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 |[https://a2ei.org/resources/uploads/2020/09/A2EI_Productive_Use_Report_Agricultural_Technologies.pdf A2EI’s productive use assessment tool]
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 |The framework offers a cost-effective and time-saving way to quality verification for nascent PUE technologies. It should help to access reliable data and information about the performance, durability, and safety of PUE to enable market stakeholders to make informed decisions and identify high-quality, energy-efficient technologies. Egg incubators were selected as a first trial product for the Rapid Product Assessment approach.
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 |The joint initiative from ESMAP, AEI and GIZ on the interaction of energy access and productive activities developed a user manual for energy practitioners. The manual provides step-by-step guidance for designing and implementing productive use of energy activities in electrification programmes. It comprises six modules, each describing practical tasks to be conducted in every project phase, as well as references and links to other publicity available tools.
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 ==== Low affordability and low access to consumer credit ====
 Most PUE equipment that enhances economic activity is relatively expensive for the targeted end-users. Farms in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to be too small to generate an income above the poverty line of USD 1.90 per day. Without the financial means to invest upfront, a large proportion of the target group is dependent on financial services to invest in PUE equipment. However, the limited outreach of banks into rural areas and the high interest rates continue to prevent uptake<ref name=":1" />.
 ==Guiding Principles==

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 |The joint initiative from ESMAP, AEI and GIZ on the interaction of energy access and productive activities developed a user manual for energy practitioners. The manual provides step-by-step guidance for designing and implementing productive use of energy activities in electrification programmes. It comprises six modules, each describing practical tasks to be conducted in every project phase, as well as references and links to other publicity available tools.
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 ==Bibliography==

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 [[File:Fig.1-_Universe_of_productive_uses_relevant_for_off-grid_markets_in_sub-Saharan_Africa_(non-exhaustive)_(IFC,_2019).png|alt=|556x556px]]
-''Fig.1: Universe of productive uses relevant for off-grid markets in sub-Saharan Africa (non-exhaustive) (IFC, 2019)''
+''Fig.1: Universe of productive uses relevant for off-grid markets in sub-Saharan Africa (non-exhaustive)'' <ref>IFC (2019). The Market Opportunity for Productive Use Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE) in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Finance Cooperation. https://www.lightingglobal.org/resource/pulse-market-opportunity/</ref>
 ==Challenges==

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 The term productive use of energy (PUE) refers to energy use that creates value, for example in the form of increased productivity or income, employment creation, or reduced hardship<ref>Lecoque, D., & Wiemann, M. (2015). The Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa. European Union Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility. <nowiki>https://www.ruralelec.org/sites/default/files/productive_use_of_energy_final_web_0.pdf</nowiki></ref><ref name=":0">Terrapon-Pfaff, J., Gröne, M.-C., Dienst, C., & Ortiz, W. (2018). Productive use of energy – Pathway to development? Reviewing the outcomes and impacts of small-scale energy projects in the global south. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 96, 198–209. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.07.016</nowiki></ref>. While definitions of PUE differ, there are two main reasons why it is pursued: first, it can improve the viability of energy access business models (for example of mini-grids in rural areas) and, second, it is a means to achieve broader socio-economic goals<ref>Havinga, M., & Teule, R. (2020). Productive Use of Energy: Moving to scalable business cases. EnDev. <nowiki>https://endev.info//wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EnDev_Learning_Innovation_PUE.pdf</nowiki></ref>. Figure 1 shows the range of possible productive uses in agriculture, industry, commerce and social/public services.
-[[File:Fig.1-_Universe_of_productive_uses_relevant_for_off-grid_markets_in_sub-Saharan_Africa_(non-exhaustive)_(IFC,_2019).png|alt=|556x556px]]''Fig.1: Universe of productive uses relevant for off-grid markets in sub-Saharan Africa (non-exhaustive) (IFC, 2019)''
+[[File:Fig.1-_Universe_of_productive_uses_relevant_for_off-grid_markets_in_sub-Saharan_Africa_(non-exhaustive)_(IFC,_2019).png|alt=|556x556px]]
 ==Challenges==

