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Green Africa Power (GAP): Renewable Energy for Africa
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.
Project budget:
£73,500,000
Project start/end date:
01/08/2010 - 31/03/2016
Sector group
General environmental protection
Project Reference:
201931
Budget spent to Date:
£500,000
Special conditions attached to funding? No
Principal sector
Bio-diversity 60%
Project progress by time:
The project status is currently: Operational
Project Budget by Sector
Bio-diversity: £44,100,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £29,400,000.00 Bio-diversity: £44,100,000.00 Bio-diversity: £44,100,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £29,400,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £29,400,000.00
Project Budget by Year






How the project is divided up (components)
Green Africa Power: Monitoring and Evaluation, knowledge management. (201931-101)
Component Budget by Sector
Bio-diversity: £2,100,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £1,400,000.00 Bio-diversity: £2,100,000.00 Bio-diversity: £2,100,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £1,400,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £1,400,000.00
Component Budget by Year
Component Details
What it's for: Multilateral organisation
Country: Africa Regional
Special conditions attached to funding? No
Start Date: 01/08/2010
End Date: 31/03/2016
Financial Information
DFID Financial YearApproved BudgetActual Spend To DateQ1 SpendQ2 SpendQ3 SpendQ4 Spend
2010/2011£500,000£500,000£0£0£0£500,000
2013/2014£500,000£0£0£0£0£0
2014/2015£2,500,000£0£0£0£0£0
Aid Effectiveness
Aid To Government Sector
Is this contribution aid to the government sector? No
Use of partner country public financial management systems
Are partner country budget systems used? No
Are partner country financial reporting systems used? No
Are partner country audit systems used? No
Are all 3 partner country public financial management systems used? No
Are partner country procurement systems used? No
Use of programme based approaches
Does the contribution fit within a single programme/budget framework? No
Is the contribution led by the host country/organisation? No
Is there a process for co-ordinating donors? No
Are at least 2 partner country systems being used? No
Is this a Programme Based Approach? No
Green Africa Power: Funding to Green Africa Power company. (201931-102)
Component Budget by Sector
Bio-diversity: £42,000,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £28,000,000.00 Bio-diversity: £42,000,000.00 Bio-diversity: £42,000,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £28,000,000.00 Power generation/renewable sources: £28,000,000.00
Component Budget by Year
Component Details
What it's for: Multilateral organisation
Country: Africa Regional
Special conditions attached to funding? No
Start Date: 01/08/2010
End Date: 31/03/2016
Financial Information
DFID Financial YearApproved BudgetActual Spend To DateQ1 SpendQ2 SpendQ3 SpendQ4 Spend
2011/2012£0£0£0£0£0£0
2013/2014£30,000,000£0£0£0£0£0
2014/2015£40,000,000£0£0£0£0£0
Aid Effectiveness
Aid To Government Sector
Is this contribution aid to the government sector? No
Use of partner country public financial management systems
Are partner country budget systems used? No
Are partner country financial reporting systems used? No
Are partner country audit systems used? No
Are all 3 partner country public financial management systems used? No
Are partner country procurement systems used? No
Use of programme based approaches
Does the contribution fit within a single programme/budget framework? No
Is the contribution led by the host country/organisation? No
Is there a process for co-ordinating donors? No
Are at least 2 partner country systems being used? No
Is this a Programme Based Approach? No

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