OUR PROJECTS

Since inception, REPP has supported projects typically ranging from 1MW to 25MW, and employing technologies as diverse as solar home systems to utility-scale run-of-river hydropower. Hover over the pins below to find out more about the programme's active projects.
Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven super platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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Ha Makebe, Lesotho

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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Ha Makebe, Lesotho

Successful pilot hybrid solar PV mini-grid in Lesotho paves way for a further 10 mini-grids that will provide first-time energy access to 30,000 people and clean power to seven health clinics.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: Pilot: 76 tonnes CO2e (achieved, cumulative); whole project: 819 tonnes CO2e per year (target)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time access to clean energy: Pilot: 1,015 (achieved); whole project: c.30,000 (target)

Planned capacity: Pilot: 50kW plus 152kWh battery storage (achieved); whole project: 1.87MW plus 5MWh battery storage (target)

Funding structure

Pilot mini-grid phase

Signed: 2 October 2018

Type: Convertible loan

REPP funding: LSL 7m

Phase two

Signed: 24 December 2021

Type: Equity and senior debt

REPP funding: LSL 75m

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Lesotho’s conditional NDC (2018) target to reduce GHG emissions by 35% by 2030 and install 1MW of solar PV mini-grids in rural areas. Ha Makebe is well aligned with Lesotho’s National Energy Policy (2015), which aims to increase private sector engagement in energy sector development, especially renewable energy mini-grids.

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Mpanda, Burundi

Technology: Run-of-river hydro

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Mpanda, Burundi

10.2MW run-of-river hydropower plant will support Burundi’s climate action targets and increase power production by over 10%.
Technology:

Run-of-river hydro

Run-of-river hydroelectric power

Project type:

Grid-connected

Offtaker:

Regie de Production et de Distribution d’Eau et d’Electricite (“REGIDESO”)

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 18,495 tonnes CO2e per year (target)

Improves stability of grid supply (target)

Planned capacity: 10.2MW (target)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 25 September 2020*
Lending type: Development loan
REPP funding: USD 1 million

* CPs met in June 2021

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

REPP’s investment in Mpanda supports Burundi’s Updated NDC (2021) conditional target to reduce GHG emissions by 23% by 2030. The project is also listed in the Updated NDC as a priority project to help Burundi meet its unconditional 3% GHG emissions reduction target. It is also listed as a priority initiative in the National Development Plan (2018) and represents strong support for the country’s vision for sustainable development.

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ARC Power, Rwanda

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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ARC Power, Rwanda

Two-phase project to roll out up to 80,000 connections by end of 2026 across three countries through a combination of integrated and standalone mini-grids and distributed renewable energy.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid rural communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: Phase 1: 68 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative); whole project: 4,928 tCO2e per year (target)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: Phase 1: 9,717 (achieved); whole project: 400,000 (target)

Planned capacity: Phase 1: 0.1MW (achieved); whole project: 2.24MW (target)

Funding structure

Initial loan

Contracted date: 18 February 2019
Lending type: Convertible loan
REPP funding: GBP 600,000

Additional loan

Contracted date: 13 May 2020
Lending type: Convertible loan
REPP funding: GBP 300,000

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Rwanda’s conditional NDC (2020) targets to reduce GHG emissions by 38% and install 68MW of solar PV mini-grids in rural areas by 2030. Project is in line with Rwanda’s long-term development plan, Rwanda 2050, which aims to increase renewables to being 60% electricity generation mix and ensure 100% electricity access by 2035.

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Virunga

Technology: Run-of-river hydro

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Virunga

A 100MW portfolio of run-of-river hydroelectric power and rural distribution projects to provide improved energy access for nearly 10 million people across four countries.
Technology:

Run-of-river hydro

Run-of-river hydroelectric power

Project type:

Grid-connected and off-grid

Offtaker:

Multiple

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 223,000 tonnes CO2e per year

Improves stability of grid supply

Planned capacity: 100MW*

Funding structure

Contracted date: 13 December 2018

Lending type: Convertible loan

REPP funding: USD 2.5m

 

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports all countries’ NDC targets to reduce GHG emissions by 2030. It contributes towards Burundi’s 2040 national target of adding 238MW hydropower (Master Plan 2018) and the objectives of Kenya’s National Energy Policy (2018), which includes the development of small hydro, as well as Tanzania’s Vision 2025 objective to develop its energy infrastructure and Zambia’s National Energy Policy (2019) objective of diversifying the country’s energy mix.

