Thursday, February 20, 2014

East Africa:

New Grants Support Further Geothermal Development in East Africa (Out-Law.com)

Elham Ibrahim said five grants have already been awarded under the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) for East Africa, which encourages public and private sector support for geothermal development.

Ibrahim was speaking during this month’s ministerial session of the second high level meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) in Addis Ababa.

GRMF grants amounting to $22 million have already been awarded to five projects in Kenya and Ethiopia, Ibrahim said. However, she gave no details about the agreements to be signed in March.

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