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Jun 2023
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Energy access in higher education receives boost as 23 universities gather in Nairobi for TEA-LP’s Course Delivery WorkshopNairobi, 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. |
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Dec 2022
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Crowdfunding Energy Access – State of the Market Report 2021-22Crowd 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. |
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Dec 2022
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COP27 Wrap UpLast month at COP27, TEA platform partners showcased progress, insights, and delivery announcements from across the TEA community, following the scale-up funding that was announced at COP26 in Glasgow. |
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Nov 2022
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COP27: New initiative launches to accelerate clean generator alternativesEgypt: A new initiative, aimed at creating viable alternatives to the use of fossil fuelled generators across developing countries, launched today at COP27. |
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Nov 2022
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UK Foreign Secretary in Glasgow one year from COP26 to meet TEA-funded researchers behind “revolutionary new batteries of the future”Foreign Secretary James Cleverly paid a visit to Glasgow to meet the researchers contributing to pioneering new battery technology for a greener future. |
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Nov 2022
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Call for Applications – Market Mechanisms to Support People Facing Economic Exclusion Research ProjectTEA 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’. |
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Oct 2022
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TEA Learning Partnership (TEA-LP)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. |
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May 2022
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Up to £40m available for innovations delivering clean energy access in Africa, Asia and the Indo-PacificUp 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. |
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Nov 2021
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UK government announces £126 million of scale-up funding for the Transforming Energy Access platformThe UK government yesterday announced £126 million of new scale-up funding for the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform as part of a package of support for an inclusive and just transition revealed during Energy Day at COP26 in Glasgow. |
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Oct 2021
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Equity crowdfunding for energy access: Opportunities for scale-upThe latest report from Crowd Power, part of the TEA platform, examines the role that alternative finance can offer in growing the energy access sector, with a particular focus on equity crowdfunding. |
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Oct 2021
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The power of partnerships in a time of crisisTEA partners have come together to back launch of $80 Million Relief Fund to Protect Energy Access in Vulnerable Communities from COVID-19 Fallout. |
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Oct 2021
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Crowdfunding Energy Access – State of the Market Report 2020-21A new flagship report from Crowd Power, part of the TEA platform, highlights how the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a 25% drop in energy access-related crowdfunding volumes. The report explores the key trends in the energy access-related crowdfunding sector |
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Sep 2021
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Market assessment and toolkit to advance bioenergy development in Africa (BSEAA 2)This project was conducted between June 2019 – September 2021 with UK aid funding from the UK government via the Transforming Energy Access programme. Context sub-Saharan Africa has a huge variety of bioenergy feedstocks with an enormous potential to meet |
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Jul 2021
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Syndicated financing: co-lending partnerships with crowd lending platformsEnergy 4 Impact’s research programme Crowd Power, supported by UK aid via Transforming Energy Access, has launched a new report on syndicated financing involving crowd lending platforms. The report introduces lenders, crowd lending platforms, off-grid energy companies, and other industry |
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Oct 2020
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ENACTing energy access for the urban poor in Freetown and KampalaAccording to demographic projections, Africa’s urban population will triple to 1.5 billion by 2050 with 84% of this rampant growth taking place in sub-Saharan Africa. Such a population boom will exacerbate the demand for services such as water and sanitation, |
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Jun 2020
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Interview with Valerie Meyo, OGTI Clean Energy Leader AmbassadorPosition: Human Resources FellowCompany: MKopa Solar Valerie, thanks so much for taking the time to talk with us today. Tell us more about yourself, and what you studied in school. I studied for a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management. As |
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Jun 2020
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‘Empowering Managers’ testimonialsHow better communication helped one manager improve sales, delivery efficiency and staff retention at a Kenyan off-grid company. Jared Winston Ounda, Sales manager at Orb Energy Kenya, has managed to motivate his team to hit sales targets, improved a key |
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Oct 2019
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Call for proposals: Independent, mid-term review of the TEA programmeOverview The Research Programme Delivery Consortium (RPDC, made up of the Carbon Trust, the University of Cape Town, Energy 4 Impact and TERI) manages the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) programme on behalf of the Department for International Development (DFID). Both |
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Jun 2019
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£22 million released for market focussed energy innovation solutions for sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in Energy Catalyst Round 7£22 million has been released in a new round of funding for innovation projects to support countries in sub-Saharan African and South Asia access secure, low cost and low carbon energy. Energy Catalyst Round 7 is part of the Transforming Energy |
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Apr 2019
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Call for Expression of Interest for Powering Opportunities Partnership (POP) – Local Value Addition and Employment Creation (VA&EC) demonstration projects in sub-Saharan AfricaExpression of Interest (EoI) submission deadline extension Please note that the original EoI submission deadline has been extended by one week. EoI submission deadline is now Friday 24/05/2019, 1700 BST. We welcome any submission ahead of time, and we will also |