Decentralized Rural Electrification Project in Cameroon
Cameroon is a rural country. More than 70 percent of its people live in rural areas. In 1995, of 13,000 villages in Cameroon, only about 1,500 were connected to the national electricity grid. Most of Cameroon's 12.2 million inhabitants lack ac...
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okr-10986-180612021-04-23T14:03:38Z Decentralized Rural Electrification Project in Cameroon World Bank ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACID BATTERIES AFFORDABLE CREDIT APPROACH BANKS CLINICS COLLABORATION COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITIES CREDIT FACILITIES CREDIT MECHANISMS DECENTRALIZED RURAL ELECTRIFICATION DIESEL DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY DRY CELLS ELECTRIC GENERATOR ELECTRICAL PROJECT ELECTRICAL SERVICES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT ENERGY POLICIES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRID EXTENSION GRID SYSTEMS HOUSEHOLDS INHABITANTS INNOVATIONS INSTALLMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK OIL PILOT PROJECTS POWER POWER COMPANY PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PROFITABLE BUSINESSES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS START-UP START-UP COSTS SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOWNS TURBINE URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VILLAGES Cameroon is a rural country. More than 70 percent of its people live in rural areas. In 1995, of 13,000 villages in Cameroon, only about 1,500 were connected to the national electricity grid. Most of Cameroon's 12.2 million inhabitants lack access to electricity. Only about 5 percent of all households have electricity. About 35 percent of urban households have electricity, but in rural areas this figure is less than 1 percent. Data are lacking on the number of rural clinics and schools with refrigeration and electricity or the number of villages with access to (electric) pumping facilities. The distribution of electricity in Cameroon is limited, and the growth of new subscribers is slow. New connections are only made in high load areas such as towns and industrial establishments, where grid extension is a cost-effective solution. But even in the peri-urban areas, thousands of consumers are not connected and use lead-acid batteries to run their televisions and lights. To extend the grid to rural areas would require a significant increase in investment just to keep up with population growth. Given the problems that the urban-based grid systems already experience, it is unlikely that most of the rural population and institutions, under current policies, will get electricity in the next 20-40 years. 2014-04-25T18:13:56Z 2014-04-25T18:13:56Z 2005-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/10345703/decentralized-rural-electrification-project-cameroon http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18061 English en_US Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP); CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper Publications & Research Africa Cameroon |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACID BATTERIES AFFORDABLE CREDIT APPROACH BANKS CLINICS COLLABORATION COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITIES CREDIT FACILITIES CREDIT MECHANISMS DECENTRALIZED RURAL ELECTRIFICATION DIESEL DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY DRY CELLS ELECTRIC GENERATOR ELECTRICAL PROJECT ELECTRICAL SERVICES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT ENERGY POLICIES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRID EXTENSION GRID SYSTEMS HOUSEHOLDS INHABITANTS INNOVATIONS INSTALLMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK OIL PILOT PROJECTS POWER POWER COMPANY PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PROFITABLE BUSINESSES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS START-UP START-UP COSTS SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOWNS TURBINE URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VILLAGES |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACID BATTERIES AFFORDABLE CREDIT APPROACH BANKS CLINICS COLLABORATION COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITIES CREDIT FACILITIES CREDIT MECHANISMS DECENTRALIZED RURAL ELECTRIFICATION DIESEL DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY DRY CELLS ELECTRIC GENERATOR ELECTRICAL PROJECT ELECTRICAL SERVICES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT ENERGY POLICIES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRID EXTENSION GRID SYSTEMS HOUSEHOLDS INHABITANTS INNOVATIONS INSTALLMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK OIL PILOT PROJECTS POWER POWER COMPANY PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PROFITABLE BUSINESSES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS START-UP START-UP COSTS SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOWNS TURBINE URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VILLAGES World Bank Decentralized Rural Electrification Project in Cameroon |
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Cameroon is a rural country. More than
70 percent of its people live in rural areas. In 1995, of
13,000 villages in Cameroon, only about 1,500 were connected
to the national electricity grid. Most of Cameroon's
12.2 million inhabitants lack access to electricity. Only
about 5 percent of all households have electricity. About 35
percent of urban households have electricity, but in rural
areas this figure is less than 1 percent. Data are lacking
on the number of rural clinics and schools with
refrigeration and electricity or the number of villages with
access to (electric) pumping facilities. The distribution of
electricity in Cameroon is limited, and the growth of new
subscribers is slow. New connections are only made in high
load areas such as towns and industrial establishments,
where grid extension is a cost-effective solution. But even
in the peri-urban areas, thousands of consumers are not
connected and use lead-acid batteries to run their
televisions and lights. To extend the grid to rural areas
would require a significant increase in investment just to
keep up with population growth. Given the problems that the
urban-based grid systems already experience, it is unlikely
that most of the rural population and institutions, under
current policies, will get electricity in the next 20-40 years. |
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Decentralized Rural Electrification Project in Cameroon |
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Decentralized Rural Electrification Project in Cameroon |
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Decentralized Rural Electrification Project in Cameroon |
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Decentralized Rural Electrification Project in Cameroon |
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Decentralized Rural Electrification Project in Cameroon |
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decentralized rural electrification project in cameroon |
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Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/10345703/decentralized-rural-electrification-project-cameroon http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18061 |
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