Sustainable Energy
Energy powers economic growth and social development. Harnessing the potential of sustainable, clean energy and universal energy access represents a keystone to achieving inclusive green growth. GGGI works with Governments & private partners to transform energy markets, scale-up green investment, and achieve efficient use of energy resources across economic sectors.
Projects
UG23-E1
Thematic Areas
Countries
UG23 Promoting Solar Powered Irrigation and Pumping in Uganda
Start Date | Q1 October 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 800,000 |
Status | Active |
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RW31
Thematic Areas
Countries
RW31-Smart and Electric Public Transport Services for Low-Carbon City Development in Rwand
Start Date | Q3 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 150,000 |
Status | Active |
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rw29
Countries
RW29- Assessment of Green City Kigali project and business delivery models
Start Date | Q1 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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RW28
Thematic Areas
Countries
RW28- Rwanda Greenpreneurs Network
Start Date | Q1 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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RW27
Thematic Areas
Countries
RW27-Supporting the Transition to E-mobility in Rwanda
Start Date | Q1 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 47,574 |
Status | Active |
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LA13
Thematic Areas
Countries
LA13 Market Preparation for Industrial Energy Efficiency in Lao PDR
Start Date | Q4 6 November 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 299,457 |
Status | Active |
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CO10
Thematic Areas
Countries
CO10 Scaling up rural electrification via capacity building to public and private actors
Start Date | Q1 24 February 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 626 |
Status | Active |
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LA13
Thematic Areas
Countries
LA13 Market Preparation for Industrial Energy Efficiency in Lao PDR
Start Date | Q1 11/01/2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 299,457 |
Status | Active |
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BF15
Thematic Areas
Countries
BF15 Promoting Solar Irrigation Pumping Systems and Mini-grids in Burkina Faso
Start Date | Q1 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 1,059,950 |
Status | Active |
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VN07
Thematic Areas
Countries
VN07 Accelerating Innovations for Energy Efficiency Initiative
Start Date | Q1 Jan 01, 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 2,900,000 |
Status | Active |
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VN13
Thematic Areas
Countries
VN13 MSWTE Finance Facility in Viet Nam
Start Date | Q1 Jan 07, 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 3,000,000 |
Status | Active |
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IN22
Thematic Areas
Countries
IN22 Road map for Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption and charging infrastructure for the urban freight sector in Maharashtra
Start Date | Q3 20-08-2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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IN23
Thematic Areas
Countries
IN23 BioCNG Programme – India
Start Date | Q1 01-01-2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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BF09
Thematic Areas
Countries
BF09 National Financial Vehicle – Burkina Green Energy Funds
Start Date | Q1 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 67,591 |
Status | Complete |
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SN14
Thematic Areas
Countries
SN14 Solar-Powered Irrigation for Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Senegal River Valley
Start Date | Q1 January 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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SN12
Thematic Areas
Countries
SN12 Energy auditing and capacity building on energy management for five rice mills in the Senegal River Valley
Start Date | Q1 January 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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VN12
Thematic Areas
Countries
VN12 Clean Energy for Climate-Smart Schools in Viet Nam
Start Date | Q1 Jan 01, 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 99,000 |
Status | Active |
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KH08
Thematic Areas
Countries
KH08 Switch Garment: Promotion of Sustainable Energy Practices in the Garment Sector in Cambodia
Start Date | Q2 20200513 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 2,193,110 |
Status | Active |
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MN17
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN17 Energy Performance Contracting for Residential Retrofitting in Ulaanbaatar City
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 429,096 |
Status | Active |
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RW23
Thematic Areas
Countries
RW23 Sustainable Solid and Liquid Waste Management and Valorization in Rwanda’s Green Cities
Start Date | Q1 01-01-2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 217,165 |
Status | Active |
Thematic Area |
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News
News • June 27, 2022
Uganda Women in Climate Change 2022 Declaration
Preamble Despite women being disproportionately affected by climate change, they play a crucial role in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Climate change frequently affects women and men differently (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007). The primary reason for these differences is the varying levels of access to resources knowledge, skills, and finance that shape how […]
News • June 20, 2022
Rwanda hosts the “Africa Regional Forum for Action – Inclusive & Active Mobility in a Changing Climate “
7-9 June 2022, Kigali , Rwanda. More than 120 participants convened in Kigali, Rwanda to discuss the role of active mobility and non-motorized transport in climate mitigation. The event had participants from several organisations such as Transaid ;City of Kisumu ; Bridges to Prosperity ; National Malaria Elimination Centre, Ministry of Health ;UN Habitat ; […]
News • June 8, 2022
GGGI District Technical Assistants (DTA’s) lead the Awareness raising workshop for the environmental protection committee’s members
Rwanda Environment Managament Authority in collaboration with GGGI Rwanda through the implementation of the the GCF Readiness & Preparatory Support Project to capacitate Rwanda’s Subnational Level Actors in Green Growth & Climate Change Resilience organized training workshops for Environmental Committees members in secondary cities. The training workshop was for Environmental Committees members from Nyagatare District […]
News • June 8, 2022
Workshop report on effective municipal solid waste management in City of Kigali
30-31 May 2022, Kigali, Rwanda the Global Green Growth Institute conducted a two days’ workshop at M Hotel on effective municipal solid waste management services in the City of Kigali from 30 to 31 May 2022. The workshop was attended private companies with business spanning across value chain of municipal waste management in the City […]
News • June 7, 2022
Draft Gulu Physical Development Plan Handover
Gulu City, June 6, 2022 Gulu City has received the final draft of the Physical Development Plan. The plan has been developed under the greening Uganda’s urbanization and industrialization project, funded by the European union. The plan is a spatial expression of the social and economic environment or other policy, at National, regional, district, city […]
News • May 31, 2022
Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Kigali
May 17-19 2022; Kigali Rwanda – The Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the Government of Rwanda welcomed more than 1,300 people from around the world to the global SEforALL Forum in Kigali. The much-anticipated, landmark event for sustainable energy had to be postponed twice due to Covid-19, but the wait proved to be worth […]
News • May 28, 2022
Building sector community of practice discussion with key actors
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; May 20th, 2022 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in collaboration with UN Habitat, Order of Architects of Burkina Faso, and the Ministry of Urban Planning, Land Affairs and Housing, organized a technical workshop on the newly founded energy efficiency Community of Practice and the capacity building needs of its members. […]
News • May 28, 2022
GGGI, GIZ, Geres and GMAC commit to cooperate in improving environmental performance in the textile and garment sector in Cambodia
On May 26, 2022, at GMAC, representatives of GGGI, GIZ (FABRIC), Geres and GMAC agreed on an Memorandum of Understanding for a partnership to improve environmental performance in the textile and garment sector in Cambodia. The signing ceremony saw the participation of Marc Beckmann, Program Director of GIZ FABRIC, Karolien Casaer-Diez, GGGI Country Representative in […]
News • May 3, 2022
Launching of renewable energy and green economy trainings for remote rural communities in Fiji.
