AFGHANISTAN: Renewable Energy Strategy for Rural Afghanistan 2017-2027 (Final Draft)

Meta Data
Title in national language: 
استراتژی انرژی قابل تجدید برای دهات افغانستان ۲۰۱۷-۲۰۲۷
Draft: 
Yes
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2017
Effective Start Year: 
2017
Effective End Year: 
2027
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Multi-Sector
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable
Issued by: 
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
Notes: 
No official English translation available (Google Translate).
Source: 
Faolex (AF)
File: 
Renewable Energy Strategy for Rural Afghanistan 2017-2027 (Final Draft) (AF)
Overall Summary: 
The Renewable Energy Strategy for Rural Afghanistan 2017-2027 (Final Draft) is a national Policy aims to produce safe and sustainable energy to improve the economy of the country and people’s wellbeing. The focus of the Policy is on the development of renewable energy, improvement of energy production efficiency, reduction of electricity importation, and creation of motion towards a low-carbon economy.
Access
Energy access priorities: 
The ultimate objective of this Policy includes: --- to reduce the usage of hydrocarbon and solid fuels for cooking and heating;
Energy access targets: 
The Policy aims to increase the number of rural household’s electricity subscribers from 28% to 65% by the end of the Policy’s timeframe.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
The ultimate objective of this Policy includes: --- to provide the needed energy of village households by renewable energies;--- to improve gender equality through use of renewable energies;
RE targets: 
The Policy requires that at least 30% of staff in all renewable energy activities be employed among women.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
The ultimate objective of this Policy includes: --- to reduce the environmental impacts of electricity production; to reduce production of greenhouse gases and their impacts on climate change;
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
The ultimate objective of this Policy includes: prioritize provision of energy for areas where small-scale and medium-scale corporations are working in order to increase the speed of economic growth in rural areas;
Trade
Energy trade priorities: 
The ultimate objective of this Policy includes: --- to reduce the dependency of the country to the importation of electricity and fossil fuels;
Import taxes and fee exemptions: 
To promote renewable energies in all economic sectors, the Government exempt all activities related to importation, supply, and maintenance of renewable energies infrastructure from taxes.
Investment
Energy sector investment priorities: 
The ultimate objective of this Policy includes: --- to support rural innovators and entrepreneurs through education, training, marketing, feasibility studies, business planning, management, financing, and fundraising
Governance
Energy management principles: 
The ultimate objective of this Policy includes: ---to create and develop proper legal frameworks;---to harmonize renewable energy projects with irrigation, agriculture, industrial, educational, and health care programs.
Energy institutional structures: 
The Ministry in cooperation with the National Standards Department should prepare a list of regulation, safety standards, and production, transportation, and supply instructions for the development of renewable energies’ infrastructure.