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Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project (LESSAP II) Project ID: P180498 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION) Issue date: April 14, 2025 Closing date: April 28, 2026 Consultancy Services for Solar PV Engineer Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-536114-CS-INDV • Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) is an autonomous agency of the Government of Liberia, established in 2010 and legislated in 2015. Its mandate is to facilitate and accelerate the economic transformation of rural Liberia by promoting the development and supply of modern energy products and services, with a focus on locally available renewable resources. Liberia's National Electrification Strategy (NES) aims to achieve universal electricity access by 2030, with a target of 75% access by 2030. The strategy outlines a combination of grid expansion, mini-grids, and stand-alone solar systems to achieve these goals. Under the World Bank-financed LESSAP II, RREA is implementing initiatives to electrify public health and education facilities, deploy solar home systems for households and off-grid productive uses, and pilot private sector-led mini-grids. These efforts are aligned with Liberia's medium-term development plan and contribute to the government's target of reaching universal access to electricity by 2030. With the financing from the World Bank, toward the cost of Liberia Electricity Sector and Strengthening Access Project (LESSAP), RREA intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for Project Coordinator. • Objective of the Assignment The overall objective of the assignment is to coordinate and supervise all solar PV works and related services under the LESSAP (off-grid component) and Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project (LIRENAP) projects, ensuring timely and effective delivery in line with the Project Implementation Manual (PIM) and RREA’s Policy and Procedure Manuals. The Solar PV Engineer will support the deployment of solar PV systems across 90 health facilities under LESSAP Batch I and 121 public facilities (87 health centers and 34 education centers), including the electrification of health facilities using stand-alone solar PV + battery or solar PV + diesel systems; the deployment of stand-alone solar PV systems, solar PV-diesel mini-grids, and solar streetlights under LESSAP I and II; and the coordination and supervision of all Solar PV works under LIRENAP. The role further entails oversight of the construction of the 33/0.4 kV distribution network, the 1.8 MW diesel backup plant, and the 4.0 MWp + 9.4 MWh Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) project, as well as performing other assigned functions in close collaboration with RREA Management and donors.. • Scope of Services The Solar PV Engineer will provide technical leadership and oversight for solar PV and hybrid renewable energy projects. This includes supporting project design and implementation; preparing, reviewing, and evaluating engineering documents and tender materials; advising the Project Coordinator/Engineer on technical matters; and overseeing engineering contracts and deliverables. The role also covers reviewing system designs and contractor submissions, conducting site inspections, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations, supervising installation through commissioning and O&M, certifying payment requests based on verified progress, validating as-built drawings, supporting contract administration and engineering changes, and ensuring quality, safeguards, and full compliance with environmental, social, health, and safety requirements under Liberian law and World Bank standards. Qualifications, Experience, and Competencies • A minimum of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering with a strong background in Renewable Energy Systems, specifically Solar PV technology. Master’s degree in electrical engineering with specialization in Renewable Energy Systems is an added advantage. • The candidate must have a good understanding of Project Management by demonstrating proof of certification. • Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in the planning, design, installation, and implementation of electrical and solar PV engineering works, including contract management and project planning (scope, schedule, cost, quality). • Demonstrated involvement in at least two similar projects in Liberia, with emphasis on solar PV and hybrid mini-grid systems. • Proven ability to interpret and review electrical specifications, drawings, and renewable energy project documentation. • Strong working knowledge of design and project management software, including AutoCAD, PVsyst, HOMER, ArcGIS, or equivalent. • At least two (2) years of experience supporting the preparation and evaluation of World Bank tender/bidding documents, Terms of Reference, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), and electrical/renewable energy system designs. • Solid understanding of renewable energy technologies, including PV modules, inverters, BESS, hybrid systems, and distribution networks. • Familiarity with quality assurance and compliance guidelines aligned with IEC/IEEE standards. • Experience working with rural communities in Liberia or similar contexts will be an added advantage. • Duration This is a time-based contract for a period of two years with the possibility of extension based on performance. Output/Deliverables The Consultant is expected to submit at least the following types of outputs: • Detailed monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports • Component planning documents and performance reports • Field Reports • Project meeting notes and minutes • Periodic project presentations in MS PowerPoint • Key performance indicators • Timely and Accurate Reporting: 