Capacity Building

The biggest non-technical bottleneck in the global rural energy transition is the ability of "people": county-level officials who need to approve and supervise complex Agri-PV projects, village collectives who need to sign long-term equity arrangements, technical personnel who install and maintain systems in remote terrain, and farmers who need to use new electrification equipment safely and efficiently. The research findings from IEA, IRENA, and ETEN all indicate that without targeted skills training and institutional capacity building, deployment goals will be difficult to achieve and revenue distribution will be imbalanced. IAA operates a multi-level capacity building project that integrates classroom training, on-site technical assistance, practitioner certification, and a continuously updated knowledge base to ensure that various entities involved in rural renewable energy planning, construction, supervision, and operation have the corresponding capacity.