ID: GEF-2119 Completed

African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo)

Timeline

100% Complete

Start Date:

12 April 2010

End Date:

31 December 2019

Objective

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.

Co-financing:

$ 74,261,652

Project Grant:

$ 4,750,000

Total Value:

$ 79,011,652

Portfolio:

Climate Change Mitigation

Country:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

Partners:

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and UNEP in collaboration with a network of national agencies

Implementing Agencies:

UNEP; World Bank

Project Contact:

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Project Documents:

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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.