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Mubuga, Burundi

Technology: Grid-connected solar PV

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Mubuga, Burundi

7.5MW* solar PV power plant is improving the energy supply in Burundi and has boosted the country’s generation capacity by 10%
Technology:

Grid-connected solar PV

Grid-connected solar farm

Project type:

Greenfield, grid-connected

Offtaker:

Régie de Production et de Distribution D’eau et D’electricite (REGIDESO)

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided to date: 2,542 tonnes CO2e

Improves stability of grid supply

Installed capacity: 7.5MW*

Funding structure

Contracted date: 7 December 2016
Lending type: Development finance
REPP funding: Undisclosed

Contracted date: 17 December 2019
Lending type: Construction finance
REPP funding: Undisclosed

Contracted date: 17 December 2019
Lending type: Subordinated term loan
REPP funding: Undisclosed

 

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Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

REPP’s investment in Mubuga supports Burundi’s Updated NDC (2021) conditional target to reduce GHG emissions by 23% by 2030. The project is also listed in the Updated NDC as a priority project to help Burundi meet its unconditional 3% GHG emissions reduction target. It is also listed as a priority initiative in the National Development Plan (2018) and represents strong support for the country’s vision for sustainable development.

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Nuru, DRC

Technology: Solar-hybrid isolated grids

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Nuru, DRC

More than 120,000 people are expected to be connected to electricity for the first time through the next phase of this project to develop 43MWp of solar-hybrid isolated grids in DRC.
Technology:

Solar-hybrid isolated grids

Grid-connected solar farm

Project type:

Grid-connected

Offtaker:

Households and commercial customers

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,302 tonnes CO2e per year (Series B phase of project only)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 121,320 (plus 4,460 business customers and 314 social and public institutions)

Planned capacity: 13.7MWp solar, plus battery and backup diesel capacity (KPIs relate to series B phase of project only)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 20 February 2023
Funding type: Equity
REPP funding: USD 500,000 (with a further USD 5.5 million agreed subject to additional conditions)

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports DRC’s Updated NDC commitment to reduce its GHG emissions by 21% compared to the 2030 BAU scenario through investment in renewable energy development to meet country’s target of 42.7 MW for wind, solar and geothermal energy by 2030. The project is well-aligned with the goals of DRC’s National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. It also directly contributes to strengthening the climate resilience of DRC’s energy infrastructure, thus supporting DRC’s adaptation efforts set out in the National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change 2022-2026.

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Malile, Madagascar

Technology: Grid-connected solar PV

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Malile, Madagascar

42MW solar PV hybridisation project fueling development with clean electricity in Madagascar.
Technology:

Grid-connected solar PV

Grid-connected solar farm

Project type:

Grid-connected

Offtaker:

The HFO IPP will purchase the power and on-sell to the national utility, JIRAMA

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: Phase 1: 5,552 tonnes CO2e per year / Achieved: 4,907 tCO2e (cumulative)

Improves stability of grid supply

Planned capacity: Phase 1: 5.7MW / Achieved: 3.25MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 22 December 2020*
Lending type: Bridge loan
REPP funding: USD 6 million

* Financial close achieved on 30 July 2021

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

REPP’s investment in the Malile solar PV project represents a significant international contribution to Madagascar’s climate agenda, including the conditional NDC target (2016) for a 14% reduction of GHG emissions by 2030. It also supports the implementation of the government’s Madagascar Emergence Initiative (2019) and will add 42MW of new solar generation capacity, in line with New Energy Policy (2015) targets.

