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Rural Electrification Planning
From
2 November, 2026
To
6 November, 2026
Tuition
$1950
Venue
Golden Peacock Hotel, Lilongwe
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This is a 5-day training course on rural electrification with a focus on planning, implementation and monitoring of rural electrification projects. The course highlights the typical steps and key issues in planning and implementing rural electrification programs. Participants also appreciate the use of modeling tools, project implementation architecture and common implementation challenges. The course exposes participants to key themes from several rural electrification plans and programs including applicability of rural and private funds, maintenance budgets, tariffs, and technical parameters on losses and grid quality. During the course, participants get an opportunity to analyse past rural electrification plans and later visit implementation areas to appreciate the materialization of those plans.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Through successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand rural electrification planning and roles of the various key stakeholders including the government, communities and political structures
- Know the criteria, steps and practices for rural electrification planning
- Familiarize with some planning methods, tools and software
- Appreciate the challenges in implementing rural electrification planning
- Conduct an interesting review of grid-extension vs off-grid strategies
COURSE CONTENT
Planning Rural Electrification
- Responsibility for planning
- Stakeholder mapping
- Devising and choosing the planning criteria
- Need and demand identification
- Assessment of supply options
- Costing the plan
Planning Tools
- Introduction to planning software
- Spatial dimension of planning models
- Network design options
- Applicable technical standards and power quality standards
Project Management
- Rural and private sector funds
- Ownership models for extended grids or rural off grids
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Standards compliance
- Maintenance budget
- Impact on losses and power quality
Tariff for Off-grid Rural Areas
- Tariffs and connection fees
- Tariff setting process
- Application of subsidy programs
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Planners, Engineers, Economists, Board members, and all staff from:
- Rural Electrification Agencies
- Mini-grid developers
- Utilities
- Regulators
- Municipal, provincial, and state governments
- International organisations
- Other private and public sector institutions with an interest in mini-gris
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