Country snapshot · East Africa
Seychelles
Solar added each year
Ember estimates of all solar (utility-scale, distributed and off-grid), MW. 2026 is Ember’s full-year estimate.
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| Year | MW | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.9 | Ember estimate |
| 2024 | 1.1 | Ember estimate |
| 2025 | 3.8 | Ember estimate |
| 2026E | 6.8 | Ember estimate, full year |
0.0% of Africa’s estimated 2026 solar additions (6.8 of 17,449.4 MW).1
Who has electricity
Share of people with access to electricity, 2024: rural and urban.
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| Area | Access | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rural | 100.0% | 2024 |
| Urban | 100.0% | 2024 |
| National | 100.0% | 2024 |
World Bank WDI, 2024.2
How reliable is the grid for business?
Firms experiencing electrical outages (2023 survey), compared with Sub-Saharan Africa and the world.3,4N6
38.3% (2023 survey) · Sub-Saharan Africa 72.4% · World 47.5% (2025)
The rules for small-scale generationN2,N7
Export rules: Partial
- Regulator
- Utilities Regulatory Commission (URC, since Oct 2024)
- Main utility
- Public Utilities Corporation (PUC)
Export rulesThe repealed Energy Act 2012 required surplus purchase by PUC. UNDP (2023) describes net-metering billing; the current instrument was not retrieved.5Medium confidenceShow detail
Energy Act 2012 s.48 required auto-producer surplus sales to PUC, paid via FiT "or other schemes". That Act was repealed in 2024. UNDP (2023) describes PUC assessing "net-metering billing" for each rooftop PV application. The current URC-era instrument was not retrieved (fetch failed).
How exports are creditedNone foundShow detail
None found (rate not stated)
Size limits and licensingDomestic: up to 100% of monthly consumption; commercial >10 kW: up to 50% (UNDP 2023, before the URC Act took effect).6Medium confidenceShow detail
Domestic customers may generate up to 100% of monthly consumption. Commercial customers >10 kW may generate up to 50%. The rebate is capped at 3 kWp subsidised size.
Mini-grid rulesNone foundLow confidenceShow detail
None found
Market access beyond the utilityNone found.6Medium confidenceShow detail
None found. Under the 2012 Act, PUC was exempt from licensing for transmission/distribution.
Aggregation / VPP rulesNone foundShow detail
None found
“None found” means we could not locate a rule in public sources reviewed to 10 October 2026, not that one cannot exist.
Recent developments
Dated developments, 2024–2026.
The full report
This is a snapshot. The full story is in Africa’s Invisible Grid.
The full analysis, with 17 exhibits on the boom, the data gap, the economics and the four building blocks, is in Africa’s Invisible Grid.
