Component 2: Stand-alone Solar Home Systems and Clean Cooking Solutions for Households

This component is implemented through a competitively recruited Facility Manager comprising of SNV and Sun funder. The 3 facilities include solar Results-Based Financing (RBF), solar debt, and Clean Cooking Solutions RBF.

1. Stand-alone Solar Home Systems for households

The vast majority of off-grid households in the 14 underserved counties are dispersed and require individual system solutions (Solar Home Systems- SHS). The project will leverage on the thriving SHS industry and provide incentives to companies currently operating in the more densely populated areas of Kenya, to expand to underserved counties. These services provided through portable SHS, are well suited to some of the population in the underserved counties as the households do not always live in permanent structures.

Affordability for the SHS is ensured by allowing the households to pay for the systems over time. Preliminary World Bank Multi-tier Framework (MTF) surveys shows over half a million households can afford a Tier I  SHS.

In total, 250,000 households that consist of 1.1 million people will be reached through SHS.

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2. Clean Cooking Solutions

The project target is to support transition from low-efficiency baseline stoves to cleaner, high efficiency improved stoves in 8 counties. i.e Turkana , West Pokot, Isiolo, Samburu, Marsabit, Kilifi, Kwale and Taita Taveta counties.

The target is to facilitate sale of 150,000 technologies.

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