100% of required reports (monthly progress, field, performance) submitted on schedule and accepted without major revisions. • Project Schedule Adherence: At least 90% of project activities delivered within planned timelines as tracked in project management software. • Quality of Engineering Outputs: 100% of technical documents and designs meet required standards and are approved on first submission. • Effective Stakeholder Engagement: Regular (at least quarterly) stakeholder coordination meetings held with documented outcomes and follow-ups. The attention of interested individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised November 2017, and August 2018, November 2020 and September 2023 and revised in September 2025, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Please refer to paragraph 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations on conflict of interest related to this assignment which is available on the Bank’s website at http://projectsbeta.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/products-and-services/brief/ Interested individual will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection (ICS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations. Further information and the detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained electronically at the following email addresses and Website, from Mondays to Fridays, from 0900 to 1600 hours GMT: Email: [email protected] Website: www.rrealiberia.org Expression of Interest; clearly marked Consultant for Solar PV Engineer, must be delivered through an email to the address below on or before 4:00 p.m. Local Time, on April 28, 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Attn: Executive Director Rural and Renewable Energy Agency LEC Sub-station, Newport Street 1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia Email: [email protected] Electronic submission should also be copied to the following addresses: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected]
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — RREA
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for 5-Year Strategic Plan for Rural and Renewable Energy…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for Preparing a 5-Year Strategic Plan for Rural and Rene…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — RREA
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — Rural and Renewable Energy…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — RREA
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for Preparing a 5-Year Strategic Plan for Rural and Rene…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for Preparing a 5-Year Strategic Plan — Rural and Renewa…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — Rural and Renewable Energy…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — RREA
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for Preparing a 5-Year Strategic Plan for Rural and Rene…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — Rural and Renewable Energy…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — Rural and Renewable Energy…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for a 5-Year Strategic Plan — RREA
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for the Preparation and Development of a Comprehensive 5-Ye…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Consultancy Services for Preparing a 5-Year Strategic Plan for Rural and Rene…
Republic of Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND ENERGY MASTER PLAN FOR THE RURAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-521340-CS-CQS Issue Date: December 23, 2025 Deadline: January 6, 2026 1.0 Background The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia is an agency of the Government of Liberia with main mandate to accelerate and facilitate the commercial deployment of modern energy services to rural areas with an emphasis on locally available renewable energy resources. Established by Act in 2015, the RREA plays a crucial role in achieving the government's goal of universal energy access by 2030 in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#7), ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy, Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, Rural Energy Strategy & Masterplan, and the National Electrification Strategy. As per the 2021 revised Nationally Determined Contributions, Liberia commits to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected business-as-usual level by 2030. Mitigation targets set for the energy sector by 2030 include the following: • Reduce GHG emissions from energy sector by 40.6% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, • Produce and distribute energy saving cook stoves to reduce the use of fuel wood and charcoal (Link to Forest sector), • Reduce emissions by 588 Gg CO2e per year by making sure 60% of households using wood fuel or charcoal are supplied with energy efficient cook stoves by 2030. Adaptation targets set for the energy sector include the following: • Creation of private investment enabling environment focusing on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in renewables, • Risk mapping of climate stress vulnerability of energy infrastructure – -future investments should be guided by such risk mapping, • Updating design and construction standards and materials to ensure that future energy infrastructure are more resilient to anticipated climate and extreme weather events, Development of off-grid small Hydro Power Plants and on-grid ones via PPAs to maximize the opportunities that energy access offers in improving livelihoods and diversifying income sources, • Promote productive uses of energy through skills training, access to finance and business development, • Develop large photovoltaic (PV) Plants with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by signing PPAs to diversify the