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Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings

ESDS Project

The Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (SUN-ESDS) is a component of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned Global SUN Programme with UNHCR. The Global Programme supports UNHCR in facilitating the operationalisation of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus.

The SUN-ESDS project contributes to UNHCR’s Clean Energy Challenge with the aim to support UNHCR technically and strategically on the implementation of its energy strategy 2019-2025, which aims to enable refugees, host communities and people of concern to meet their energy needs in a safe and sustainable way. The project works on innovative energy approaches and disseminates lessons learnt from measures implemented in three pilot countries.

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Electrification

Mini-grids

• Overview ESDS Mini-Grids
• Kalobeyei Mini-Grid Factsheet

Social Institutions

• Uganda Health Centre Electrification: Technical Sizing and Design Methodology
• Uganda Health Centre Baseline Assessment
• Factsheet: Access to Energy for Social Institutions in Ethiopia

Operation & Maintenance

• O&M Plan and Glossary for PV Systems
• Webinar: Experiences on Operation and Maintenance in Displacement Settings

Marked-Based Energy Access

Cooking Energy

• Biomass Cooking Fuel Production Potential
• Cooking Fuels, a Protection Issue
• Cooking Energy Matrix
• Webinar: Series on Market-based Approaches for Promoting Clean Cooking Solutions in Displacement Settings

Energy Kiosk

• The Uganda Energy Kiosk Model
• Energy Kiosk in Ofua, Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement

E-Waste

• E-Waste Reduction in Displacement Settings
• Status of E-Waste at Kenya’s Kakuma and Kalobeyei Refugee Settlements
• Humanitarian E-Waste Network
• Webinar: Series on Understanding E-Waste Value Chain in Humanitarian Settings

Finance

• End-user Finance in Payment Systems in Displacement Settings (in Kenya & Uganda)
• Harnessing Humanitarian Finance Schemes for Energy Access

Greening UNHCR Infrastructure

Humanitarian Infrastructure

• Energy Efficiency in Humanitarian Infrastructure - A Practitioners Guideline
• Webinar: Energy Efficiency in Humanitarian Organization Infrastructure: Case Study from Kenya and Ethiopia

Participatory Design

D-Lab

• Co-creation Leads to More Sustainable Energy Access
• Creating Energy Solutions in Rhino Camp
• Workshop on Participatory Design Processes for Energy Projects Planning and Implementation

User Centered Design (UCD)

• User-Centered Design in Humanitarian Energy Projects
• Factsheet: Improved Cookstoves and UCD Approach in Ethiopia

Cross-Cutting Topics

Policy

• Policy in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda
• Lessons Learned from Developing the Sustainable Energy Response Plan in Uganda
• Webinar: Role of Energy Policies in Shaping Energy Access Dialogue in Displacement Contexts

Communication

• Communication Strategy for Marketing of Energy Products

Gender

Regional Focus

	ESDS location	ESDS country
Arua, Uganda	3° 0' 5.08" N, 31° 0' 33.66" E	Arua, Uganda
Gambela, Ethiopia	7° 48' 36.94" N, 34° 10' 55.99" E	Gambela, Ethiopia
Turkana West Sub-County, Kenya	3° 42' 39.67" N, 34° 51' 25.99" E	Turkana West Sub-County, Kenya

ESDS Milestones

ESDS Impressions

Table for charging mobile phones which was made at the innovation centre at Ofua 3 Primary School, Uriama Sub-County in Terego District. Source: © GIZ/Malaika Media and Nazil Muzungu.

The mini grid has enabled households in the area to access lighting and power at affordable rates. Source: © GIZ/James Ochweri.

Simon Dumba a computer instructor at Icon Electronics Centre serves soft drinks, chilled in a solar powered fridge. Source: © Malaika Media/Nazil.

Mr. Filippo Grandi, UNHCR High Commissioner. October 23rd 2022. Source: © GIZ/ESDS Kenya

Mr. Filippo Grandi, UNHCR High Commissioner. October 23rd 2022. Source: © GIZ/ESDS Kenya

GIZ ESDS colleagues and health center personnel during a review of the energy infrastructure at the facility. Source: © GIZ/Nishchay Mehrtora

Nguenyyiel health center solarization project, Gambella, Ethiopia. Source: © GIZ/ESDS Ethiopia

Angaika Rose, a resident of Siripi village in Rhino camp, Terego district started working as a treasurer for the group that was awarded to manage the Energy kiosk on 20th May 2021. Source: @GIZ/ESDS Uganda

Nura Chuol prepares a food using an improved eco-friendly cook stove with her daughter Nyakong Chuol at their home at Siripi, Odupi Sub-County in Terego District on October 1, 2021. Source: @GIZ/ESDS Uganda

ESDS Milestones

ESDS Factsheets

• Factsheet Access to Energy for Social Institutions
• Factsheet Improved Cookstoves in Refugee Areas User Centered Design Approach

ESDS Webinars

• Collaborating for Change: Lessons from the SUN-ESDS Project
• Webinar Experiences on Operation and Maintenance in Displacement Settings
• Ewaste Value Chain in Humanitarian Settings
• Role of Energy Policies in Shaping Energy Access Dialogue in Displacement Contexts
• Access to Energy for Cooking in Displacement Settings
• Energy Efficiency in Humanitarian Organization Infrastructure
• Workshop on Participatory Design Processes for Energy Projects Planning and Implementation

Partners

GIZ's Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) project cooperate with UNHCR to enhance the access to sustainable energy in displacement contexts, and the Energypedia page has been created to share learnings across various practitioners to spur the development of clean energy solutions.