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Buffalo Energy, Zambia

Technology: Various

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Buffalo Energy, Zambia

100MW portfolio of projects utilising large-scale solar PV, wind and mini-hydro.
Technology:

Various

Project type:

Grid-connected, off-grid

Offtaker:

Industrials and rural communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 49,869 tonnes CO2e per year

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 2,700

Planned capacity: 30MW*

Funding structure

Contracted date: 23 October 2018
Lending type: Corporate convertible loan
REPP funding: Amount undisclosed due to confidentiality

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Zambia’s Updated NDC (2021) targets to reduce GHG emissions by 47% by 2030 and extend the grid to non-electrified rural areas. Project is also well-aligned with National Energy Policy (2019) and Eighth National Development Plan (2022-2026) objectives of diversifying the country’s energy mix through the promotion of renewable energy sources.

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Middle Nzoia and Gitugi, Kenya

Technology: Run-of-river hydro

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Middle Nzoia and Gitugi, Kenya

Pair of run-of-river hydropower plants with combined 15MW generating capacity will create over 600 jobs in rural Kenya
Technology:

Run-of-river hydro

Run-of-river hydroelectric power

Project type:

Greenfield, grid-connected

Offtaker:

Kenya Power

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 44,044 tonnes CO2e per year

Improves stability of grid supply

Planned capacity: 15.07MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 30 June 2016
Lending type: Development capital
REPP funding: USD 751,000

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Kenya’s Updated NDC (2020) target to abate GHG emissions by 32% by 2030 and the objectives of the National Energy Policy (2018), which includes the development of small hydro. By developing energy infrastructure, Virunga Power is supporting the manufacturing and other development priorities outlined in the “Big Four” agenda (2018).

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven super platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven super platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven super platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven super platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven super platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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Mwenga, Tanzania

Technology: On-shore wind

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Mwenga, Tanzania

Ground-breaking 2.4MW wind farm in Tanzania is helping to meet the energy needs of a rapidly expanding private rural grid network.
Technology:

On-shore wind

Project type:

Grid-connected

Offtaker:

Rural communities and semi-industrial clients

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 3,321 tonnes CO2e (cumulative)

Improves stability of grid supply

Installed capacity: 2.4MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 20 March 2020

Lending type: Mezzanine loan

REPP funding: USD 1.2m

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Tanzania’s Updated NDC (2021) mitigation and adaptation priorities, including targets to reduce GHG emissions by up to 35% by 2030 and promote rural electrification and diversification of the energy system. Also supports the implementation of Tanzania’s Vision 2025 and the National Five-Year Development Plan 2021/22-2025/26 (2021) through the development of energy infrastructure and contribution towards increasing national generation capacity to 4,915MW and the 85% electricity access by 2026 target.

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Rupingazi, Kenya

Technology: Run-of-river hydro

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Rupingazi, Kenya

6MW project is anticipated to improve energy access for more than 175,000 people in the foothills of Mount Kenya.
Technology:

Run-of-river hydro

Run-of-river hydroelectric power

Project type:

Grid-connected, greenfield

Offtaker:

Kenya Power

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 17,534 tonnes CO2e per year

Improves stability of grid supply

Planned capacity: 6MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 15 April 2018
Lending type: Development loan

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Kenya’s Updated NDC (2020) target to abate GHG emissions by 32% by 2030, as well as the vision and objectives of the National Energy Policy (2018) and the Updated Least Cost Power Development Plan 2021-2030 (2021) of the Government, which focus on the provision of adequate, reliable and affordable power, including by encouraging the development of small hydro. By developing energy infrastructure, developer Kleen Hydro Limited is supporting the manufacturing and other development priorities outlined in the “Big Four” agenda (2018).

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Moyamba, Sierra Leone

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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Moyamba, Sierra Leone

A 32 mini-grid project with far-reaching social and health benefits to rural communities in Sierra Leone.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Households and commercial customers

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 2,847 tonnes CO2e per year / achieved: 416 tCO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 79,108 / achieved: 17,518

Planned capacity: 1.3MW / achieved: 0.8MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 1 April 2021
Lending type: Senior term loan
REPP funding: USD 1.25 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports Sierra Leone’s Updated NDC (2021) conditional targets of reducing GHG emissions by 10% by 2030 and increasing energy access to 95% by 2030 by promoting renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. It also supports the country’s development targets to connect 20 villages and 8 towns in each district to electricity, including through off-grid standalone schemes, as well as increasing the share of renewables to 65% by 2023 (Medium-term National Development Plan 2019-2023).

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GVE, Nigeria

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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GVE, Nigeria

Ambitious mini-grid project aims to provide first-time energy access to more than 73,000 people across 72 villages in seven states of rural Nigeria.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 5,957 tonnes CO2e per year (target) / Achieved: 596 tCO2e (cumulative)

People with first-time energy access: 73,500 (target)/ Achieved: 25,915

Planned capacity: 2.72MW (target) / Achieved: 0.43MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 29 December 2016
Lending type: Development capital
REPP funding: USD 288,000

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Nigeria’s Updated NDC (2021) conditional target to reduce GHG emissions by 47% by 2030 including by providing 13GW installed renewable energy capacity from off-grid solar PV to support rural areas. Project is strongly aligned with the Nigerian Government’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a combination of centralised and decentralised approaches. The project is also contributing towards Nigeria’s National Development Plan 2021-2025 target to increase electricity access to 75% by 2025.

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PowerGen

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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PowerGen

Success of eight-investor funding round to help leading African private utility provide high-quality, reliable electricity to an estimated 480,000 people by 2024.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 43,581 tonnes CO2e per year / Achieved: 1,973 tCO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 480,000 / Achieved: 75,830

Planned capacity: 19.9MW / Achieved: 3.67MWp

Funding structure

Contracted date: 17 January 2020

Lending type: Equity

REPP funding: USD 2m

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports all countries’ NDC targets to reduce GHG emissions by 2030. It is also strongly aligned with the Nigerian Government’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a combination of centralised and decentralised approaches – as well as supporting Kenya’s aims to reach universal energy access by 2022 (National Electrification Strategy 2018), Sierra Leone’s conditional electrification target of 95% by 2030 (Updated NDC, 2021) and Tanzania’s target of 60% by 2026 (National Five-Year Development Plan 2021/22-2025/26).

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Winch, Sierra Leone & Uganda

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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Winch, Sierra Leone & Uganda

Over 55,000 people living in among the least electrified areas of the world are expected be connected to electricity for the first time through this large-scale mini-grids project in Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Rural communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 964 tonnes CO2e per year (target) / Achieved: 65 tCO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 55,000 (target) / Achieved: TBC

Planned capacity: 2.2MW (target) / Achieved: 1.4MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 17 September 2021
Lending type: Senior term loan
REPP funding: USD 2.1 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports both countries’ NDC targets to reduce GHG emissions by 2030 and promote renewable energy development in rural areas, and contributes to Sierra Leone’s conditional national electrification target of 95% by 2030 (Updated NDC, 2021) and Uganda’s 100% electrification by 2030 target (Draft Revised National Energy Policy, 2019). Improving energy access through renewable energy supports the implementation of Sierra Leone’s medium-term development vision 2019-2023 and Uganda’s National Development Plan III (2020/21-2024/25), as well as Uganda Vision 2040 target of achieving 5GW installed solar PV capacity by 2040.

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Mobile Power, West Africa

Technology: Solar-powered battery hubs

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Mobile Power, West Africa

Solar-powered battery rental business operating in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, the Gambia and Zambia. Mobile Power has experienced significant revenue growth and geographic expansion since its series A and is now preparing to raise a series B.
Technology:

Solar-powered battery hubs

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Communities and motorbike taxi drivers

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 9,885 tonnes CO2e per year (target) / Achieved: 120 tonnes CO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time access to clean energy: 273,800 (target) / Achieved: 151,463

Planned capacity: 4.5MW (target) / Achieved: 0.36MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 10 December 2020

Funding type: Equity

REPP funding: GBP 1 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Mobile Power is well aligned with national NDC targets and priorities of most portfolio countries, supporting: • Sierra Leone’s national policy priority of promoting renewable energy development in rural areas and its 10% GHG emissions reduction target (Updated NDC, 2021); • Liberia’s 2030 conditional targets to reduce its GHG emissions by 64% and increase the share of renewable electricity production to at least 30% (Updated NDC, 2021); • Nigeria’s National Development Plan 2021-2025 electrification target of 75% by 2025; • Zambia’s National Energy Policy’s (2019) objective of diversifying the energy mix in the country; • Uganda’s 100% electrification by 2030 target (Draft Revised National Energy Policy, 2019) with enhanced focus on diversification of the energy mix, off-grid renewables and increasing energy efficiency of the households (Uganda Vision 2040); and • Gambia’s goal of improving access to electricity and enhancing household energy security (National Development Plan 201-2021).