energy mix to provide a more resilient system to climate vulnerability. Monthly solar radiation on horizontal surface ranges from about 4 kWh/m2/day during the rainy season in June, July, August to 6 kWh/m2/day during the height of dry season in February and March. The US national Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied biomass resources (other than forestry) in Liberia with a view on how these resources could be used for energy purposes. NREL also indicated that the potential annual waste stream from logging operations, once they restart, could be very substantial, with an estimated 20 million m3 available (162,645 TJ/year), of which 10.9 million m3 at sawmills and the remainder at the logging site; most of that waste would be lost. The annual waste at the sawmills would be able to produce 100 million bags of charcoal, if all waste were convertible into charcoal; this is much more than is currently used in the country. According to the Rural Energy Strategy and Masterplan, hydropower potential of 2 300 MW has been identified in Liberia. This potential is mainly on large rivers with high mean annual flow and low heads. Several locations have heads and flows above 50 m3/s, thus good for above 5 MW hydro schemes. To accelerate progress towards universal access by 2030, the Government of Liberia developed an energy compact under Mission 300 which targets to achieve 75% energy access by 2030 with the below sub-targets to be achieved as of 2025: • Electricity access: 100,000 annual connections, out of which 60,000 would be grid-tied, 15,000 through mini-grids and 25,000 through stand-alone systems, • Clean cooking access: 200,000 clean cookstoves distributed, • Renewable Energy mix: 75% of electricity generation from renewable energy sources. In keeping with Liberia’s 2015 Electricity law as well as existing institutional and policy frameworks for the energy sector, several key stakeholders will be involved into the planning, implementation oversight, monitoring & evaluation as well as creation of enabling environment to achieve the national energy compact under Mission 300, including the following: • Ministry of Mines & Energy: responsible for policy formulation including integrated planning and oversight/monitoring for the energy sector, • Liberia Electricity Corporation: responsible for delivery of grid-tied electricity as a national utility company and involved as per LERC licensing into electricity importation, generation, distribution and retail trade; as well as owner and operator of transmission infrastructure, • Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission: independent regulator for the electricity sector and responsible for the issuance and ensuring compliance oversight of regulations covering legal (licensing/permitting), technical and economic (tariff) issues. The development of this strategy and business plan for the RREA will focus on seven key areas aimed at achieving a renewed ambition for the RREA with the following strategic objectives: • Achieving universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy by 2030, aligning with national development goals and targets. • Investment into digital technology infrastructures to strengthen energy access planning, tendering, implementation and monitoring & evaluation, • Review and recommend enabling policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework to attract and stimulate private sector investments through innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms, addressing access to finance challenge, consumers affordability challenge, eliminating competition from traditional energy sources (fossil fuels) and low-quality renewable energy products and services, removing policy and regulatory barriers to reduce risks for private sector investments, • Scaling up productive use of energy to drive rural industrialization and economic development. • Advancing the decarbonization of the rural energy sector, aligning with global sustainability goals and climate commitments. • Showcasing electrification success stories and providing a blueprint for effective and sustainable electrification models. To date, there are several high-level policies and planning frameworks for renewable energy access, but which have the following limitations and which this assignment will complement: • 2015 Renewable Energy Strategy & Masterplan: in contravention of the UN sustainable development goals, as well as Liberia’s 2009 National Energy Policy, 2024 ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and Liberia’s 2024 National Energy Compact under Mission 300 only seeks to achieve 35% energy access for rural populations covering off-grid/rural electrification, clean cooking, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation; • 2020 National Electrification Strategy: despite setting targets and strategies for universal access to electricity, it is only limited to electricity access and does not consider other energy access types such as clean cooking, energy efficiency, e-mobility, productive use for large industrial users such as agriculture, mining/extractive and commercial & industrial value chains. Also, it only considers initiatives for expansion of the grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure through expansion and densification, but doesn’t consider the electricity supply deficit by targeting additional investment into renewable energy generation. In light of the above, the Agency is embarking on a significant transformation to achieve its renewed ambition. This necessitates a comprehensive framework that seamlessly integrates key areas, effectively repositions the agency, and charts a clear path for success. A crucial step in this transformation is developing a new strategy and business plan that aligns with the high-level strategy. This plan will empower the RREA to adapt to the evolving sectoral landscape, drive impactful initiatives, and deliver on its mandate more effectively. