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

Energise Africa: Unlocking investment for clean energy access

Energise Africa at a glance £50 million has been raised from UK investors and deployed into clean energy businesses across Africa through Energise Africa, a crowdfunding investment platform developed with R&D support from the UK’s Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform.

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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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Ayrton-Oxford Academic Symposium

Leading experts gather in Oxford to strengthen global clean energy research partnerships Oxford, UK | 7 September 2026 Leading figures from academia, industry and government will gather at the University of Oxford today to strengthen a UK-backed global network dedicated

Technical assistance facility – Evaluation report

Local partners, despite understanding the energy access markets within their local contexts, often cannot scale due to a lack of meaningful financing. These local partners often face significant barriers when seeking grant financing, including a rigorous application process exacerbated by

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