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Productive Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO) has announced the recipients of its sixth funding round, awarding £3.7 million in grants to 22 businesses to scale-up their clean tech innovations across sub-Saharan Africa, and helping to enhance livelihoods, increase incomes, and bolster climate resilience.

Congratulations to Odyssey Energy Solutions who have been chosen as the official digital platform for Nigeria’s $750m DARES (Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Solutions) programme.

Stay informed with the latest news and insights from projects across the TEA platform, and discover upcoming opportunities to get involved. In this edition of the TEA newsletter, explore highlights such as the announcement of the PREO open call winners, a deep dive into how mesh-grids can reduce costs by up to 40% compared to traditional mini-grids, and a powerful report on the daily-live impact of installing solar power in Ethiopia’s Sheder refugee camp.

With just 5 years remaining to achieve the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals, including SGD7 (universal access to energy) and SDG13 (climate actions), 2025 is a crucial year for catalysing collective action. This year’s Forum, on 12-13 March in Bridgetown,

Local partners have a unique ability to bring a first-hand understanding of their market needs and context, which is crucial to tangible and lasting progress towards SDG7. However, among the challenges they face in bringing innovative solutions from concept to commercialisation, lack of access to finance is one of the most significant.

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) wishes to commission an independent mid-term review of the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform.

Transforming Energy Access (TEA) invites applications from individual consultants or organisations to deliver a Technical Assistance Facility.

‘Driving green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world’ – the slogan that graced the promotional efforts of the very first Africa Climate Summit (ACS), organised in parallel with Africa Climate Week.

July 15th marked World Youth Skills Day – celebrating the vital contributions young people bring to the workforce.

Nairobi, Kenya – June 2023 TEA LP has scaled up its partnerships with African universities and, more recently universities in the Indo-Pacific region to deliver expertly designed energy access master’s courses.

Crowd Power, part of the TEA platform, has released its fourth state-of-the-market report examining the challenges faced by crowdfunding platforms in the energy access sector.

Egypt: A new initiative, aimed at creating viable alternatives to the use of fossil fuelled generators across developing countries, launched today at COP27.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly paid a visit to Glasgow to meet the researchers contributing to pioneering new battery technology for a greener future.

TEA invites applications for the launch of our latest research project. One successful applicant or consortium will undertake a research project for the Sustainable Energy for All/Leave No One Behind (LNOB) portfolio’s research into the energy needs of people facing economic exclusion globally, living on less than $2.15 per day, referred to as ‘people living in extreme poverty’.

Request for Proposals (RFP) now open until November 18th 2022. The Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership (TEA-LP) invites higher education institutions across Africa and the Indo-Pacific region to apply for financial and technical support to implement three new Master’s level courses designed by the TEA-LP with support from TEA partners.

Up to £40m in innovation funding will be available to help combat climate change through clean energy access for communities in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Indo-Pacific regions.