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Find similar grantsUniversal Energy Facility (UEF) is sponsored by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). A multi-donor results-based finance facility providing grants to organizations deploying energy solutions and providing verified end-user electricity connections and clean cooking solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Universal Energy Facility | Sustainable Energy for All Universal Energy Facility The Universal Energy Facility (UEF) is a multi-donor results-based finance (RBF) facility established to significantly speed up and scale up energy access across Sub-Saharan Africa, in line with SDG7 and the Paris Agreement.
The UEF provides incentive payments to eligible organizations deploying energy solutions and providing verified end-user electricity connections (including mini-grids and stand-alone solar systems) and clean cooking solutions based on pre-determined standards.
SEforALL, in collaboration with several donors and partners, including Shell Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation, Power Africa, Good Energies, UK FCDO, Carbon Trust, Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, GIZ, and the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA), established the facility in response to growing demands from the energy access sector for results-based financing.
More than 13 private sector mini-grid developers and industry associations supported the design of the UEF as an alternative to traditional tendering processes. Our approach is to support proven solutions and business models offered by experienced firms and organizations. The UEF was launched in 2020 focusing on mini-grids deployment in Benin, Madagascar and Sierra Leone.
In 2022, as part of the scale-up of the UEF, the mini-grids window is being expanded to additional countries and a new funding window on stand-alone solar for productive use (SSPU) has been developed.
Uuniversal Energy Facility Stand-Alone Solar for Productive Use Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet The mini-grid emissions tool was originally designed to calculate the climatic impact of the Universal Energy Facility (UEF).
It helps the sector better estimate emissions avoided by taking into consideration different previous energy sources to calculate the baseline emissions, energy consumed by the mini-grid customers as well as different mini-grid generating sources including hybrid mini-grids.
Zambian government and partners unveil new financial mechanism to accelerate energy access through mini-grids Dymphna van der Lans and Damilola Ogunbiyi: Progress on clean cooking is too slow - that must change Universal Energy Facility opens for mini-grid projects in Benin Electrifying Economies: an interactive experience of sustainable energy impacts
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Organizations deploying energy solutions and providing verified end-user electricity connections and clean cooking solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Universal Energy Facility (UEF) is funded by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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