Installed Renewable Energy Capacity
Key Players
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Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Energy (MTIE)
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Directorate General of Energy (DGE)
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Economic Regulatory Agency (ARE) (Agencia de Regulacao Economica)
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National Water and Electricity Company (ELECTRA)
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ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)
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ECOWAS Regional Renewable Energy Policy
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Cape Verde National Energy Policy, 2008
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Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development (PEDS)
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National Plan for Renewable Energy (2015)
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Cape Verde-Solar Irradiation and PV Power Potential Maps
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IRENA RE Resource
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Website for Cape Verde Data Portal
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Website for African Development Bank
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Website for World Bank Data
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Website for Instituto National de Estatistica
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Case Study: Sal Solar PV Project
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Case Study: Santiago Solar PV Project
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Mini-Grid Policy Toolkit – Case Study
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Battery Energy Storage System in a 100% renewable network. Case study of Brava Island.
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Market report on solar thermal water heating and drying of agricultural products
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Key Economic Indicators
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GDP (current)USD 1.77 Billionin 2017
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GDP growth rate (current)4.01%in 2017
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WB Ease of doing business rank131in 2018
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Foreign direct investmentUSD 110.01 Millionin 2017
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Lending interest rate to private sector9.49%in 2017
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Domestic Credit to Private Sector62.43%in 2017
Key Energy Indicators
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Electric power consumption per capitaNAin 2014
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Share of electricity from RE in grid20.21%in 2015
Sovereign Credit Rating
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Standard & Poor'sB
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Moody'sNA
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FitchB
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