development finance

Mineral recycling and renewable-powered mines will be backed through US$50m scheme to offset environmental impacts of race for lithium and others.

Loan to help FinLux Ellen Sarl allocate kits and appliances to schools, hospitals, businesses and households.

President Lungu cuts red ribbon of 54MW Bangwelulu project, the first to be tendered, financed and built under the World Bank’s Scaling Solar programme.

Land acquisition, corruption and short-termism complicate scaling up solar and others with the speed required by climate change, London event hears.

Concessional loans of US$185 million to help build first 50MW of PV project and create privately-funded facility providing credits to PV developers.

Firms to invest in utility-scale projects alongside India’s NIIF through CDC-owned platform that is currently constructing 500MW worth of solar.

IFC, ADB anchor green bond structure meant to fund 5GW-by-2025 renewable goal of Philippines player, with PV plants under construction in Vietnam.

The UK government is to provide £100 million of funding to the Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) to support up to 40 new renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa including small-scale solar, wind, geothermal and biomass sources up to 2023, along with £105 million for certified green buildings in emerging markets.

The World Bank has committed funding to support 400MW of solar energy projects in the Sindh Province of Pakistan.

CDC's new firm Ayana targets green energy generation in 'underserved' Indian states and in neighbouring Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.