Events
Upcoming events
Dear Geothermal Enthusiast,
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming GRMF HEAT Training Workshop. There was a change in the date:
New dates: April 2nd to April 3rd in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania!
Location:
Four Points by Sheraton Dar es Salaam New Africa
Azikiwe Street/Sokoine Drive Mchafukoge, PO Box 9314
Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 9314
New and old developers shall be trained on the successful development of geothermal direct use projects.
This workshop will cover a range of topics essential for geothermal direct use projects, including market strategy, business planning, technical aspects, and GRMF application processes.
The workshop is designed to enable successful participation in future GRMF funding rounds and to provide general information on how a successful geothermal project can be structured and implemented.
You can register for the workshop until 21st March 2025 by sending an email to grmf@africa-union.org AND grmf@roedl.com.
Please include the following information for each attendee:
- Name
- Company / Public Entity
- Email address
- Phone number
Agenda :
2nd of April 2025 (Afternoon) – Training workshop:
13:30-14:00 Opening Remarks
14:00-15:00 Best practices of geothermal development – Market strategy and business planning
15:00-17:00 Best practices of geothermal development – Technical aspects
3rd of April 2025 (Whole day) – Training workshop:
8:30-9:30 Introduction to GRMF
9:30-10:30 GRMF Applications – Resource
10:30-11:30 GRMF Applications – Work plan
11:30-12:00 GRMF Applications – Concept strategy and market viability
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 GRMF Applications – E&S requirements
14:30-15:30 GRMF Applications – Experience
15:30-16:00 GRMF Applications – Authorisation for exploration activities
16:00-16:30 GRMF Applications – Project financing
16:30-17:00 GRMF Applications – Drilling applications
Please note that all costs incurred by attending the workshop will be the responsibility of the attendees.
In case you have any questions relating to the workshop, feel free to reach out.
Kind regards,
RGCU
Past events
About ARGeo-C10
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, through the Tanzania Geothermal Development Company (TGDC) will be hosting the Tenth African Rift Geothermal Conference (ARGeo-C10) in partnership with UN Environment Programme (UNEP), African Geothermal Association (AGA), and other international partners involved in geothermal sector in the region. The conference will be held at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 21 – 27 October 2024.
Dear Geothermal Enthusiast,
We are pleased to announce the kick-off for the 2nd GRMF HEAT application round on
17th July 2024
during the Kenya Geothermal Congress
at the Nairobi Safari Park Hotel & Casino in Nairobi, Kenya
After a successful first application round for GRMF HEAT, which was concluded in February 2024,
the African Union Commission with its donors decided to launch a second application round, to provide further funding for geothermal direct-use projects.
The Expression of Interest (EoI) documents will be available online from 10th July 2024.
Participation in the event is not obligatory to submit an EoI.
Submission deadline for Expression of Interest will be 13th November 2024.
Please visit the GRMF Homepage for more information.
We look forward to meeting you at the Kenya Geothermal Congress.
Your GRMF Team
On 16 November 2023, the African Union Commission hosted a webinar on Hydrogen & Geothermal.
During the insightful webinar we explored the exciting possibilities of combining green hydrogen production and geothermal power generation. Presentations covered a range of topics.
You can download the presentation slides by clicking on the orange titles within the table below.
| No. | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 01 | African position on the development of Green Hydrogen in Africa – Peter Njoroge Kinuthia (African Union Commission) |
| 02 | Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) – Joseph Mwangi (African Union Commission) |
| 03 | Green Hydrogen in Namibia – James Mnyupe (Presidential Economic Advisor – Government of the Republic of Namibia) |
| 04 | EU & German Policies and Targets for Green Hydrogen Development – Kai Imolauer (Rödl & Partner) |
| 05 | Regulatory Issues of Hydrogen Production in Kenya – Penninah Munyaka (Rödl & Partner) |
| 06 | H2 Global – Maria Ueltzen (Rödl & Partner) |
| 07 | Power-to-X-Platform – Thomas Engelmann (PtX Development Fund) |
| 08 | Hydrogen Production from Geothermal Power in Iceland – Hólmfríður Haraldsdóttir (Orka Náttúrunnar) |
| 09 | Power-to-X in Kenya – Katrín Ragnarsdóttir (Mannvit) |
The GRMF-Team will be present at the World Geothermal Congress 2023 from 15 – 17 September 2023.
