Partner Project Highlights

The following stories highlight a selection of relevant activities undertaken by Alliance partners:

Scaling Mini-Grids to Increase Clean Electricity Access in the DRC

In collaboration with GEAPP, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is unlocking private sector investment for metro-grids and mini-grids in the DRC. This program aims to deploy 180 MW of solar PV capacity and electrify over 1.5 million homes, businesses, schools, and clinics in the cities of Mbuji-Mayi and Kananga.

Scaling Mini-Grids to Increase Clean Electricity Access in the DRC

In collaboration with GEAPP, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is unlocking private sector investment for metro-grids and mini-grids in the DRC. This program aims to deploy 180 MW of solar PV capacity and electrify over 1.5 million homes, businesses, schools, and clinics in the cities of Mbuji-Mayi and Kananga.

Partnering with the African Development Bank to Power the Sahel via Solar

The Sahel is one of the regions of the world that receives the highest amount of sunlight. The Desert to Power Initiative will harness that solar energy, generating 10 GW of additional capacity to provide clean electricity for 250 million people. Part of the African Development Bank’s New Deal on Energy in Africa and a key pillar of the Great Green Wall Initiative, Desert to Power will help build the world’s largest solar zone.

Muluneh, a deputy manager of a solar site in rural Ethiopia. Photo Credit: African Development Bank

Partnering with the African Development Bank to Power the Sahel via Solar

The Sahel is one of the regions of the world that receives the highest amount of sunlight. The Desert to Power Initiative will harness that solar energy, generating 10 GW of additional capacity to provide clean electricity for 250 million people. Part of the African Development Bank’s New Deal on Energy in Africa and a key pillar of the Great Green Wall Initiative, Desert to Power will help build the world’s largest solar zone.

Muluneh, a deputy manager of a solar site in rural Ethiopia. Photo Credit: African Development Bank

DFC’s Golomoti Solar Project in Malawi

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is committed to advancing clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy access across the developing world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 600 million people lack access to electricity. As part of this work, DFC has committed $25 million to support the Golomoti Solar project, a 20MW solar photovoltaic power plant and 5MW/10MWh battery energy storage system in southeast Malawi. DFC’s investment will help deliver electricity to the national power grid, directly benefiting Malawian businesses and communities. The plant is also Malawi’s first battery energy storage system, which will improve energy reliability and help promote economic stability across the country.

DFC’s Golomoti Solar Project in Malawi

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is committed to advancing clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy access across the developing world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 600 million people lack access to electricity. As part of this work, DFC has committed $25 million to support the Golomoti Solar project, a 20MW solar photovoltaic power plant and 5MW/10MWh battery energy storage system in southeast Malawi. DFC’s investment will help deliver electricity to the national power grid, directly benefiting Malawian businesses and communities. The plant is also Malawi’s first battery energy storage system, which will improve energy reliability and help promote economic stability across the country.

Power Africa is Enhancing Access to Healthcare across the Continent

Through its Healthcare Electrification and Telecommunication Alliance, Power Africa aims to enhance health services by providing clean electricity and mobile data systems to approximately 10,000 healthcare facilities across sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative will improve healthcare access for vulnerable populations, facilitate infectious disease monitoring, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and cut operating costs by eliminating the need to rely on diesel generators.

Power Africa is Enhancing Access to Healthcare across the Continent

Through its Healthcare Electrification and Telecommunication Alliance, Power Africa aims to enhance health services by providing clean electricity and mobile data systems to approximately 10,000 healthcare facilities across sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative will improve healthcare access for vulnerable populations, facilitate infectious disease monitoring, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and cut operating costs by eliminating the need to rely on diesel generators.

Investing in Low-Carbon Universal Electricity Access in Latin America and the Caribbean

Through its Low Carbon Energy Fund, the IDB Group (Inter-American Development Bank, IDB Invest and IDB Lab) aims to electrify the remaining 17 million people who lack access to power in the Latin America and Caribbean region, while also transitioning away from fossil fuels. This initiative will drive economic development, community resilience, and further investment from other public and private sector organizations.

GEAPP is supporting the Renewables in Latin America and the Caribbean (RELAC) initiative, and its 15 member countries across the region, to increase regional renewable energy share to 70% by 2030 and achieve a just transition. Private sector projects have centered on technical cooperation, particularly for due diligence, business models, and lowering transaction costs for private sector-led sustainable energy investment projects.

Investing in Low-Carbon Universal Electricity Access in Latin America and the Caribbean

Through its Low Carbon Energy Fund, the IDB Group (Inter-American Development Bank, IDB Invest and IDB Lab) aims to electrify the remaining 17 million people who lack access to power in the Latin America and Caribbean region, while also transitioning away from fossil fuels. This initiative will drive economic development, community resilience, and further investment from other public and private sector organizations.

GEAPP is supporting the Renewables in Latin America and the Caribbean (RELAC) initiative, and its 15 member countries across the region, to increase regional renewable energy share to 70% by 2030 and achieve a just transition. Private sector projects have centered on technical cooperation, particularly for due diligence, business models, and lowering transaction costs for private sector-led sustainable energy investment projects.

Through the projects currently in its pipeline, the Low Carbon Energy Fund hopes to reach 88 million, channeling $1.1 million of the IDB Group’s own resources to these efforts and working to mobilize $800 million in new public and private investments in LAC in the process.

In the public sector, GEAPP is supporting the Renewables in Latin America and the Caribbean (RELAC) initiative, and its 15 member countries across the region, to increase regional renewable energy share to 70% by 2030 and achieve a just transition to renewable energy. Private sector projects have centered on technical cooperation, particularly for due diligence, business models, and lowering transaction costs for private sector-led sustainable energy investment projects.

The Low Carbon Energy Fund will help drive a rapid energy transition and universal electrification in LAC through Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE). In turn, this will drive economic growth, empower citizens, create jobs, and improve resilience to climate change.

Through the projects currently in its pipeline, the Low Carbon Energy Fund hopes to reach 88 million, channeling $1.1 million of the IDB Group’s own resources to these efforts and working to mobilize $800 million in new public and private investments in LAC in the process.

In the public sector, GEAPP is supporting the Renewables in Latin America and the Caribbean (RELAC) initiative, and its 15 member countries across the region, to increase regional renewable energy share to 70% by 2030 and achieve a just transition to renewable energy. Private sector projects have centered on technical cooperation, particularly for due diligence, business models, and lowering transaction costs for private sector-led sustainable energy investment projects.

The Low Carbon Energy Fund will help drive a rapid energy transition and universal electrification in LAC through Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE). In turn, this will drive economic growth, empower citizens, create jobs, and improve resilience to climate change.