Request for proposals for Consultancy to Develop the WRI Rwanda Energy-Finance Synthesis Report and the Rwanda Renewable Energy Strategy (RRES) 20262035. RFP Consultancy to Develop the WRI Rwanda Energy-Finance Synthesis Report and the Rwanda Renewable Energy Strategy | Copy of Request for Proposals (RFP) Template Event ID 1206968 Event Type Request for Proposal (RFP) Published Date 5/21/2026 RSVP Date Questions Deadline 5/27/2026 Status Open Submission deadline 5/29/2026 Description TERMS OF REFERENCE Consultancy to Develop the WRI Rwanda Energy-Finance Synthesis Report and the Rwanda Renewable Energy Strategy (RRES) 20262035 A call for expressions of interest from qualified individual consultants and/or consultancy firms General Information The following summary provides an at-a-glance overview of the assignment. Detailed provisions are set out in the sections that follow. Assignment Title Consultancy to Develop the WRI Rwanda Energy-Finance Synthesis Report and the Rwanda Renewable Energy Strategy (RRES) 20262035. Client / Commissioning Party World Resources Institute (WRI) Africa Rwanda Country Programme, in partnership with the Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA), Government of Rwanda Type of Contract Individual Consultant or Consultancy Firm Duration Two (2) months from the date of contract signature Expected Start Date Immediately after contract award Duty Station Kigali, Rwanda Working Languages English (required); Kinyarwanda a strong asset Reporting To WRI Rwanda Country Representative, with technical oversight from the MININFRA Steering Committee for Outcome 2 1 Background and Context 1.1. About WRI The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that works with governments, businesses, multilateral institutions, and civil society to develop practical solutions that improve peoples lives and safeguard nature. WRI organizes its work around seven global challenges namely Food, Forests, Water, Energy, Climate, the Ocean, and Cities; analyzed through four Centers of Excellence covering Business, Economics, Finance, and Equity. With more than 1,800 staff working in over 60 countries, WRI combines analytical rigor with convening power to mobilize large-scale, lasting change. In Rwanda, WRI has a fast-growing presence anchored in the countrys climate, energy, cities, forests, food systems, and water resilience agenda. WRI Rwanda is positioned as a strategic technical partner to the Government of Rwanda (GoR), supporting the design and implementation of investment-grade, evidence-based policy and programmes aligned with Vision 2050, the National Strategy for Transformation (NST2), Rwandas updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and the Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy. 1.2. The WRI Rwanda Energy-Finance Programme (SPF) The SPF Energy Finance Programme was conceived as a pilot under WRIs Climate Economics and Finance (CEF) Africa portfolio, with the objective of co-testing a simplified, emerging-markets-applicable typology and decision tree to unlock private investment in renewable energy. Rwanda was selected alongside Colombia as a pilot country, reflecting its coherent energy policy stack, strong government ownership, and its designation as WRIs first global Country Platform (CP) pilot for renewable energy. The SPF was originally designed to deliver a gap-analysis report, a validated typology, country testing reports, a consultation synthesis, and an operational strategy for identified opportunities. Through a series of workshops and consultations convened between April and September 2025, the programme generated substantive intellectual capital, stakeholder alignment, and a Decision Tree Synthesis Report covering revenue, cost, and financing dimensions of Rwandas energy transition. It also produced an initial Country Platform consultative report and an emerging clean cooking investment agenda aligned with MININFRAs request to WRI to support the 2026 Clean Cooking and Sustainable Household Energy Forum (CCSHEF 2026). The programmes analytical output is needed in a consolidated and publishable form. The intellectual content exists mainly in the form of workshop reports, concept notes, decision-tree analyses, and stakeholder consultations. The document is essential to (i) credibly close out the SPF pilot; (ii) convert the raw material into a reusable decision-making tool for policymakers and financiers; and (iii) position WRI Rwanda for substantially larger follow-on resourcing through GCF, IKI, FCDO, SIDA, KfW, the MCF, and the Country Platform architecture. 