GRMF HEAT – Application Round One Concluded
The RGCU, Regional Geothermal Coordination Unit, as managing team for the GRMF is pleased to announce that the first GRMF HEAT application round has been completed.
The GRMF HEAT application was launched as a first trial round in December 2022. The programme provides funding for Surface Studies including Feasibility studies for geothermal direct use application in eligible countries.
Out of ten full applications, five projects received an awarding letter last week and thus qualify for grant contract negotiations with the African Union Commission.
The awarded projects are located in Kenya, Tanzania & Rwanda. In Rwanda the Gisenyi project, which will be the first GRMF funded project in Rwanda.
The following map shows the location of the funded projects:
Figure 1: GRMF HEAT Awarded Projects
The awarded projects cover a range of direct use applications, from crop drying, milk pasteurization, aquaculture to industrial brewery processes.
Geothermal direct use has numerous social economic and environmental benefits, such as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, reduction of deforestation, savings on energy spending, improved food security and improved quality of life.
The potential for projects in East Africa is huge and the projects contribute directly to independence on fossil fuel imports and regional value creation.
The RGCU is looking forward to accompanying the progress of the projects.
For more information on the GRMF, please visit www.grmf-eastafrica.org.
Your GRMF Team
World Geothermal Congress 2023
From 15 – 17 September 2023, Rödl & Partner an Mannvit represented GRMF at the World Geothermal Congress 2023 in Beijing, China.
GRMF HEAT Pre-Bidding Workshop, Nairobi – Kenya
From 13 to 15 June 2023 the GRMF HEAT Pre-Bidding Workshop was held at the Nairobi Safari Club.
GRMF HEAT – Expressions of Interest
The GRMF HEAT bid opening took place on 27thMarch 2023 at 10:30 am (EAT).
The following Expressions of Interest (EoI) were received.
Project Code | Name of Bidder | Project |
---|---|---|
01-SSH-01-KE | GDC | Menengai West |
01-SHH-02-DJ | ODDEG | Lac Abhé |
01-SHH-03-DJ | ODDEG | Ambado |
01-SHH-04-RW | EDCL | Gisenyi |
01-SHH-05-ET | EMS Consulting | Gedemsa |
01-SHH-06-KE | GEG | Akiira |
01-SHH-07-KE | GEG | Suguta |
01-SHH-08-KE | Hudson Drilling | Eburru |
01-SHH-09-ET | 4th Resource Corp | Harmokale |
01-SHH-10-KE | Mumbi Limited | Elementaita |
01-SHH-11-TZ | Diageo Great Britain Limited | Serengeti Brewerey |
01-SHH-12-KE | Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology | Nakuru |
01-SHH-13-TZ | TGDC | Ibadakuli |
01-SHH-14-TZ | TGDC | Kisaki |
01-SHH-15-TZ | TGDC | Manyara |
01-SHH-16-UG | Ministry of Mineral Development Uganda | Kabuga |
01-SHH-17-UG | Ministry of Mineral Development Uganda | Karungu |
NOMINATION OF A COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE GRMF OVERSIGHT COMMITEE
The African Union Commission’s Regional Geothermal Coordination Unit (RGCU) is currently searching for a country representative as a member of the GRMF Oversight Committee (OC).
We hereby request the Energy Ministries of the GRMF eligible countries to propose a candidate.
A candidate with a background in geothermal is preferred. Please note that the candidate cannot be involved with a GRMF-funded project by a public or private developer. The position offers no financial compensation, except for travel cost and accommodation in case of personal meetings.
As a member of the Oversight Committee, the country representative of the eligible GRMF countries takes a supervising role while fulfilling the following tasks:
- Discuss and decide on major organizational issues.
- Discuss and decide on any special case in the GRMF operations that is not clearly regulated in the GRMF Standard Documents.
- Approve or reject applications to the Facility, based on the EoI Evaluation Reports for each Application Round.
- Recommend refining the Facility to ensure that its stated objective is met. The OC
s recommendations will be based on the finding of reports prepared by the Auditor, Legal Advisor, the Regional Geothermal Coordination Unit (RGCU) and a Technical Consultant. - Adopt and amend the GRMF Standard Documents with support of the RGCU and a Technical Consultant.
Yo can get in touch with the RGCU here.
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