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 |The model was developed by INENSUS and aims at enabling rural manufacturing and successfully trading goods from previously unelectrified rural areas of developing countries in competitive national and international markets.
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-|Productive Use of Energy initiative (PRODUSE)
+|[http://www.produse.org/imglib/downloads/manual/euei_productive_use_manual_med.pdf Productive Use of Energy initiative (PRODUSE)]
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-|The joint initiative from ESMAP, AEI and GIZ on the interaction of energy access and productive activities developed a user manual for energy practitioners. The manual provides step-by-step guidance for designing and implementing productive use of energy activities in electrification programmes. It comprises six modules, each describing practical tasks to be conducted in every project phase, as well as references and links to other publicity available tools prod (Brüderle et al., 2011).
+|The joint initiative from ESMAP, AEI and GIZ on the interaction of energy access and productive activities developed a user manual for energy practitioners. The manual provides step-by-step guidance for designing and implementing productive use of energy activities in electrification programmes. It comprises six modules, each describing practical tasks to be conducted in every project phase, as well as references and links to other publicity available tools.
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 ==== Use PUE as a strategy for demand stimulation ====
-Relying on households as the sole electricity consumers mostly is not profitable from an energy access developer’s perspective. The promotion of productive use of energy (PUE) can improve the viability of solar mini-grid projects, by increasing demand for energy and providing stable demand during the day time. One approach with regards to this is the establishment of anchor projects that provide an anchor load, which ensures having a customer with predictable use of electricity. Those anchor projects can either be run by the developer or by independent entrepreneurs. A good example for anchor projects that have been incorporated in mini grids in Kenya is the company Nal off grid which used economic activities such as gold mining in Nadwat or ice processing for fish preservation in Longtech<ref>Okoko, A. (2022). Anchoring Productive Use on Mini-Grids. UKRI-GCRF SIGMA Project. <nowiki>https://www.sigma-gcrf.net/blog/anchoring-productive-use-on-mini-grids</nowiki></ref>.
+Relying on households as the sole electricity consumers mostly is not profitable from an energy access developer’s perspective. The promotion of productive use of energy (PUE) can improve the viability of solar mini-grid projects, by increasing demand for energy and providing stable demand during the day time. One approach with regards to this is the establishment of anchor projects that provide an anchor load, which ensures having a customer with predictable use of electricity. Those anchor projects can either be run by the developer or by independent entrepreneurs. A good example for anchor projects that have been incorporated in mini grids in Kenya is the company [http://www.naloffgrid.com/ Nal off grid] which used economic activities such as gold mining in Nadwat or ice processing for fish preservation in Longtech<ref>Okoko, A. (2022). Anchoring Productive Use on Mini-Grids. UKRI-GCRF SIGMA Project. <nowiki>https://www.sigma-gcrf.net/blog/anchoring-productive-use-on-mini-grids</nowiki></ref>.
 ==== PUE to achieve broader socio-economic goals ====
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 ==== Energy efficiency as crucial component in PUE appliances ====
-High-quality, efficient, and off-grid appropriate PUE appliances are key to making PUE business models viable. A number of organisations are developing technologies to make PUE appliances efficient and suited for use with off-grid solar standalone systems or mini-grids:  the Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund (Efficiency for Access, 2018) and the Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) Programme<ref>Efficiency for Access. (2022). Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) Programme. <nowiki>https://efficiencyforaccess.org/leia</nowiki></ref>. For example, Agsol, a manufacturer of solar-powered agricultural machinery, active in the East African market, received support from the Efficiency for Access Fund and improved the efficiency for its mill by 32%, while at the same time making it more affordable for customers.
+High-quality, efficient, and off-grid appropriate PUE appliances are key to making PUE business models viable. A number of organisations are developing technologies to make PUE appliances efficient and suited for use with off-grid solar standalone systems or mini-grids: the Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund (Efficiency for Access, 2018) and the Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) Programme<ref>Efficiency for Access. (2022). Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) Programme. <nowiki>https://efficiencyforaccess.org/leia</nowiki></ref>. For example, [https://agsol.com/ Agsol], a manufacturer of solar-powered agricultural machinery, active in the East African market, received support from the Efficiency for Access Fund and improved the efficiency for its mill by 32%, while at the same time making it more affordable for customers.
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