Twelve grants are available for up to £10,000 each (local currency equivalent) – 6 in Uganda, 3 in Kenya and 3 in Ethiopia to implement clean energy projects in displacement settings.

The grants will be administered by Ashden – a climate solutions charity which supports community-led renewable energy solutions in the Global South and the UK.

Ashden’s new ‘Inclusive Investment Pilots’ will support clean energy projects, such as solar power, clean cooking technology, and productive use renewable energy solutions which are delivered by, and serve, refugees and displaced people. The work builds on Ashden’s Powering Refugees and Displaced People Award which was launched in 2020.

Successful applicants will also receive technical assistance and communications support to build their projects into revenue generating energy delivery models. Isona Shibata, Head of International Programmes at Ashden and author of a report on Refugee-led Energy Access, says: “Ashden are pleased to expand our work on humanitarian energy access with grants to earlier stage renewable energy and clean cooking projects led by and for refugees and displaced people.