Deadline- 30 April 2013
West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF) Business Plan Competition is being organized to identify and nurture entrepreneurs, start-up companies and existing companies with promising clean energy projects by linking them with investors and financiers. This forum is supported by The ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), the Climate Technology Initiative – Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN) and the Regional Clean Energy Investment Initiative (RCEII) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Thematic areas-
- Biomass
- Bio gas
- Bio-fuels
- Clean Transport
- Distributed and Off-grid Generation
- Energy Access
- Energy Storage and Conservation
- Energy Efficiency
- Geothermal power and thermal energy
- Hydroelectric power
- Rural Electrification
- Tidal/Wave/Ocean power
- Solar power and thermal energy
- Waste-to-Energy
- Wind power
Proposals eligible for the competition, may include-
- Greenfield and brownfield utility projects and distributed generation projects
- New business ventures
- Deployment of an existing clean technology
- Commercialization of a new clean technology
- Merger, acquisition or joint venture that will add value to an existing clean energy business
- Other innovative proposals and business models focused on clean energy that have positive development impacts and result in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions
Eligibility & Criteria-
Any entrepreneur or company actively operating and registered in ECOWAS countries of West Africa including: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo may participate in the Business Plan Competition. Foreign persons or companies with projects in West Africa are also eligible
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