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<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>
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