The CHOICES (Community and Household Options In Choosing Energy Services) project in South Africa's Eastern Cape sought to enable communities to make sustainable energy choices that reduced energy poverty and stimulated local development. The project focused on building local people's capacity to participate in identifying and exploring locally appropriate energy options with greater community benefits.
Knowledge of what local alternative energy resources are available
A better understanding of how the community is using energy and how they could use energy more efficiently
The community’s business skills so they can collaborate with investors and developers who share their green energy vision in future.
https://www.iied.org/choices-community-energy-south-africa