The TEA platform is one of the main delivery mechanisms for the UK government’s Ayrton Fund, delivering impact across the following Challenges.

Next generation solar

Zero emissions generators

Energy efficiency

Sustainable cooling

Energy storage

Clean hydrogen

Inclusive energy & leave no one behind

Odyssey: How digital financing is enabling the epic journey to universal energy access

Digitisation can streamline every stage of Distributed Renewable Energy deployment, from project origination to results verification. Through its innovative digital platform, Odyssey Energy Solutions demonstrates this potential at scale: it helps unlock finance, accelerate project development and transparently demonstrate impact,

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Reaching last mile markets together

The Global Distributors Collective (GDC) unites and empowers the unsung heroes of development: last mile distributors. These are organisations that bring solar lanterns, clean cookstoves, water filters, nutritional products and other essential items to the hard-to-reach and low-income communities that mainstream markets overlook.

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Bringing power to people, one charge at a time

After developing a battery rental service that replaces fossil fuel with solar-generated power, MOPO received TEA support to validate its technology, and enter new markets. MOPO has now passed 28 million battery rentals across sub-Saharan Africa and raised more than £21 million in further investment.

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UK announces extension of the Ayrton Fund and Transforming Energy Access Platform 

UK climate leadership and international partnerships in action at London Climate Action Week  The UK Government has today announced a major new phase of its international clean energy leadership, confirming the extension of the Ayrton Fund to 2030 and an £88 million scale up of its flagship Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform – strengthening global

Disability inclusion and innovation for clean energy access: Embracing co-design and collaboration

What happens when key stakeholders for inclusive clean energy access delivery, who have never met, are brought into the same room? That is exactly what we set out to explore in Nairobi through a workshop hosted by the Transforming Energy Access Disability Support Service (DSS). In April 2026, the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform convened 40 members in Nairobi, Kenya, including people with disabilities, representatives from organisations of persons

Women are already energy customers. Do you know how to reach them?

Drawing on the experiences of TEA@SUNRISE and POPO, this post explores how inclusive market research can help clean energy organisations better understand and serve women customers. The insights build on the TEA Gender Support Service’s recent report ‘Powering Inclusion: Tested