EDF IN AFRICA
A mountain village in rural Morocco
‘ The utility ’ s strategy is to form small , local companies that can serve communities better . EDF is focused on bringing both large and small scale renewable installations to rural communities ’ by the end of the development .
These goals are scaled according to the needs of the country , and with relation to what ’ s achievable . In Senegal , where only 23 percent of the rural population has access to electricity , the goal for the development efforts is to supply 180,000 people with electricity .
Unlike its work in Botswana , the project in Senegal is more tightly focused , specifically on the Kaffrine-Tambacounda-Kédougou concession . This concession accounts for more than 2,000 rural villages in the central and southeastern portions of the country .
While clear objectives are important in EDF ’ s Africa initiatives , it ’ s only one portion of what makes it effective .
A Small Solution to a Big Problem In the countries it serves , EDF isn ’ t attempting to build or re-build national grids . As it has been seen across the rural world , the key to energy accessibility lies in smaller , localized grids and personal forms of energy .
In Morocco , the plan is to bring electricity to 161,000 people , or 23,000 customers . To do this , the
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