Suva, Fiji, 2022 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with the Climate Change and International Cooperation Division (CCICD) of the Ministry of Economy, will be conducting community level trainings in selected Fijian communities under its project titled “Capacity Building to Strengthen Sustainable Implementation of Renewable Energy Technologies for Rural Energy Access”. The […]
News • May 3, 2022
Greening the New Bugesera Airport Validation Meeting
29 March 2022, Kigali, Rwanda: The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in collaboration with Aviation, Travel and Logistics (ATL) Holding Ltd, an entity affiliated to the Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) hosted a virtual validation meeting on the Greening of the new international airport in Bugesera. Participants that joined the virtual meeting were representatives from […]
News • April 6, 2022
GGGI held the ordinary session of the senegal cooperation steering committee
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development convened the ordinary session of the steering committee of the GGGI country cooperation programme in Senegal in the presence of the statutory party members. As usual at the beginning of each year, the steering committee meets to examine the evolution of the implementation of the programme in 2021, […]
News • March 21, 2022
Representatives of Ministries of Republic of Mozambique tour Rwanda on a 5 day Knowledge Exchange Visit
13-18 March 2022, Kigali , Rwanda. The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a delivery partner of the GCF readiness project “Implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) to Promote Low-Carbon Growth in Mozambique” that is being implemented for the Government of Mozambique (GoM). The project, implemented, together with the Ministry of Land and Environment through […]
News • March 9, 2022
An on site mission led on the Senegal River Valley to visit Rice Mills
As a part of the project funded by GIZ for the energy auditing of 05 rice mills in the Senegal river valley. The Country Representative Assana Alio led a site visit with project staff members and implementing partners during her field mission in the region at the intervention areas of the solar irrigation project to […]
News • February 11, 2022
Sustainable Urban Wetlands Development within Kigali City- Nyandungu Wetland Eco-park
A rapid growing urban population comes with enormous challenges for city planners and managers. They have to ensure that cities today can deliver not only basic services but that these cities are safe, resilient and environmentally friendly. One of the underlying causes of wetland degradation is lack of knowledge and skills on how wetlands can […]
News • February 3, 2022
OECS Hosts Council of Ministers Environmental Sustainability Meeting with the Director-General of GGGI
On Friday, January 28, 2022, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission hosted a Council of Ministers Environmental Sustainability Meeting with the Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Dr. Frank Rijsberman. In his welcome address to meeting participants, OECS Director General Dr. Didacus Jules welcomed Dr. Rijsberman to the Commission and expressed […]
News • January 25, 2022
Agricultural Bureau Pledges to Widely Promote Solar-powered Irrigation System
December 22, 2021; Adama, Ethiopia – The Agricultural Bureau of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS) expressed its readiness to adopt and make a seamless transition to solar-powered irrigation systems (SIPS). The commitment was made during the two-day awareness raising workshop organized by GGGI Ethiopia on SPIS, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), and Ecosystem […]
News • January 11, 2022
Accelerating investment in nature for the green recovery in Senegal strategic workshop held
The strategic orientation workshop was held on December 16, 2021 for the project “Accelerating investment in nature for the green recovery in Senegal through the structuring of the green PES” organized in partnership with the Operational Office for the monitoring of the PES, the MAVA Foundation and the European Union. The objective was to share […]
News • December 27, 2021
GGGI Rwanda hosts the consultation workshop on the revised GGGI Rwanda Country Planning Framework (CPF) 2021-2025
GGGI Rwanda through one-on-one consultations revised and drafted the new GGGI Rwanda Country Planning Framework and presented the draft to key stakeholders and partners for input, feedback, and validation during a consultation workshop held at Serena Hotel in Kigali , Rwanda. The workshop was an opportunity for the GGGI team to guide the endorsement by […]
News • December 9, 2021
Rwanda- African Mobility Month Winner for the “Kinamba Junction Design Competition”
In Kigali, Rwanda the Global Green growth Institute in Rwanda is happy to announce the winner of the African Mobility Month 2021 design competition. Mr MIZERO Jules is Masters student at the University of Rwanda , completing his Msc in Highway Engineering & Management. Jules design will soon be on display in City of Kigali […]
News • December 2, 2021
Technical Structuring Workshop for the Green Senegal Rising Plan
November 29, 2021; Saly, Senegal – The Director-General of the Operational Office for the Monitoring of the Emerging Senegalese Plan (BOS/PSE), El Ousseyni Kane, took part in the opening of the preparatory technical workshop of the Green PSE Programme with the presence of the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD), Amadou […]