Are you looking for funding for your climate or clean energy project or to scale up your existing business? PFAN accepts applications for projects in low- and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Central America and Caribbean Islands.
The Private Financing Advisory Network is a global network of climate and clean energy financing experts, which offers free business coaching and investment facilitation to entrepreneurs developing climate and clean energy projects in emerging markets.
Eligible Sectors and Technologies
Biomass, Tidal / Ocean, Energy Storage & Conservation, Agriculture and agribusiness, Biogas, Energy Products from Forestry, Energy Efficiency and Demand Reduction, Productive use of Clean Energy, Bio-fuels, Rural Electrification & Energy Access, Waste to Energy, Water & Sanitation, Solar, Ecosystem Services, Emissions Reduction, Tourism, Wind, Urban & Peri-Urban Development, Clean Transport, Forestry, Hydropower, Distributed & Off-grid Generation, Climate Change Adaptation.
Investment Amount (ASK)
- For ALL projects, the investment ask should lie between US$1 million and US$50 million. This may be disbursed in smaller tranches as requested.
- ONLY for energy access and rural electrification projects (clean cook stoves, solar home systems, mini grids) an exception is made, and the investment ask can lie between US$500 thousand and US$50 million. This too may be disbursed in smaller tranches as requested.
Examples of Eligible Projects
- Projects and businesses which deploy clean and renewable energy and/or climate change technologies for productive uses;
- Greenfield and brownfield utility projects, independent power producer and distributed generation projects (for both thermal and electrical energy);
- Existing projects which are operating at small or pilot scale and which are ready for scale-up;
- Projects which 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 business ventures in clean energy and related technologies, including downstream projects (focused on deployment of existing technologies) and upstream projects (focused on development and commercialisation of a new clean technology);
- Mergers, acquisitions or joint ventures, which will add value to an existing clean energy / technology business.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for PFAN support, your project or business must provide climate change adaptation benefits, or offer or use clean energy technologies, products or services, including, but not limited to, the activity areas above. PFAN is technology neutral, which means they do not prefer any technology over any other.
- Proposals should demonstrate that the project is commercially and technically viable, and requires no or only minimal grant funding. If your project currently receives grant funding or has done so in the past, that does not affect eligibility.
Eligible Countries
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo; Cote d’Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Saint Helena; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
- The Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Haiti; Jamaica; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago.
- Central America: Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama.
- South and Southeast Asia: Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Lao PDR; Malaysia; Maldives; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Vietnam.
- Central Asia and Eastern Europe: Afghanistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Georgia; Iran; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; Republic of Moldova; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan.
- Pacific: Cook Islands; Fiji; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; Nauru; Niue; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu ; Vanuatu; Wallis and Futuna.
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