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The primary objective of this consultancy is to facilitate the development of an actionable and strategic Strategy and business plan for the RREA. Other key objectives include: • Refinement of high-level strategy and aligning with the RREA's renewed ambition, focusing on key outcomes: universal access to energy, direct investment by private Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs), productive use of energy, decarbonization, and showcasing success stories. • Institutional assessment of the REA including internal structure, operations and processes, to determine requirements to deliver on key strategic outcomes. • Definition of clear objectives, strategies, and action plans to achieve the RREA's goals taking into consideration the need for a unified energy access strategy and plan that harmonizes the efforts of all stakeholders including decentralized stakeholders towards universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy, • Provide a roadmap for effective project implementation, resource allocation, and review existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ascertain effectiveness and suitability vis-à-vis the new direction of the REA. • Through financial modelling, outline the financial requirements and strategies f
Supply, Installation, and OM of Off Grid Stand Alone solar system (OGS) for Rura…
| | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA Rural Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) | | Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (Without Prequalification) Employer: Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Project: Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project2 (LESSAP2) Contract title: Supply, installation, and O&M of "smart" stand-alone solar systems for health facilities Country: Liberia Loan No. /Credit No. 76120 Grant No.: TF- C5131 RFB No: LR-RREA-480308-GO-RFB Issued on: November 28, 2025 • The Government of Liberia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project Phase II (LESSAPII), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply, installation, and O&M of "smart" stand-alone solar systems for health facilities For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit. • The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Supply, installation, and O&M of "smart" stand-alone solar systems for health facilities - Batch 1 as follows: Lot 1: Health Facilities in Counties of Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Maryland, River Gee, River Cess, Sinoe, Nimba, Montserrado Lot 2: Health Facilities in Counties of Bomi, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Lofa, Margibi, Bong The total duration of the contract’s sub-components is eighteen (18) months for supply and installation (16 months installation services for final tranche of PV systems for all public facilities in all project areas with complete online/MIS data submission to Purchaser, plus 2 months final commissioning with Inspection and Verification major and minor defect corrections reports), followed by 24 months for Warranty and After-sales service. A margin of preference shall not be applicable to this contract. • Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” [September 2025] (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. • Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply to Technical (rated) criteria and non-price factors shall carry a weighting of seventy percent (70%), while the Bid Price shall carry a weighting of thirty percent (30%) in determining the Most Advantageous Bid • Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information information from Rural and Renewable Energy Agency, Procurement Department ([email protected], [email protected] ) and inspect the bidding document during office hours indicated below, on working days from Monday to Friday 9am-5pm GMT at the address given below. • The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of One Hundred Fifty United States Dollars (US$ 150.00). The method of payment will be a direct payment into Rural Energy Fund Account No: 53030030000064 Swift Code No. UNAFLRLM held with United Bank for Africa (UBA) Liberia or at the Finance Department of RREA and submitting the payment advice as evidence to collect the Bidding Documents. An additional amount will be charged for deliveries by courier. • Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10.00am GMT on 9th January 2026. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 9th January 2025 at 10.00 am GMT. • All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Thirty Thousand United States Dollars (US$30,000.00) for Lot 1 and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars (US$ 30,000.00) for Lot 2 in the form of a bank guarantee. • The addresses referred to above are: | For bid clarification purposes: The purchaser’s address is Attention: Stephen V. Potter, Sr. Title/position: Deputy Executive Director for Programs Old LEC Substation, Newport Street, Monrovia, LiberiaEmail address: Electronic mail address: [email protected] cc: theophilusk@rrealiberia, [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] | For Bid submission purposes only, The Purchaser’s address is: Attention: Samuel B, Nagbe Jr. ( Executive Director Street Address: Old LEC Substation, Newport Street, Monrovia
Supply, Installation, and OM of Off Grid Stand Alone solar system (OGS) for Rura…
| | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA Rural Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) | | Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (Without Prequalification) Employer: Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) Project: Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project2 (LESSAP2) Contract title: Supply, installation, and O&M of "smart" stand-alone solar systems for Public Educational facilities Country: Liberia Loan No. /Credit No. 76120 Grant No.: TF- C5131 RFB No: LR-RREA-480316-GO-RFB Issued on: November 28, 2025 • The Government of Liberia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project Phase II (LESSAPII), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply, installation, and O&M of "smart" stand-alone solar systems for Public Educational facilities For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit. • The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Supply, installation, and O&M of "smart" stand-alone solar systems for Public Educational facilities - as follows: Lot 1: Health Facilities in Counties of Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Maryland, River Gee, River Cess, Sinoe, Nimba, Montserrado Lot 2: Health Facilities in Counties of Bomi, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Lofa, Margibi, Bong The total duration of the contract’s sub-components is eighteen (18) months for supply and installation (16 months installation services for final tranche of PV systems for all public facilities in all project areas with complete online/MIS data submission to Purchaser, plus 2 months final commissioning with Inspection and Verification major and minor defect corrections reports), followed by 24 months for Warranty and After-sales service. A margin of preference shall not be applicable to this contract. • Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” [September 2025] (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. • Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply to Technical (rated) criteria and non-price factors shall carry a weighting of seventy percent (70%), while the Bid Price shall carry a weighting of thirty percent (30%) in determining the Most Advantageous Bid • Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information information from Rural and Renewable Energy Agency, Procurement Department ([email protected], [email protected] ) and inspect the bidding document during office hours indicated below, on working days from Monday to Friday 9am-5pm GMT at the address given below. • The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of One Hundred Fifty United States Dollars (US$ 150.00). The method of payment will be a direct payment into Rural Energy Fund Account No: 53030030000064 Swift Code No. UNAFLRLM held with United Bank for Africa (UBA) Liberia or at the Finance Department of RREA and submitting the payment advice as evidence to collect the Bidding Documents. An additional amount will be charged for deliveries by courier. • Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12.00 GMT on 9th January 2026. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 9th January 2025 at 12.00 GMT. • All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Fifteen Thousand United States Dollars (US$15,000.00) for Lot 1 and Fifteen Thousand United States Dollars (US$ 15,000.00) for Lot 2 in the form of a bank guarantee. • The addresses referred to above are: | For bid clarification purposes: The purchaser’s address is Attention: Stephen V. Potter, Sr. Title/position: Deputy Executive Director for Programs Old LEC Substation, Newport Street, Monrovia, LiberiaEmail address: Electronic mail address: [email protected] cc: [email protected] [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] | For Bid submission purposes only, The Purchaser’s address is: Attention: Samuel B, Nagbe Jr. ( Executive Director Street Address: Old LEC Substation, Newport Street, Monrovia
Market assessment study on Productive Uses of Energy (affordability & quality as…
Request for Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for Geospatial Solar PV -powered Income-Generation Driven Integrated Productive Use of Energy Market Assessment targeting agricultural, fisheries, mining/extractive, forestry, commercial & industrial value chains in Liberia (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) Liberia Renewable Energy Access Project Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-480463-CS-CQS Issue Date: November 3, 2025 Deadline: November 17, 2025 1.0 Background The Government of Liberia’s integrated least-cost geospatial National Electrification Strategy (NES) aims to achieve universal electricity access by 2030 through a mix of grid expansion, mini-grids, and stand-alone systems—targeting 402,835 grid connections, 93,986 mini-grid connections, and 149,383 stand-alone systems across all counties. However, despite this progress, access to reliable and affordable electricity for productive sectors such as agriculture, mining, forestry, commerce, and industry remains severely limited due to insufficient generation and grid capacity—only 126 MW installed (44 MW available in the dry season) against an estimated 400 MW residential demand, excluding productive-use needs. Consequently, national electricity access stands at 33%, with just 14% served by off-grid solutions. Within this context, Liberia ranks 178th of 191 on the Human Development Index, with 45% of the population in multidimensional poverty and a GDP of $4.7 billion. Through its ARREST Agenda (2024–2029), the government targets a GDP of $6.5 billion and 38% growth, driven by agriculture and fisheries (29.8%), mining (20.4%), and manufacturing (5.9%), recognizing access to sustainable, affordable, and reliable electricity as a key enabler of inclusive economic transformation and poverty reduction. 