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Initiative adapts traditional project finance for mini-grid assets
CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA) has launched an open-source approach to increase the investment in infrastructure capital for mini-grids across Africa.
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CrossBoundary Energy Access open sources their Project Financing Approach for Mini-grids to accelerate Energy Access for all in Africa by 2030
600 million people across Africa lack access to affordable, reliable, sustainable energy. Mini-grids are a disruptive new approach that could accelerate energy access. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that mini-grids will be the least cost method to connect at least 264 million people by 2030. But to unlock their potential, we need new ways of financing mini-grids. CrossBoundary Energy Access is open sourcing its project financing approach for mini-grids to accelerate universal energy access in Africa
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Initiative adapts traditional project finance for mini-grid assets
Open Source December 3, 2020
African Energy covered the close of CrossBoundary Energy Access’s first deal
Energy Access News July 30, 2019
Forbes wrote about our first transaction with PowerGen Renewable Energy
Energy Access News July 17, 2019
CrossBoundary Energy Access and PowerGen Pioneer Long-Term Mini-Grid Project Financing at Scale
Energy Access News July 17, 2019
Response to February 8, 2019 Economist Magazine Article: The Economist should reconsider their doubts
Energy Access News February 8, 2019
CrossBoundary Energy Access financing facility unveiled to address power deficit in Africa
Energy Access News January 24, 2019
Africa’s first mini-grid Finance facility Announced-The Rockefeller Foundation and Ceniarth
Energy Access News January 24, 2019
Private Mini-Grid Firms Deserve a Chance to Compete Against Slow Utilities in Africa
Energy Access News September 5, 2018
More people than ever now have electricity in Africa, but 600 million are still in the dark
Energy Access News April 30, 2018
Minigrids Are the Cheapest Way to Bring Electricity to 100 Million Africans Today
Energy Access News April 20, 2018