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Green Africa Power (GAP): Renewable Energy for Africa

IATI Identifier: GB-1-201931

Description

To increase private sector investment in renewable energy, by providing early stage finance to private sector renewable energy generation projects in Africa. This will enable up to 10 renewable power plants to be financed, generating enough energy for 9 million consumers. This contributes towards our commitments to help combat climate change and will help avoid about 2.3m tonnes of carbon emissions.


Location

The country, countries or regions that benefit from this Programme.
Africa, regional
Disclaimer: Country borders do not necessarily reflect the UK Government's official position.

Status Post-completion

The current stage of the Programme, consistent with the International Aid Transparency Initiative's (IATI) classifications.

Actual Start 07 Mar 2011Progress by time100.00%Planned End30 Sep 2016

Programme Spend

Programme budget and spend to date, as per the amounts loaded in financial system(s), and for which procurement has been finalised.

Spend to date£9,423,000 (100.00%)Programme budget£9,423,000

Participating Organisation(s)

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Accountable:Organisation responsible for oversight of the activity

Extending: Organisation that manages the budget on behalf of the funding organisation.

Funding: Organisation which provides funds.

Implementing: Organisations implementing the activity.

Sectors

Sector groups as a percentage of total Programme budget according to the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) classifications.

%01020304050607080901000Environmental policy and administrative managementEnergy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies

Budget

A comparison across financial years of forecast budget and spend to date on the Programme.

FY10/11FY11/12FY13/14FY14/15FY15/16FY16/17£0.0£1.0M£2.0M£3.0M£4.0M£5.0M£6.0M£7.0MFY10/11FY11/12FY13/14FY14/15FY15/16FY16/17BudgetSpend

Policy Marker(s)

ODA measures in relation to their realisation of OECD development policy objectives

Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change - Mitigation significant objective
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change - Adaptation significant objective

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