2.0 Objective of the Assignment The objective of the assignment is to gather/analyse data relevant to demand-side, supply-side, enabling environment including de-risking financing mechanisms either for site-specific (large scale concessional and industrial with energy demand ≥100kWp) and clustered/aggregate for small scale at district-level and deliver an integrated electrification solar PV powered geo-spatial income-generating productive use of energy risk-based viability and market potential for economic value chains including agriculture, fisheries, mining/extractive, forestry, commercial & industrial and project preparation to inform design of public-private models including catalytic grants to attract relevant investments and financing. 3.0 Scope of the Assignment: · Bundled Energy Demand Profiling: Aggregate energy needs (load profiles, capacity, hours of use, power quality) tied to productive-use value chains to guide technology selection and infrastructure sizing. · Affordability and Willingness-to-Pay Analysis: Collect data on ability and willingness to pay for clustered and individual end-users, considering gender, seasonal income variation, and current energy costs. · Gender and Social Inclusion: Mainstream gender, health, and vulnerability considerations in demand-side data collection and design of productive-use interventions, especially in agriculture and fisheries. · Demand-Side Barriers: Address constraints such as limited financing, low market access, weak capacity for entrepreneurship, poor-quality products, and lack of awareness of solar PUE benefits. · Supply-Side Optimization and Viability Modelling: Conduct least-cost techno-economic analyses for various solar PV configurations (SHS, mini-grid, self-supply, grid-connected) including CAPEX/OPEX, IRR, NPV, and payback. · Market and Financing Ecosystem Strengthening: Map suppliers, distributors, and financiers; promote viable business models (PAYGO, lease-to-own, energy-as-a-service); and improve access to affordable and de-risked financing. · Policy, Regulatory, and De-Risking Measures: Identify and implement enabling frameworks—quality standards, fiscal incentives, subsidies, and innovative financing—to integrate viable demand- and supply-side solutions into national electrification strategies through geospatial and least-cost planning. 4.0 Qualification, Experience and Competencies for Consulting firm Requirements The selected Consultant will have up to 5years of local or regional and relevant demonstrated track record of market development, energy access investment planning and design & implementation of energy access and agriculture-fisheries-commercial-industrial nexus from demand-side, supply- side, enabling environment and de-risking mechanisms for technical and financial viability of income-generating energy efficient solar PV-powered productive use of energy value chains and activities to attract investments and financing. The Consult firm shall possess demonstrated expertise and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in each of the following thematic areas: • Solar PV and Energy Efficiency Engineering – Demonstrated experience in the planning, design, implementation, and performance optimization of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and energy efficiency measures, with proven application in rural or off-grid contexts. • Agro-Industrial Economy – Practical experience in integrating energy solutions within agro-industrial value chains, including the promotion of productive uses of energy for Agro-processing and rural economic development initiatives. • Energy Financial Modelling – Proven experience in developing and applying financial models for renewable energy projects, including mini-grids, to assess project bankability, tariff structures, investment planning, and financial viability. • Energy Infrastructure GIS – Demonstrated expertise in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for energy infrastructure planning, spatial analysis, and evidence-based decision-making in the energy sector. • Energy Policy, Legal, and Regulatory Frameworks – In-depth understanding and practical experience in analyzing, interpreting, and applying energy sector policies, legal frameworks, and regulatory instruments, including institutional and governance arrangements. The RREA now invites eligible Firms to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (profile, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills, etc.) Submissions must be in a single file and should not exceed 10 megabytes (MB) in total size. The attention of interested individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised November 2017, and August 2018, November 2020, September 2023 and revised in February 2025 setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Please refer to paragraph 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations on conflict of interest related to this assignment which is available on the Bank’s website at http://projectsbeta.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/products-and-services/brief/. A Consulting Firm will be selected in accordance with Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations. Further information and the detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained electronically at the following email addresses and Website, from Mondays to Fridays, from 0900 to 1600 hours GMT: Email: [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected] Website: www.rrealiberia.org Expression of Interest clearly marked Consultancy Services for Geospatial Solar PV -powered Income-Generation Driven Integrated Productive Use of Energy must be delivered in an electronic/mail copy to the address below, on or before 4:00 p.m. Local Time, on November 17, 2025. Attn: Samuel Bocay Nagbe Jr. Executive Director Rural and Renewable Energy Agency LEC Sub-station, Newport Street 1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia Email: samuelnrrealiberia.org Electronic submission should also be copied to the following addresses: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected],[email protected],[email protected], [email protected] Only the highest ranked firm will be issued the Request for Proposals.