Capacity Building to Remove Barriers to Renewable Energy Development

This project removes key market, policy, technical and financial barriers to renewable energy. Components include: a) strengthening the capacity of government agencies to enact and implement sound renewable energy policies; b) providing information for targeted audiences to build an renewable energy market; c) creating a "one-stop-shop" market service center for preparing and promoting renewable energy projects; d) increasing coordination among organizations concerned with renewable energy; e) assisting the market penetration of renewable energy in remote, off-grid communities by providing incentives for innovative market delivery and financing mechanisms; f) improving the quality of renewable energy technologies and systems through assistance with standard setting. The project complements ongoing and planned renewable energy and rural electrification sponsored by the government.