📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P169561
Region: Africa
The Project development objective is to expand access to electricity service and to create an enabling environment for private sector participation in the Zanzibar electricity sector.
The Project development objective is to expand access to reliable electricity and to create an enabling environment for private sector participation in the Zanzibar electricity sector. Key Results (From PCN) (i) People with access to electricity (number); (ii) Capacity of solar PV generation that reached financial close (MW); and (iii) Capacity of grid-connected battery energy storage installed (MWh). D. Concept Description 18. The proposed project is aligned with Zanzibar’s energy sector development and electrification goals of developing locally available energy resources and achieving universal access to reliable electricity by 2032. The proposed project will increase access to electricity for households, commercial, and industrial users, and public institutions in the rural, peri-urban and urban areas through on-grid solutions. The proposed project will support investments to: (i) enable the connection and evacuation of domestically generated renewable energy; (ii) create an enabling policy and regulatory environment for private sector participation in renewable power generation and improve supply quality and efficiency/reliability of the electricity network, and (iii) provide technical assistance and management tools to ZECO skilling and capacity building activities within relevant RGoZ ministries/entities: ZMoFP; MoLHWE, ZECO, ZURA and ZEMA. 19. The Bank financing instrument is the Investment Project Financing (IPF). The IPF has been selected as it is considered an effective instrument for a client whose implementing capacity is deemed weak and will be implementing a Bank financed project for the first time. Further assessments will be carried out during project preparation to determine the type of technical assistance and capacity building needed to enable effective and timely implementation of the proposed project.
