GIZ/EnDev (Energizing Development) works towards sustainable access to modern energy services (solar energy and improved cooking stoves). In the cocoa sector, GIZ/EnDev collaborates with local cooperatives, NGOs and the private sector to promote solar dryers, solar lamps and supporting mobile data collection and certification efforts.
In Totota, Bong county, the Liberian owned Liberia Engineering and Geo Technology Company has started operating a PV 25 KW mini solar plant that provides electricity to about 40 households and businesses. It is backed up by a diesel generator that charges the battery if the sunshine has not been strong enough.