Solar Solutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In 2017, Nuru successfully launched Congo''s first solar-powered mini-grid. It also has a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma, which is currently “the largest off-grid mini-grid in sub
However offgrid power is essential in the rural areas and small towns across this vast country. Even with new solar and wind DRC could only satisfy between 15 and 55% of total demand. This leaves between 45% and 85% needing offgrid power or 16 gW of installed solar capacity ! Same applies to clean water as only 23% have access. Biblio
There is also sufficient for the rural areas around Kinshasa, Mbandaka on the Congo river and the main port of Matadi. It can even be exported over the river to Brazzaville. Currently the DRC only has 2.5 gW installed and no early benefit from the Inga. However solar and wind is available now.
The DRC aims to connect 32% of the country to elec-tricity by 2030. Meeting this challenge will require co-ordinated efforts from various stakeholders, support-ive policies and regulations, and technical assistance support to prospective projects in order to attract in-vestments.
The public version of the resulting report of the effort is available here. The Democratic Republic of Congo's national electric-ity access rate is estimated at 19%. Less than 1% of the rural population and 41% of the urban population has energy access. Of the country's 10 million house-holds, only 1.6 million have have access to electricity.
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