As part of the implementation of the Chad Energy Access Expansion Project (PAAET) – part of the Mission 300 initiative – 145,000 solar kits are being distributed at subsidized rates to households across the country's 23 provinces. Each kit, valued at $100, is sold for the equivalent of $20. The. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www. org) has approved funding worth EUR 28 million to build solar power plants in Gassi and Lamadji, Chad. The funding includes EUR 20 million in direct support, combining a loan and a grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, plus EUR 8 million in financial. Currently, ZIZ Energie owns and operates five diesel powered minigrids in Chad, which it plans to convert to solar-plus-storage hybrid systems starting in the city of Mongo, the 70,000-inhabitant capital region of Guéra province.