WAREP seeks to catalyse growth in access to electricity by addressing primarily financial barriers to private sector-led distributed power generation and mini-grid development from renewable energy in the Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The program comprises three components. Component 1 is being implemented by the West African Power Pool (WAPP) and involves the pre-feasibility studies for the Sahel Backbone and regional solar parks. ECREEE is implementing component 2, which consists of the preparation activities for the ECREEE Regional Mini-Grid Program and Capacity Building. Component 3 covers the Project Management activities of both WAPP and ECREEE.ECREEE is responsible for two sub-components of Component 2 -- (i) decentralized energy solutions to develop an actionable regional mini-grid program and (ii) to support a regional capacity building and certification program targeting mass training of technicians and relevant stakeholders.