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Prerequisites for the realisation of these changes include the formulation and implementation of smart, effective policies, capacity to design and implement innovative but proven approaches, and availability of financing mechanisms in combination with market-based approaches. This can only be effectively achieved with a long-term systemic approach. Such an approach implies the intimate involvement of government bodies, the private sector and civil society. To increase our impact on poverty reduction, SNV concentrates its efforts on those areas, mostly rural, that in the foreseeable future will not be able to access on-grid solutions. >> Go to SNV's Services in Renewable Energy

Our  main  objectives  in  Renewable  Energy

• To realise access to sustainable, clean and reliable energy sources for domestic households and SMEs including small producers, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
• To create an enabling environment whereby local existing organisations are strengthened or established where required and sound policies, including regulation, quality assurance and governance, are developed.

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Scope

In Renewable Energy we make a distinction between energy sources, technologies and end-uses. SNV focuses on the following:

• RE energy sources: Biomass, energy crops, residues (agricultural/other), solar, wind and hydro;
• RE technologies: Biodigesters (biogas), clean cookstoves, improved watermills, portable solar lanterns;
• RE end-uses: Cooking, heating, lighting and energy supply.

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