You will find us athte IGA booth.
We look forward to meeting you in Beijing.
From 13 to 16 June 2023 the GRMF HEAT Pre-Bidding Workshop was held at the Nairobi Safari Club.
Dear Geothermal Enthusiasts,
After we unfortunately had to postpone the GRMF HEAT kick-off workshop, there is now a new date!
We hereby invite you to the kick-off workshop of the first GRMF HEAT application round on
1st December 2022 from 3 pm to 5 pm (EAT).
The workshop will take the form of a webinar via MS Teams.
GRMF HEAT is a new funding programme by the African Union Commission’s Regional Geothermal Coordination Unit (RGCU) focusing on geothermal direct use.
The programme will provide funding for Surface Studies and Infrastructure Upgrades.
During the webinar you will receive all the necessary information about GRMF HEAT and the two-step application process.
Now is the time to get active for geothermal direct use in East Africa.
Please share this invitation with anyone who might be interested.
We look forward to your participation.
More information will be available on the GRMF homepage soon.
Kind regards,
Your GRMF Team
The Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility plans to participate in the ArGeo-C9 in Djibouti.
The Government of the Republic of Djibouti, through the Office of the Djiboutian Geothermal Energy Development (ODDEG) , will be hosting the Ninth African Rift Geothermal Conference (ARGeo-C9) in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), African Union Commission (AUC), Africa Geothermal Association (AGA), African Women Advancing Geothermal (AWAG), ARGeo member countries and other international partners involved in geothermal sector including Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Government of Iceland (MFA-Iceland); Geothermal Training Programme (GRÓ GTP ) under the auspices of UNESCO, and the International Geothermal Association (IGA).
The Conference will be hosted under the auspices of the UNEP Africa Geothermal Development facility Programme (ARGeo) as one of its biennial geothermal conferences.
The Conference will be held at the Djibouti Palace Kempinski Hotel in Djibouti from 1 – 7 November 2022. The Conference consists of:
- 1-2 November 2022: The Short Courses.
- 3-5 November 2022: The Main Conference
- 6-7 November 2022: The Field Trip.
From 3 – 5 November, the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility is planning the following activities at ARGeo-C9:
- Geothermal Finance Round Table
- Technical Round Table
- Meetings with representatives from GRMF eligible countries
- Face-to-Face Meetings with GRMF Developers
- Presentation on GRMF HEAT
As there is no official agenda for the conference yet, we cannot set times for these events. Further information will therefore follow as soon as this is possible.
To register for any of the events listed above, please contact us at grmf@afica-union.org & grmf@roedl.com.
We look forward to meeting you in Djibouti.
Your GRMF Team
The African Union Commission’s (AUC) Regional Geothermal Coordination Unit (RGCU) hosted a market sounding webinar on geothermal direct use on:
5th May 2022, at 2 p.m. East African Time.
Everybody who is interested in geothermal direct use in Eastern Africa was very welcome to attend the webinar.
The webinar aimed to capture the current and future market situation for direct use projects in East Africa to set up a funding programme!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
On 22 June 2021 the kick-off of the 7th Application Round of the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility for East Africa (GRMF) took place in form of a webinar. The presentations from the webinar can be downloaded below.
- 1st Presentation – GRMF – Overview & Status
- 2nd Presentation – Application Procedure
- 3rd Presentation – Geotechnical Requirements
- 4th Presentation – E&S Requirements
- 5th Presentation – Procurement Regulations & Early Contracting
For more information on the GRMF EoI-Stage, please click here.
From 24 – 27 October 2021, the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility, represented by KfW & the TC-Team (Rödl & Partner, Mannvit) participated in the World Geothermal Congress 2020+1 in Reykjavik.
On 7 December 2021 the pre-bidding workshop of the 7th Application Round of the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility for East Africa (GRMF) will take place in form of a webinar.
Please be reminded to register for the Pre-bidding Workshop not later than 3 December 2021 by sending an email to the following email addresses: grmf@africa-union.org and grmf@roedl.com. Please do provide all relevant information on the participants (name, email address) – including their position in the project and mention “Pre-bid registration – Project ID – Name of entity” in the subject field.
Participation in the Pre-bidding Workshop is obligatory to submit a full application for the 7th Application Round!