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Mount Coffee, Liberia

Technology: Grid-connected solar PV

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Mount Coffee, Liberia

Ground-breaking 20MW utility-scale solar farm in Liberia to increase country’s generation capacity by 15% and improve stability of grid supply for tens of thousands of people.
Technology:

Grid-connected solar PV

Grid-connected solar farm

Project type:

Greenfield, grid-connected

Offtaker:

Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC)

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 23,772 tonnes CO2e per year

Improves stability of grid supply

Planned capacity: 20MW

Funding Structure

Contracted date: 13 December 2018

Lending type: Development loan

REPP funding: USD 615,000

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Liberia’s Updated NDC (2021) conditional target to reduce GHG emissions by 64% by 2030, including through installation of 100 MW of renewable energy plants, and make renewable energy >75% of the energy mix, as outlined in the Rural Energy Strategy and Master Plan (2016).

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven super platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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PowerGen

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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PowerGen

Success of eight-investor funding round to help leading African private utility provide high-quality, reliable electricity to an estimated 480,000 people by 2024.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 43,581 tonnes CO2e per year / Achieved: 1,973 tCO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 480,000 / Achieved: 75,830

Planned capacity: 19.9MW / Achieved: 3.67MWp

Funding structure

Contracted date: 17 January 2020

Lending type: Equity

REPP funding: USD 2m

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports all countries’ NDC targets to reduce GHG emissions by 2030. It is also strongly aligned with the Nigerian Government’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a combination of centralised and decentralised approaches – as well as supporting Kenya’s aims to reach universal energy access by 2022 (National Electrification Strategy 2018), Sierra Leone’s conditional electrification target of 95% by 2030 (Updated NDC, 2021) and Tanzania’s target of 60% by 2026 (National Five-Year Development Plan 2021/22-2025/26).

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PAS Solar, Nigeria

Technology: Solar home systems

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PAS Solar, Nigeria

Energy-as-a-service business in Nigeria providing affordable and sustainable long-term access to clean power for off-grid customers is expanding its in-country footprint.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Micro-enterprises and households

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 1,560 tonnes CO2e per year / Achieved: 1,728 tCO2e (cumulative)

People with first-time energy access: 52,000 / Achieved: 28,673

Planned capacity: 0.52MWp / Achieved: 0.3MWp

Funding structure

Loan

Contracted date: 4 April 2019

Amount: USD 2.24m

Equity

Contracted date: 2 December 2019

Amount: USD 1.6m

 

Watch the PAS Solar video
Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Nigeria’s Updated NDC (2021) conditional target to reduce GHG emissions by 47% by 2030 including by providing 13GW installed renewable energy capacity from off-grid solar PV to support rural areas. Project is strongly aligned with the Nigerian Government’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a combination of centralised and decentralised approaches. The project is also contributing towards Nigeria’s National Development Plan 2021-2025 target to increase electricity access to 75% by 2025.

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Marco Borero, Kenya

Technology: Grid-connected solar PV

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Marco Borero, Kenya

REPP equity investment accelerates financial close for 1.65MW (DC) grid-connected solar PV plant in central Kenya
Technology:

Grid-connected solar PV

Grid-connected solar farm

Project type:

Grid-connected

Offtaker:

Kenya Power and Lighting Company

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 1,929 tonnes CO2e per year

Improves stability of grid supply

Planned capacity: 1.65MW (DC)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 9 April 2020

Lending type: Equity and shareholder loans

REPP funding: USD 525,000

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Marco Borero contributes directly towards Kenya’s target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 32%, including through development of renewable energy capacity, as set out in its Updated NDC (2020). It also supports the implementation of the Vision 2030 (2007) and the “Big Four” agenda (2018), which identify energy as one of the enablers for sustained economic growth.

