The Project’s development objective is to accelerate the development and utilization of geothermal resources in the Rift Valley as a pathway to low carbon development in the region. The Program’s global objective is to facilitate reduction of the growth rate of GHG emissions in the region through geothermal energy development to produce electricity.
Timeline
100% Complete
6 May 2010
31 December 2019
Objective
$ 74,261,652
$ 4,750,000
$ 79,011,652
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and UNEP in collaboration with a network of national agencies
UNEP; World Bank
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.