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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has announced it will fund thirty-five new projects. The funding round, REEEP’s sixth, represented the largest in its four year history.
The increased funding was driven by new donor contributions in March when the Norwegian government announced a three-year pledge of EUR 3.7 million. Norway joined the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand as a project donor government.
In Africa, solar water heating is rising up the agenda as a demand side management strategy. Three projects are supporting the development of solar water heating markets in Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda. Additionally, REEEP and the World Bank will be holding a Development Marketplace competition for LED lighting across Sub-Saharan Africa to replace fossil-fuel lighting.
A total of 35 projects were selected through a two stage bottom up process, which will receive a total funding of about € 3.2 million. Ten of the selected projects will be implemented in sub Saharan Africa. The approved project list in Sub Saharan Africa is shown below (the two projects marked * are managed by the REEEP Secretariat for Southern Africa). For further information please visit the global website www.reeep.org Funding Stream/ Donor | Project | Implementing Agency | Country (s) | UK (Defra), Norway | Standardized Financial & Legal Documentation for RETScreen | CANMET Energy Technology Centre-Varennes | China, Brazil, India and South Africa | UK (Defra), Norway | Gold Standard (GS) Local Experts Programme | The Gold Standard Foundation | Brazil, China, India and South Africa. | UK (Defra), Norway | Improving Electricity Governance in Brazil and South Africa | World Resources Institute | Brazil and South Africa | UK (Defra) | Development of International EMS for integration into the ISO 9000 or 14000 Standards | UNIDO | USA, DK, IE, Sweden, ES, Ukraine, China, Brazil, SA, Egypt, Tunisia, Nigeria | Ireland | Promotion of Solar Water Heaters (agreed by REEEP with Gov of Uganda) | Ministry of Energy and Mineral development and Rural Electrification Agency | Uganda | UK (Defra) | Development Marketplace Competition for Affordable Non-Fossil Lighting in Sub-Saharan Africa | The World Bank | Sub-Saharan Africa | UK (Defra), Norway | Millennium Development Goal Financing Facility (MDGFF) – Participatory Business Planning | Fiorello H. LaGuardia Foundation | Brazil, China, India, Africa | Ireland | Dev. & Impl. of financial risk management instrument supporting Energy services development Investment in sub-Saharan Africa. | Econoler International | Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia | UK (Defra) | Developing a Vehicle for SWH Mass Implementation in SA, and extending the existing REEEP manual* | Sustainable Energy Africa | South Africa | UK (FCO) | Integrated Rural Energy Utility (IEU) Roadmap* | Restio Energy Pty Ltd | SA, with emphasis on replicability in Tanzania, Uganda et al |
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