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upOwa, Cameroon

Technology: Solar home systems

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upOwa, Cameroon

PAYG solar home systems project to connect 1 million people in Cameroon to clean electricity for the first time.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 9,473 tCO2e per year (target): Achieved: 11,372 tCO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 1,000,000 (target) / Achieved: 129,996

Planned capacity: 1.73MW / Achieved: 0.4 MW

Funding structure

Initial funding:

Contracted date: 10 September 2019

Lending type: Equity

REPP funding: EUR 1.3m

 

Additional funding:

Contracted date: 28 September 2020

Lending type: Convertible loan

REPP funding: EUR 500,000

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Cameroon’s Updated NDC (2021) conditional target to reduce GHG emissions by 35% by 2030 and make renewables 25% of energy mix by 2035. Renewable energy projects like upOwa are expected to have an important role in achieving universal electricity access, as outlined in Cameroon’s Rural Electrification Master Plan (2016).

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Djermaya, Chad

Technology: Grid-connected solar PV

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Djermaya, Chad

Grid-connected solar PV project in Chad will significantly reduce the country’s total reliance on fossil fuel-powered energy, improve energy security and boost generating capacity by 20%.
Technology:

Grid-connected solar PV

Grid-connected solar farm

Project type:

Greenfield, grid-connected

Offtaker:

La Société Nationale D’Electricité (SNE), Chad’s national utility

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 39,683 tonnes CO2e per year

Improves security of grid supply

Planned capacity: 25MW (AC)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 2 May 2018

Lending type: Development loan

REPP funding: up to EUR 380,000

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Chad’s conditional Updated NDC (2021) target to reduce GHG emissions by 19.3% by 2030. Project will help alleviate poverty and foster economic activity by providing lower cost power to the grid than fossil fuel-fired generation, thus contributing to Chad Vision 2030’s (2017) target of becoming an emerging country. Djermaya has been identified as a priority project in the Emergency Plan for Access to Electricity 2021-2023 (2020).

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Bweengwa, Zambia

Technology: Geothermal

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Bweengwa, Zambia

Geothermal wells have been drilled and studies are underway to pave the way for Zambia’s first commercial geothermal power plant.
Technology:

Geothermal

Geothermal

Project type:

Exploratory (drilling)

Offtaker:

TBC

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 58,180 tonnes CO2e per year*

Planned capacity: 10MW*

Funding structure

Contracted date: 24 April 2020

Lending type: Convertible loan

REPP funding: up to USD 3.2m

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports Zambia’s conditional NDC target to reduce GHG by 47% by 2030 (including through increased generation of renewable energy) and contributes USD 3.2m towards the estimated USD 35bn cost of implementing the conditional mitigation measures (NDC 2016; 2020). Also supports the aim of diversifying the energy mix, including through increased geothermal exploration, outlined as a priority in the National Energy Policy (2019).

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CBEA PowerGen Tanzania

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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CBEA PowerGen Tanzania

A portfolio of Pay-As-You-Go solar PV mini-grids is providing first-time access to clean, grid-quality energy to about 4,660 people in Tanzania.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid rural communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 2,321 tonnes CO2e per year (target) / Achieved: 231 tonnes CO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 39,725 (target) / Achieved: 4,660

Planned capacity: 1.1MW (target) / Achieved: 0.04MW

Funding structure

Initial funding
Contracted date: 31 December 2016
Lending type: Development capital
REPP funding: USD 345,000
Recipient: PowerGen Renewable Energy

Long-term loan
Contracted date: 5 July 2019
Lending type: Results-based senior loan
REPP funding: USD 3,000,000
Recipient: CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA)

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Tanzania’s Updated NDC (2021) targets to reduce GHG emissions by up to 35% by 2030, explore options for diversification of the energy system and promote climate-smart rural electrification. Also contributes to achieving the 60% by 2026 electrification target, set out in National Five-Year Development Plan 2021/22 – 2025/26. Project’s numerous productive use customers and social service providers support sustainable economic growth in rural communities, which aligns with Tanzania’s Development Vision 2025.

