Myanmar
January 2020 - June 2022
On behalf of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ is assisting Myanmar’s Department of Rural Development to implement National Electrification Project’s off-grid component with its specific focus on mini grids.
The overall objective is to hone and strengthen the competence of relevant public and private stakeholders involved in Myanmar’s rural electrification process, enabling them to plan, develop and implement decentralized off-grid electrification solutions, primarily renewable energy-based mini grids.
Building on existing knowledge and local practices, the project is tasked with advising DRD at the union level and with promoting targeted capacity building and business development in the country wide. The approach comprises three main lines of action together with specific tasks and objectives:
The two cross cutting issue for all the approaches are: Gender Integration and Quality and Innovations.
Finally, with a regulatory framework enacted, a capacity development strategy in place, and buy-in from local and inter-national investors, the foundation is set to sustain a project pipeline, showcasing private-public partnership and long-term, sustainable ownership of Myanmar’s rural energy infrastructure.
Myanmar
01 March 2016 - 29 February 2020
The Project Development Programme (PDP) implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) supports the Ministry of Energy (MoE) in Thailand in increasing the deployment of renewable energy technologies in the country. Thailand has ambitious policy targets for renewable energy and is the market leader for such technologies in Southeast Asia. Under the current political framework, several initiatives focus on the community level with the goal to promote sustainable energy production on a decentralized level. In accordance with MoEN’s goals, GIZ focuses on increasing the deployment of renewable energy in communities, regions and provinces in Thailand by sharing German experience and know-how. Since especially small and medium sized companies are the carrier of knowledge and technology in this regard, the strategy of the project is to trigger business cooperation between German and Thai companies to develop a Thai-German Community-Based Renewable Energy (CBRE) project jointly with MoEN that combines different renewable energy or intelligent grid technologies, and to develop business models which allow for the local community to directly benefit from the project.
Myanmar , Thailand , Viet Nam
15 January 2014 - 31 March 2018
