Consultant - Competitive Mechanisms for Energy Access Access

2 weeks ago

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Full time

**Vacancy Announcement**

**Secretariat of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)**

**Knowledge, Policy, and Finance Centre (KPFC)**

**Publication Date: 23 January 2025**

**Deadline for Application: 13 February 2025 (at midnight, Abu Dhabi Local Time)**

**Title: Consultant - Competitive Mechanisms for Energy**

**Access**

**Contract Type: Individual Contractor /Consultant**

**Duration of Contract: One Year**

**Location: Remote**

**Expected Date for Entry on Duty: As soon as possible**

**Introduction**

The International Renewable Energy Agency is an inter-governmental organisation headquartered in Abu Dhabi, mandated to promote the widespread and increased adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy in the pursuit of sustainable development, energy access, energy security and low-carbon economic growth and prosperity. IRENA’s mission is to play a leading role in the ongoing transformation of the global energy systems as a centre of excellence for knowledge and innovation, a global voice of renewable energy, a network hub for all stakeholders and a source of advice and support for countries. At present, IRENA has 170 Members (169 States and the European Union) that acceded to its Statute, and 14 additional States in the process of accession and actively engaged.

Within this mandate, the focus of the Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre (KPFC) is on collecting data, developing knowledge tools, and conducting analyses to support the creation of enabling environments for investment in and growth of renewables. This entails analytical work, capacity building and tailored advice on policy and finance, as well as socio-economic benefits.

IRENA supports countries’ capacity to design long-term enabling policy frameworks through providing analyses of policies and measures, including trends in their adoption, best practises and the lessons learnt in their design and adaptation to changing market conditions. In addition, IRENA supports countries in maximising socio-economic benefits of their energy transitions. Towards this end, IRENA plans to carry out an analysis of the delivery models that can be used to scale up finance and investments towards distributed renewable energy (DRE).

The deployment of DRE technologies plays an important role providing first time access to electricity as well as providing electricity reliability. DRE technologies (including stand-alone solar systems, mini-grids, etc.) have been recognised as cost-effective and quickly implementable solutions for addressing the access gap in areas where grid expansion is not economically feasible. For areas where the grid is present but is unreliable, leading to issues of electricity reliability, DRE technologies can effectively supplement the grid to provide reliable power for households, businesses, and more.

Scaling DRE deployment effectively requires support through public policy and funds. Competition-based mechanisms are an effective way to channel public funds, enabling the strategic scaling of distributed renewable energy (DRE) deployment while advancing broader policy objectives. These mechanisms are considered successful if they lead to a transparent and fair way to allocate support for or deploy DRE solutions in a cost-effective way while achieving socioeconomic goals.

**Scope of work of the project**

IRENA is undertaking a series of analyses on delivery models for the distributed renewable energy sector, with the goal of scaling up investments to achieve universal energy access. The first phase of this series is the analysis business and financing models in the DRE sector. The next phase, which is the focus of this consultancy, designing competition-based mechanisms for deploying distributed renewable energy (DRE) technologies. This study aims to present the different options for competition-based mechanisms (e.g. results/outcomes-based/performance-based financing, minimum subsidy tenders, market scale-up challenge funds, etc.), detail the design elements of such mechanism and present the pros and cons/trade-offs of each option, and provide recommendations regarding the broader policy needs beyond the competitive mechanism to achieve the desired outcomes and address specific challenge.
- **Tasks and responsibilities**

To support this work, the consultant will collaborate with the IRENA Secretariat to undertake the following tasks:

- Conduct a comprehensive review of the use of competition-based or tendering mechanisms in the DRE sector, highlighting country-level and program-level examples. The review will focus on implementation strategies, projects completed, beneficiaries, and other key outcomes.
- Identify the key stakeholders involved in competition-based mechanisms for DRE deployment, including implementing agencies, government bodies, private developers, financiers, investors, and regulators, and analyse their roles in ensuring the success of these competition-based mechanisms.
- Identify an

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