MPA promotes the development of micro-utilities building upon the successful experience of the “SharedSolar” interventions currently being carried out in Millennium Promise Alliance project areas in the Sahel and throughout Uganda on renewable energy strategy using biomass.
From the simple task of charging a cell phone to powering clinics, computer labs and small townships, improving the quality and quantity of energy is vital to boosting incomes, agricultural production, health, environment and education in the most remote areas of the world. Improving access to water and energy, however, remains one of the biggest obstacles to development because of the large investments needed to have an impact at scale.
At the start of Millennium Promise Alliance, most public institutions and government partners lacked grid electricity connections, and household connections were virtually non-existent. Almost all cooking in homes and schools used fuel wood in traditional three-stone fires, which are both inefficient and unhealthy. Millennium Promise Alliance in partnership with government, private partners and local communities, have shown major gains in extending the electrical grid, increasing access to off-grid electricity and improving energy for cooking.