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ECA is conducting a global study aimed to answer that question through research and analysis of past experience and the development of a framework that will assist governments to develop IPR incentives to accelerate universal access to improved WSS services.

In support of Kenya’s ambitious electrification goals, we are working with the government to select and assess viability of 30 off-grid sites suitable for hybrid mini-grids. For this project, ECA is working in association with Trama Tecno Ambiental of Spain and Carbon...

ECA has been contracted by Kenya’s Ministry of Energy & Petroleum to review and revise its regulatory framework for electricity mini-grids. This will incorporate analysis of potential mini-grid business models, costs, tariffs, subsidies and other financing,...

ECA is returning to Indonesia to assist the Government in developing a national urban water investment and service delivery improvement framework. The framework will be used to support the implementation of the Indonesia National Urban Water Supply Platform Project....

As part of a larger PPP Toolkit, ECA is developing a guideline to assess whether an infrastructure project should be implemented as a PPP project. This is for the Government of Ivory Coast. The guideline provides practical methods to assess the value for money of PPP...

ECA is to undertake a review of the performance of Montserrat Utilities Ltd (an electricity, water and sewerage company in the small Caribbean island) and offer recommendations on improvements covering tariffs, governance and potential private sector participation....

Gas flaring and venting in Egypt amounts to over 2 Bcm annually. ECA has been selected to support the Government of Egypt in designing a suitable regulatory framework for gas utilisation based on international best practice.

ECA has been contracted by the World Bank to advise on a plan for helping Nepal attract investment in the power sector to meet domestic demand and for export to India.

The government of the DRC is committed to increasing access to electricity from the current very low levels which prevail across this vast country. ECA, in partnership with the Congolese firm SADER, has been contracted to identify pilot projects for World Bank funding...

ECA, in partnership with the Earth Institute of Columbia University, recently started a project to prepare a plan for improving access to electricity in PNG from 13% to 70% of all households by 2030. Earth Institute will lead on the geospatial plan and ECA will...

ECA has been appointed to determine new electricity tariffs for Indonesia’s state utility, PLN, under a World Bank-funded project. The tariffs will update previous estimates of the costs of service to different customers and project PLN’s financial requirements and...

We have been appointed to provide support and capacity-building in the economic and financial due diligence of a series of major investment projects to be carried out by EVN HCMC, the Power Corporation (distribution company) serving Ho Chi Minh City. The projects will...

The EBRD has asked ECA to review recent laws and regulations in Tunisia, including a template PPA for smaller renewable generator projects and to draw up a model PPA for larger projects to ensure that the terms are commercially viable for investors.

ECA recently presented its draft review of options for expanding the electricity grids in PNG at a workshop attended by approximately 100 stakeholders. The IFC-supported review includes identifying and evaluating the main generation and transmission investment...

ECA is presenting options and proposals for unbundling the transmission and storage activities of Naftogaz of Ukraine to the Minister of Energy and a high level working group in late January. This is part of an assignment on the restructuring of Naftogaz.

ECA is working with Carbon Counts and Norton Rose Fulbright in developing a legal, regulatory and policy framework for geothermal energy in Uganda.

ACER has published ECA’s in depth report into electricity forward markets in Europe. ACER wished to improve its monitoring of forward markets in order to detect systemic inefficiencies hampering competition. This was brought into focus for them by the EU’s impending...

ECA is assisting CDC in its pre-feasibility analysis of a potential investment in Virunga SPRL. Virunga is in the early stages of developing almost 100 MW of hydropower to supply power to communities in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ECA is working...

ECA is supporting transaction advisors to JUMEME, a rural energy company developing hybrid electricity mini-grids in rural Tanzania. Our advice focuses on reviewing their financial model, to be used in negotiations with potential investors in the mini-grids.