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Powerhive, Kenya

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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Powerhive, Kenya

Ground-mounted solar PV mini-grid project to connect 90,000 Kenyans to clean electricity for the first time.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 2,190 tCO2e per year (target) / Achieved: 875 tCO2e (cumulative)

People with first-time energy access: 90,000 (target) / Achieved: 24,806

Planned capacity: 1MW (target) / Achieved: 0.9MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 24 May 2018
Lending type: Debt
REPP funding: USD 3m

 

Watch Powerhive’s video
Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports Kenya’s Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation, strengthening the resilience of energy systems and ultimately contributing to the abatement of GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Powerhive also contributes to the aims of Kenya’s “Big Four” agenda (2018) by fostering a wide range of productive use activities (e.g. milling, brooding) in its projects.

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Winch, Sierra Leone & Uganda

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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Winch, Sierra Leone & Uganda

Over 55,000 people living in among the least electrified areas of the world are expected be connected to electricity for the first time through this large-scale mini-grids project in Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Rural communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 964 tonnes CO2e per year (target) / Achieved: 65 tCO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 55,000 (target) / Achieved: TBC

Planned capacity: 2.2MW (target) / Achieved: 1.4MW

Funding structure

Contracted date: 17 September 2021
Lending type: Senior term loan
REPP funding: USD 2.1 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports both countries’ NDC targets to reduce GHG emissions by 2030 and promote renewable energy development in rural areas, and contributes to Sierra Leone’s conditional national electrification target of 95% by 2030 (Updated NDC, 2021) and Uganda’s 100% electrification by 2030 target (Draft Revised National Energy Policy, 2019). Improving energy access through renewable energy supports the implementation of Sierra Leone’s medium-term development vision 2019-2023 and Uganda’s National Development Plan III (2020/21-2024/25), as well as Uganda Vision 2040 target of achieving 5GW installed solar PV capacity by 2040.

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PowerGen

Technology: Solar PV mini-grids

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PowerGen

Success of eight-investor funding round to help leading African private utility provide high-quality, reliable electricity to an estimated 480,000 people by 2024.
Technology:

Solar PV mini-grids

Solar PV mini-grids

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 43,581 tonnes CO2e per year / Achieved: 1,973 tCO2e (cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 480,000 / Achieved: 75,830

Planned capacity: 19.9MW / Achieved: 3.67MWp

Funding structure

Contracted date: 17 January 2020

Lending type: Equity

REPP funding: USD 2m

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Project supports all countries’ NDC targets to reduce GHG emissions by 2030. It is also strongly aligned with the Nigerian Government’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a combination of centralised and decentralised approaches – as well as supporting Kenya’s aims to reach universal energy access by 2022 (National Electrification Strategy 2018), Sierra Leone’s conditional electrification target of 95% by 2030 (Updated NDC, 2021) and Tanzania’s target of 60% by 2026 (National Five-Year Development Plan 2021/22-2025/26).

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Bboxx

Technology: Solar home systems

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Bboxx

Bboxx is a data-driven super platform, transforming lives and unlocking potential by connecting consumers and deploying innovative products like clean energy, clean cooking solutions, smartphones and e-mobility across Africa.
Technology:

Solar home systems

Solar home systems

Project type:

Off-grid

Offtaker:

Off-grid communities

ARC Power mini-grids in Rwanda provide clean energy solution

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided: 15,324 tCO2e per year (target) / 65,048 tCO2e (achieved, cumulative)

REPP supports connecting communities to electricity for the first time

People with first-time energy access: 464,000 (target) / 643,825 (achieved)

Installed capacity: 16MW (target) / 4.8MW (achieved)

Funding structure

Contracted date: 6 September 2022

Lending type: Equity and warrants

REPP funding: USD 2.9 million

Relevant SDGs
Country policy alignment

Supports national electrification efforts in 10 countries. In DRC, for example, it is well-aligned with the National Development Strategic Plan 2019-2023, which calls for the increase in modern energy access to reduce the use of traditional biomass. In Kenya, it supports the Updated NDC (2020) mitigation and adaptation goals, which focus on increasing solar-based generation and abating GHG emissions by 32% by 2030. Also strongly aligned with Nigeria’s ‘new paradigm for rural electrification’ – delivering energy access through a mix of centralised and decentralised approaches.

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