PFAN is now accepting applications from projects and companies in low and medium development countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central, South and South-East Asia, the Pacific Islands, Eastern Europe, Central America and the Caribbean Islands.
The selected PFAN projects undergo intensive one-to-one training to perfect their business plans, financial structures and investment pitches. Free business coaching and investor matchmaking are also offered to promising climate and clean energy entrepreneurs around the world.
Financing Information:
The amount of the investment, or investment request, must be between 1 million and 50 million dollars. This can be disbursed in smaller instalments, as requested. Only for energy access and rural electrification projects (clean cookstoves, solar home systems, mini-grids) is an exception made, and the investment requested can be between 500,000 and 50 million US dollars.
Eligible Projects:
- Projects and companies that use clean and renewable energy and/or climate change technologies for productive uses;
- Greenfield and brownfield utility projects, independent energy producers and distributed generation projects (for both thermal and electrical energy);
- Existing projects that are operating on a small or pilot scale and are ready to scale up;
- Projects that increase access to energy for remote communities, including rural electrification, off-grid and mini-grid projects, thermal energy and clean cooking solutions;
- New or expanding projects in clean energy and related technologies, including downstream projects (focused on the deployment of existing technologies) and upstream projects (focused on the development and commercialisation of a new clean technology);
- Mergers, acquisitions or joint ventures that will add value to an existing clean energy / technology business.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for PFAN support, your project or company must:
- Provide climate change adaptation benefits.
- Offering or using clean energy technologies, products or services that fit into our areas of work
More information visit this site.
Deadline: 28 August
