Kigoma Solar Power 2013 (Tanzania)

Abstract

The performance evaluation design and implementation will address the following overarching questions across the geography, activity scope and the Project Logic of the Kigoma Solar PV program:
i. How well was the program implemented? (Including analysis of Project scope, timing, costs, and public perceptions); were the output targets achieved? If not, why?
ii. What type of challenges were encountered during implementations?
iii. How well has the solar energy approach addressed the energy needs of the beneficiary population?
iv. What are the outcomes of the program on solar energy access, use and costs as well as productivity income etc.?
v. How sustainable are the outcomes?
vi. What lessons can be learned from the experience of the program?
vii. Was the project successful in catalyzing investments in the energy sector in Kigoma? If not what conditions will needs to be in place for the pilot to encourage additional investments?
viii. Are there any unplanned results due to the implementation of the Kigoma Solar project?

In addition to the above the evaluation design and subsequent data gathering activities will address the following key research questions on outcome, objectives and Compact Goal:
i. Has the Kigoma Solar Project contributed to an improvement in electricity service coverage across different customer types?
ii. Has the Kigoma Solar Project contributed to an improvement in the quality of electricity available, across different customer types?
iii. Has the Kigoma Solar Project contributed to an increase in consumption of electricity, across different customer types?
iv. Has the Kigoma Solar Project contributed to an increase in investment in economic activities across different customer types?
v. Has the Kigoma Solar Project contributed to an improvement in human capital accumulation across different customer types?
vi. Has the Kigoma Solar Project contributed to a reduction in poverty across different customer types, as measured by household income per capital?

The study is also expected to collect data that will feed into the formulation of the Economic Rate of Return (ERR) model for the Kigoma Solar program. This will include data on the sources of energy used prior to the installation of PV systems and their associated prices and quantities data, energy use and cost after the PV installation, ways and purposes for which the system are being used, and energy sources used in homes in the project area.