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1180137

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support investment in renewable energy in Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	20052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting renewable energy in Africa and our support is increasing.</p><p>At the UK-Africa Investment Summit in January, a renewable energy package worth over £100 million was announced. This includes funding for off-grid solar projects to reach the rural poor in Africa, providing technical assistance to improve African countries’ renewable energy policies, and investing in clean energy research and innovation such as the Faraday Battery Challenge and the Ayrton Fund. The UK’s offer to support renewable energy across Africa also includes sharing our expertise in low carbon sectors and green finance.</p><p>In addition, the UK’s Development Finance Institution, CDC, as well as the UK funded Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) are investing in renewable energy across Africa.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/02/2020 17:45:18 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

752754

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what investments in solar and other renewable energy sources have been made in Africa from her Department's budget in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	5402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Between 2011 and 2016, UK Aid provided 12 million people with improved access to clean energy and installed more than 400 MW of clean energy capacity, of which a significant number are in Africa.</p><p>DFID funding for renewable energy is through bilateral programmes and contributions to multilateral funds, multilateral development banks and climate-specific funds such as the Climate Investment Funds (https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-200368) where there are significant renewable energy ambitions. African renewable energy programme spend for the previous 5 years is publically available through DevTracker.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2017 16:45:52 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1650361

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Africa: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the funding for the Renewable Energy and Adaptation Climate Technologies (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund).
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	192537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Technologies (REACT) programme's aim was to incentivise the private sector to invest in low-cost clean energy and adaptation technologies to raise incomes and help climate adaptation. Its effectiveness was assessed in its Project Completion Report, which scored the programme an 'A', denoting that it had achieved its expected aims. It supported a number of early-stage companies now attracting commercial investment, helped attract $150 million of matching investments, and paved the way for mini-grids being accepted as part of the rural energy mix in Tanzania.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 13/07/2023 12:10:11 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

601140

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2016 to Question 46228, what (a) targets and (b) mechanisms are in place to ensure that funding allocated to the Energy Africa campaign has reached the number of beneficiaries for which that campaign is intended.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	48507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Energy Africa is a UK Government campaign aimed at stimulating African markets in household solar systems so that people currently without modern energy can get access to electricity. To achieve this, DFID aims to develop Energy Africa Compacts with up to 14 African countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to address the policy and regulatory barriers inhibiting solar market expansion.</p><p>Energy Africa compact implementation will be supported by new and existing DFID energy access programmes, each with their own funding streams and bespoke monitoring mechanisms. We anticipate these DFID programmes will support the off-grid sector to provide energy access to at least 4.7 million people. Implementation of Energy Africa Compacts will also be complemented by funding, support and expertise from other donors and partners.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 19/10/2016 14:40:13 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1146261

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's support for solar technology in African countries in his speech to the UN General Assembly on 24 September 2019, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) solar projects in Africa and (b) the sharing of renewable technology.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	291013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s support to clean energy in Africa is delivered through a range of programmes. We provide funding to support the installation of more off-grid solar power such as through mini-grid projects (e.g. in Kenya and Rwanda). We are helping to establish markets in a number of African countries for household solar power so poor people have access to affordable clean energy. We are also supporting private sector solar projects through the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and development finance interventions such as CDC, the Private Infrastructure Development Group, and the Multilateral Development Banks.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last seven years the UK has provided 26 million people with improved access to clean energy and installed 1,600 MW of clean energy capacity.</p><p> </p><p>At the G7, the Prime Minister announced the UK would double its support to the GCF, the principal climate multilateral, to £1.44bn over the next four years, to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change and shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy such as solar power. A range of existing GCF projects are supporting solar power in Africa. For example a GCF project is helping 50 poor, rural communities in Mali to switch from fossil fuel-powered diesel generators and kerosene lamps to green energy by installing solar mini-grids.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister announced at the UN Climate Action Summit funding of up to £1 billion for research, development and demonstration of new technologies and business models to unlock opportunities in developing countries for cleaner growth and better access to clean energy. Emerging technology areas to be supported include for example, energy storage, new cooling technologies, next generation solar, and technologies for industrial decarbonisation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 30/09/2019 17:11:02 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1309911

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Africa: Renewable Energy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support independent power producers in the renewal energy sector on the continent of Africa through the African Union.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL14999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The African Union (AU) is a continental leader on climate change. We are helping to bolster this leadership through support for their AU Green Recovery Action Plan, endorsed in November 2019 by the AU Commission. Promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency is a central pillar of the Action Plan. It prioritises: &quot;Work to secure investment (public and private) and technology transfer in grid expansion, transmission, distribution and efficiency improvements, to widen access to electricity, while increasing the roll-out of mini-grids and off-grid products to those that cannot reach the national grid&quot;.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/04/2021 10:01:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley