop hydroplants	Need to incorporate requirements of financial sector
	Rural energy development in Rwanda	UNIDO	Rural energy development	Learning-by-doing project – increased role of private sector in construction and O&M
Tanzania	Kinko Village hydro, Lushoto	UNIDO/ MoEM/ TANESCO/ TaTEDO	Establishment of village hydro scheme	Integration of productive uses (grain milling and ICT centre)
South Africa	Bethlehem hydro	NuPlanet	7MW capacity at Sol Plaatje and Merino sites	CDM project
Uganda	Kisiizi Hospital hydropower	Kisiizi Hospital Power Limited	300 kW crossflow turbine serving hospital and local community	Hospital as anchor client
West Africa (Cameroon, Mali, Central African Republic, DRC, Gabon, Congo, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Togo and Benin)	First regional micro/mini-hydropower capacity development and investment in rural electricity access	UNDP/GEF	Regional integration project aiming at developing 36 small hydropower stations. Included a network on small hydropower.	Establishment of regional network. PLEASE NOTE: project cancelled.

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