Access To Energy Fund

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Access to energy fund.

The 2019 2020 edition has a budget of 500 000. Access to clean affordable and reliable energy is vital for social and economic development and to power sustainable growth. And up to 50 of the total for for profit entities. Energy access fund approximately 789 million people still lack access to electricity and about 3 billion people rely on wood charcoal crop waste and coal for cooking and heating based.

Find out more about the projects. In 2019 the access to energy fund has signed off an impressive number of 10 new investments totaling to eur 48 million. Kenya uganda tanzania and rwanda but it is open to considering projects from other sub saharan countries. Alternative energy equity mutual funds provide investors with professionally managed exposure to many companies involved in various clean energy related business activities such as solar hydrogen.

In a recent investment aef supported d light with usd 7 mln in equity alongside the infrastructure development fund idf which invested usd 3 mln and norfund swedfund and inspired evolution which invested another usd 30 mln. The access to energy fund is jointly initiated by the dutch government and fmo in 2007 to support private sector projects aimed at providing long term access to energy services in developing countries. Coordinated by the energy access action network a coalition of leading companies investors industry associations and sector support providers from across the off grid sector. Access to energy is a requisite to elevating living conditions and allowing for development and expansion of economic activities in rural africa.

The covid 19 energy access response aims to maintain the sector s progress in bringing energy to all. The fund will assume project costs. The fund is designed to provide patient flexible capital combined with technical assistance that is currently lacking in the off grid energy ecosystem. The market for off grid energy and lighting is expected to grow into a us 50 billion market per annum in the long term.

Up to 75 of the total for nonprofit entities. The projects submitted funding applications from 25 000 to 100 000. The responsabilty energy access fund provides working capital to manufacturers and distributors of modern energy products to accelerate their growth and scale of impact.