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Publication date: January 2024
Author: Elsevier
Description: Liberia, a developing nation, faces significant challenges in its energy sector, with limited access to electricity and heavy reliance on traditional biomass and imported fossil fuels. This review explores Liberia's energy landscape, policies, challenges, and opportunities, aiming to identify ways to improve energy access and foster sustainable development. Our methodology employed a systematic search strategy, examining relevant literature from various sources, encompassing research articles, reports, and studies related to Liberia's energy landscape from 2010 onward. Our findings indicate that Liberia's energy mix is historically dominated by traditional biomass fuels such as firewood and charcoal, accounting for more than 80 % of the country's total energy consumption.
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Publication date: October 2020
Author: UNEP / GEF
Description: This publication is an output of the Technology Needs Assessment project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the UNEP DTU Partnership (UDP) in collaboration with University of Cape Town.
The Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Report II presents the barrier analysis and enabling framework for climate change mitigation technologies in Liberia’s energy sector which were identified and prioritized in TNA Report I. Report II identifies the critical barriers that could inhibit the acquisition, deployment, and diffusion of the prioritized technologies. It also outlines appropriate measures to overcome these barriers. Finally, it provides an enabling framework for overcoming the identified barriers and successfully implementing these technologies.
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Publication date: 2018, March
Author: Liberia Netherlands Business and Culture Council (LNBCC)
Description: The strategic objective of the Liberian government is to extend the grid throughout Monrovia and other urbanized areas. As the rural areas are sparsely populated, power can most easily be provided in those areas using small-scale thermal-, solar- and hydro-technologies. The need for more widespread and dependable energy provision means there are several business opportunities in the sector that are of immediate and high demand (immediate opportunities), whereas other solutions are very much viable but can be developed over the longer term (long-term opportunities).
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Publication date: 2017, May
Author: SE4ALL
Description: The investment prospectus contains a list of projects contributing to the achievement of the SE4ALL objectives that have been submitted by public or by private entities, for which funding is required.
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Publication date: 2016, October
Author: ECREEE
Description: ECREEE - Investment Prospectus: General assessment and perspectives Liberia.
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Publication date: 2016, May
Author: Power Africa
Description: The Government of Liberia is working closely with development partners to undertake ambitious steps to rebuild its electricity infrastructure. The civil war, which ended in 2003, destroyed nearly all of the country’s ability to provide electricity for its over four million people.
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Publication date: 2016, April
Author: Rural and Renewable Energy Agency
Description: This document presents Liberia’s Rural Energy Strategy and Master Plan (RESMP) for the period until 2030 and aims to set clear targets, to identify least-cost projects and technologies, to propose concrete investments for funding and implementation, with appropriate institutional framework and capacity to increase energy access and renewable energies to the country’s rural areas and population – meaning all areas and population outside of greater Monrovia.
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Publication date: 2016
Author: Power Africa
Description: Power Africa’s engagement in Liberia is rooted in an agreement between the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Liberia, signed in November 2015.
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Publication date: 2015, October
Author: Liberia Gov
Description: Liberia Government - Electricity Law Act 2015.
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Publication date: 2015, August
Author: SE4ALL
Description: This report provides an overview of the Liberia Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agenda for the transformation and development of the Liberian Energy Sector to achieve the ECOWAS policy objectives and energy access Targets for 2020 and 2030 for Liberia. It provides an evaluation of the 2009 approved National Energy Policy of Liberia (NEPL) and analyses the current status and gaps and the revised NEPL targets.
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Publication date: 2015, June
Author: ECREEE
Description: This NREAP for Liberia 2015 presents the current situation of the renewable energy sector of Liberia, focusing on renewable energy, solar water heating, cooking fuels and technologies and bio-fuels, an examination of the current and immediate national energy policies, enabling legislative and regulatory environment as well as the institutional framework and players of the sector, highlighting the regulatory and ongoing program achievements and identifying remaining gaps. Current generation capacities, electricity access rates and the status of renewable energy in Liberia are presented.
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Publication date: 2015
Author: Governance in Africa
Description: This paper assesses the post-war reforms of the electricity sector relative to their outcomes – accessibility, affordability and the quality of electric power.
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Publication date: 2013, August
Author: Columbia Engineering
Description: The primary purpose of this modeling effort has been to clarify the technical and investment needs for Liberia to achieve comprehensive electrification, assuming high penetration, cost-effectively and at a national scale.
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Publication date: 2013, August
Author: Rural and Renewable Energy Agency
Description: The Liberia Investment Plan for Renewable Energy (IPRE) aims to support the government’s objective of increasing access to electricity and so accelerate the country’s reconstruction and economic revitalization. The IPRE is fully aligned with the government’s Agenda for Transformation, which aims to transform Liberia into a more prosperous, inclusive, middleincome society.
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Publication date: 2013, May
Author: SE4ALL
Description: The Gap Analysis/Quick Assessment is only the first step for engaging into the SE4ALL initiative. The matrix of gaps identification and recommended steps and measures tentatively captures all aspects and contextual framework currently prevailing in Liberia.
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Publication date: 2012
Author: Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy
Description: An Overview of Investment Opportunities in the Energy Sector of Liberia
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Publication date: 2011, October
Author: Africa Energy Unit (AFTEG)
Description: The purpose of this paper is to present stakeholders in the Liberian energy sector—and the Liberian citizen in general—with options that might expand access and modernize energy services. To this end, the authors have attempted to analyze the data available and to bring international lessons to bear on the case of Liberia. There are several potential pathways to consider, though the aim is one: supporting the sustainable development of access to energy services for the people of Liberia.
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Publication date: 2011, August
Author: UNDP
Description: The setting up of a standard energy sector development database system may help reduce significantly these uncertainties and limitations, leading to a more improved future assessment of investment and financial flows.
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Publication date: 2010, August
Author: UNDP
Description: Energy is an essential sector for Liberia because it cuts across all other sectors and serves as a vital input for social, economic and political growth and development.
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Publication date: 2009, September
Author: Rural and Renewable Energy Agency
Description: Rural and Renewable Energy Agency: Status of Renewable Energy in Liberia.
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