14 February 2012
IRENA Publishes Renewables Readiness Assessment for Senegal
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The Renewables Readiness Assessment identifies current good practices, actions that could increase Senegal' s preparedness for renewables adoption and investment, and actors who could support these further actions.

January 2012: The International Renewable Agency (IRENA) has published a report titled “Renewables Readiness Assessment for Senegal: Preliminary Findings,” which identifies areas in which the country can improve its readiness for renewable energy deployment.

The Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) contains chapters on: the energy situation in Senegal; actions identified to upscale renewables deployment in the short- to medium-term; examples of good practice in Senegal; and future cooperation. The report considers on-grid and off- grid energy as well as biofuels at all scales and in all locations, and finds that the country is well positioned to participate in IRENA’s global solar and wind atlas initiative.

The report identifies actions that could increase the countries’ readiness to adopt renewable energy and attract renewable energy investments, including: adapting the rules of intervention for the regulator in the specific case of small electricity producers; finalizing and signing the implementing decrees of the framework laws on renewables; facilitating an agreement on the integration of electricity generated from renewable sources onto the grid; promoting small-scale production of biodiesel; proceeding to review institutional, legal and regulatory conditions and modalities necessary for supporting the National Biofuels Strategy; identifying of conditions needed to increase private sector involvement in renewables manufacturing; and elaborating a process for comprehensive mapping of resources in key areas.

The report also identifies actors who could support these actions and highlights the need for bilateral and multilateral engagement to carry out the actions identified for deployment of renewables. The report indicates that it may be used in future as the basis of national or international programmes on renewables. [IRENA Press Release] [Report: Renewables Readiness Assessment for Senegal: Preliminary Findings]