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GRMF in the media
- GRMF HEAT to kick off 2nd funding round for geothermal direct use in Africa (thinkgeoenergy.com)
- GRMF HEAT to award grants to geothermal direct-use projects in East Africa (thinkgeoenergy.com)
- GRMF HEAT publishes list of EOIs for geothermal direct use funding in East Africa (thinkgeoenergy.com)
- GRMF East Africa calls for geothermal direct use project pitches (ThinkGeoEnergy, 30 March 2022)
- Kick-off Webinar for 7th round of GRMF (ThinkGeoEnergy, 22 June 2021)
- East Africa GRMF results of 6th round and EOI announced (ThinkGeoEnergy, 11 August 2021)
- GDC signs $14.5m GRMF grant agreement for Baringo-Silali geothermal project (ThinkGeoEnergy, 7 January 2021)
- Interview with Mr. Atef Marzouk, GRMF Project Manager at the African Union Commission (ThinkGeoEnergy, 24 April 2020)
- Kick-off meeting – 6th application round geothermal GRMF facility, 6 May 2020 (ThinkGeoEnergy, 20 April 2020)
- Survey – Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) East Africa (ThinkGeoEnergy, 24 January 2020)
- High-level meeting between GRMF and the Ethiopian government representatives (ThinkGeoEnergy, 22 March 2019)
- GRMF approves $13m drilling grant for Baringo-Silali geothermal project, Kenya (ThinkGeoEnergy, 24 February 2019)
- Homa Bay geothermal firm gets exploration millions (Business Daily, 24 May 2018)
- GRMF – a Progress Report, African Union (ThinkGeoEnergy, 17 May 2018)
- Ethiopia signs PPAs for 1 GW of geothermal power (Renewables Now, 21 December 2017)
- Kanu era tycoon secures cash for Turkana energy unit (Business Daily, 9 November 2017)
- AUC Signing GRMF Grant Agreement with ODDEG in Djibouti (Electric Energy Online, 23 October 2017)
- Close to USD 3 billion geothermal projects in pipeline (The Reporter, 19 August 2017)
Project Execution Agency
Financiers
- EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU ITF)
- German Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ)
- KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW)
Geothermal Funding Agencies
- African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
- African Rift Geothermal Development Program (ARGeo)
- Belgian Development Agency (BTC)
- German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR – GEOTHERM II) (please refresh the webpage after the error message occurs)
- Islandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW)
- United Nations University – Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP)
Geothermal Focal Points
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
Geothermal Associations
- European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)
- Geothermal Energy Association (GEA)
- Geothermal Resource Council (GRC)
- International Geothermal Association (IGA)
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