Technical Advisor for Mainstreaming Low-emission Energy Technologies to build Guyana´s Green Economy”

The proposed is to provide Technical Advisory services to UNDP project (funded by GEF and Government of Guyana) called "Mainstreaming Low-emission Energy Technologies to build Guyana's Green Economy". The project is managed by UNDP in collaboration with Office of Climate Change (OCC). The project was submitted four years ago and approved in 2017. Only in August 2019 the project was initiated. The project was designed to cover all gaps that exisit in the policy, legislation and regulation in the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency sector in Guyana. The UNDP project is divided in 3 components, the Technical Advisory support would be in the three components: 1. Technical and financial de-risking. Technical studies will be done in the national grid and new business models developed. The business models will include PPP and other innovative ways to leverage private investment. 2. Policy framework and Institional capacities. The project intended to develope a roadmap and review some of the legal arrangements. Since the project was designed some studies has already been done. The ladscape is also difference as recently Government is assessing the natural gas (associated to the recent oil discoveries) to be used as power source. The new scope would be to compile the studies and support Government on deciding the way forward. 3. Pilot projects. The project aim to is mobilize 5mUSD in key pilot projects. The techincal Advisory role would be supporting the consultants and Government to select and implement the projects.