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Portal:Mini-grid
Welcome to the Mini-grid Portal
The mini-grid portal provides an overview of the information available on energypedia related to mini-grids. Look for specific topics, latest articles or uploaded documents and announce upcoming events. This is a work in progress. Kindly send all your suggestions and feedback about the portal to info@energypedia.info
General Information on Mini-grids
Business Model Case Studies
Monitoring and Evaluation of Mini-grids
Planning, Management and Operation of Mini-grids
- Rural Electrification Planning
- Site Selection for Mini-grids
- Assessment of Renewable Energy Resource Potential for Mini-grids
- Demand Assessment for Mini-grids
- Community Involvement in Mini-grids
- Develop a Business Plan for Mini-grids
- PV Mini-grid Installation - Do's and Don't
- Promotion of Productive Use of Electricity in Mini-grids
- Mini-grid Sizing
- Risk Management for Mini-grids
- End-of-Life Management of Batteries in the Off-grid Solar Sector
Impacts of Mini-grids
Financing, Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Mini-grids
- Mini-grid Policy Toolkit
- Mini-grid Policies: Resource Collection
- Mini-grid Licensing
- Mini-grid Financing
- Electricity Distribution Licence Template
- Electricity Generation Licence Template
- Feed-in-Tariff Tool SADC RERA Mini-grids
- Retail Tariff Tool SADC RERA
- Standardized Small Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for Isolated Mini-grid Connection
- Tariff Setting
- Metering and Payment Technologies for Mini-grids in Zimbabwe
- List of Mini-grid Funding Sources in Africa
- Subsidies and other Financing Instruments
- Concessions
- Technical Standards
- Interconnection
- Procurement
- Tenders for Operation
- National Policy and Regulatory Frameworks
Country Case Studies on Mini-grids
Web-based Mini-grid Tools
Mini-grid Resources (Catalogues, Lists, Contacts)
- Mini-grid - Tools
- Mini-grid Webinar Series 2017
- Mini-grid Webinar Series 2019
- Green Mini-Grid Help Desk
- Energydata.info
- Practical Guide to the Regulatory Treatment of Mini-Grids (USAID 2017)
- List of Rural Electrification Plans
- Maps with Mini-grid Information
- Tools for Mini-grid Development and Implementation
- Mini-Grids Information Portal Tanzania
- Mini-grid sizing guidebook
- Mini-grid Financing Guidebook
- Renewable Energy Project Resource Center
- Mapping of Clean Energy Mini-grid Support Providers and Programmes
- Tariff Database (UN Practitioners Network)
- All articles on mini-grid on energypedia
- Renewable Energy Auction Toolkit
- Clean Power Hub
Mini-grid Events
8 April 2026
6th S-Access International Conference on Solar Technologies & Hybrid Mini-Grids for Energy Access
21 April 2026
ARE Energy Access Investment Forum 2026
Job offers
31 December 2025
Solar Engineer
31 December 2025
Senior Project Manager, Carbon Finance
Opportunities
31 December 2025
Intergenerational Justice Prize (IJP)
12 January 2026
Call for research proposals: Case studies of innovation for scaling renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
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