1.3. Rwandas Energy Sector and the Case for the RRES 20262035 Rwandas energy sector is guided by an unusually coherent stack of policies and strategies, most issued or updated within the last twenty-four months. The 2025 Energy Policy, the Energy Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) 2024/252028/29, the updated NDC, the Biomass Energy Strategy, the Climate and Nature Finance Strategy, and the Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy collectively set out an ambitious agenda: universal electricity access; clean cooking transition; a renewables share of 49% and rising; and mobilization of the estimated USD 810 billion investment required over the strategy period. Rapid growth in electricity demand is mainly driven by industrialization, urbanization, productive use, digitalization, and the electrification of transport and cooking; requires an updated, forward-looking, and investment-ready renewable energy framework. Evolving private-sector participation models and expanded access to climate finance instruments (including GCF and MDB facilities) further reinforce the need for a strategy that is analytically rigorous, implementable, and aligned with international programming standards. The Government of Rwanda, through MININFRA, therefore intends to develop a comprehensive Rwanda Renewable Energy Strategy (RRES) 20262035. The strategy will operationalize Rwandas Vision 2050 and NST2 ambitions in the energy sector, deliver on the 2035 targets of the NDC 3.0, and position Rwanda to mobilize climate and development finance at scale. It will prioritize a diversified and sustainable energy mix including solar, hydropower (notably Rusizi III and IV), geothermal, sustainable bioenergy, Lake Kivu methane, hydrogen, and grid modernization with storage integration; while reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and advancing a just energy transition. Consistent with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0), the Rwanda Energy Policy 2025 and the Energy Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP 2024-2029), the RRES 20262035 will pursue headline ambitions of a 60% share of renewable energy generation by 2035, a 54% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions relative to business-as-usual, universal electricity access of at least 95% (grid and off-grid combined), and access to clean cooking solutions for more than 500,000 additional households. The strategy will anchor Rwandas regional integration commitments under the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP), support green industrialization, strengthen long-term system reliability, and frame the countrys broader transition toward a low-carbon, resilient, and competitive energy economy, while aligning with World Bank, AfDB, and GCF programming requirements. 1.4. Rationale for a Combined Assignment The two outcomes of this assignment are analytically and strategically complementary. The SPF Synthesis Report consolidates Rwandas energy-finance diagnostic, including the gap analysis, the decision tree, and the Country Platform architecture providing the evidence base that directly informs the investment and financing framework of the RRES 20262030. In turn, the RRES 20262030 provides the forward-looking strategic and policy platform within which SPF findings on private investment mobilization, blended finance, and clean cooking can be operationalized at scale. Commissioning both outputs under a single, integrated assignment ensures methodological coherence, efficient use of stakeholder time, and a unified positioning narrative for WRI and MININFRA vis-à-vis national counterparts and development partners. 2 Objectives of the Assignment 2.1. Overall Objective The overall objective of this consultancy is to deliver two high-quality, analytically robust, and investment-ready products that together strengthen Rwandas renewable energy and energy-finance agenda: (i) a consolidated WRI Rwanda Energy-Finance Synthesis Report that closes the SPF pilot credibly and positions WRI Rwanda for follow-on resourcing; and (ii) the Rwanda Renewable Energy Strategy (RRES) 20262035, which will guide policy reform, public investment, and private-sector participation over the next five years and align Rwanda with MDB and GCF programming standards. In doing so, the assignment shall support Rwandas transition toward a low-carbon, resilient, and competitive energy system that underpins green industrialization, strengthens long-term energy security, and reduces exposure to imported fossil-fuel price volatility. 2.2. Specific Objectives Under Outcome 1, WRI Rwanda Energy-Finance Synthesis Report, the Consultant shall: Consolidate and synthesize existing SPF outputs (Gap Analysis, Decision Tree Synthesis, Country Platform consultative report, workshop outputs, and related materials) into a single coherent analytical product. Validate and refine the typology and decision tree based on Rwanda-specific evidence and stakeholder feedback. Identify priority entry points for WRI Rwanda in clean cooking finance, the Country Platform for renewable energy, grid-connected solar, blended finance, and the citiesenergy nexus. Produce policy-maker-friendly outputs (executive summary, poli Tender Link : https://www.wri.org/about/procurement-opportunities
