Dear Geothermal Enthusiast,

We hereby invite you to participate in our Market Sounding Survey!

The Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF), hosted by the African Union Commission,  is exploring the possibility of launching an

8^th GRMF POWER Application Round.

Your input is crucial! By participating, you will help us to understand the current needs and challenges on the geothermal market in East Africa.

Your feedback will play a key role in shaping how GRMF can support developers and mitigate risks in the future.

START SURVEY

The survey will be open until 11^th October 2024.

 We look forward to your participation!

Your GRMF Team

Dear Geothermal Enthusiast,

We are pleased to announce the kick-off for the 2^nd GRMF HEAT application round on 17^th 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 10^th July 2024.

Participation in the event is not obligatory to submit an EoI.

Submission deadline for Expression of Interest will be 13^th November 2024.

Please visit the GRMF Homepage for more information.

www.grmf-eastafrica.org

We look forward to meeting you at the Kenya Geothermal Congress.

Your GRMF Team

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

From 15 – 17 September 2023, Rödl & Partner an Mannvit represented GRMF at the World Geothermal Congress 2023 in Beijing, China.

From 13 to 15 June 2023 the GRMF HEAT Pre-Bidding Workshop was held at the Nairobi Safari Club.

The GRMF HEAT bid opening took place on 27^thMarch 2023 at 10:30 am (EAT).

The following Expressions of Interest (EoI) were received.