April 22, 2017
In Levuma Community, Kenema District today (11th April 2017), the British High Commissioner, Guy Warrington, joined Vice President, Dr. Victor Foh and the Minister of Energy, Ambassador Henry Macauley as the Ministry of Energy (MoE) continued to roll out its UK AID sup...
April 6, 2017
The launch and commissioning of a 24-hour solar powered electrical system at Mambolo Community Health Centre (CHC) on 3rd April, by the Minister of Energy, Ambassador Henry Macauley, is the first step in a major solar energy initiative which will bring power to 50 CHCs...
April 5, 2017
The rate and progress of the President’s Recovery Priorities has been impressive says UK Aid In a recent presentation of the President’s Recovery Priorities’ achievements to date, representatives of UK Aid - also known as the Department for International Development (D...
January 31, 2017
On Thursday 17 November 2016, Minister of Energy, Ambassador Henry Macauley formally launched the transmission and distribution project following the completion of the two megawatts Bankasoska hydro dam in Port Loko. Ambassador Macauley was accompanied by the Chinese A...
October 7, 2016
Issue two of 'Leh we make Salone grow' - the newsletter of the President's Recovery Priorities includes:
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A feature on maximising the potential of the Freetown Port
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News from the districts
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A report on the strides that Sierra Leone is making towards includin...
The Ministry of Energy is leading planning and delivery in this priority sector.
The Key Result Areas for this Priority Sector are to:
Double access to electricity from 125,000 to 250,000 households
Double the total operational power generation capacity from 75MW to 150MW
Mr Henry Macauley, Minister of Energy:
In alignment with the Agenda for Prosperity and the Ministry of Energy’s National Strategic Plan 2014-2018, the Ministry of Energy together with its agencies for sector regulation, power generation, transmission and distribution, is desirous to implement access to clean energy nationwide. In this regard, the Government is progressing with the implementation of this agenda through the deployment of energy projects that will have the following desired outcomes:
The doubling of the nation’s energy generation capacity
The sector will work with leading private sector providers to double operational power output on the grid from 75MW to 150MW by the end of 2017, through a mixture of renewable and non-renewable energy sources, including off-grid power solutions to service a number of hospitals, health facilities and schools.
Increasing the nation’s access to power
The sector is expanding its transmission network, and will double access to electricity from 125,000 to 250,000 households by the end 2017. Communities and businesses within Bo, Kenema, Koidu, as well as the many unserved communities in the country will all benefit from this increase.