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Making clean energy markets work

We help governments, enterprises, investors, and partners build investable clean energy markets in underserved regions, so proven solutions can scale and reach the people who need them.

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Our approach and impact

We work across policy, enterprise, finance, and evidence at once, so clean energy markets grow and whole local economies thrive.

  • 20M

    people reached with access to energy

  • 16K

    businesses supported

  • $239M

    raised to support businesses

  • 14M

    tons of CO2 avoided

The outcomes we create

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Market-enabling policy and regulatory certainty

Markets need rules that investors can rely on. We help governments and regulators put the right frameworks in place.

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Enterprise growth and market scale

Promising energy enterprises need backing to scale. We help them grow and attract investment, building the pipeline a market needs.

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Evidence, learning and market intelligence

Good decisions need good evidence. We produce the data and analysis that help the best ideas get backed and their lessons reach the whole sector.

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Ecosystem coordination

Bringing these actors together is one of our greatest strengths. Across all three outcome areas, we connect governments, enterprises, financiers, and partners to solve the market barriers no single one can tackle alone.

Featured stories

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Whilst overall volumes for energy access-related crowdfunding dipped in 2024, debt crowdfunding platforms demonstrated a strong capacity to evolve.
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Unlocking investment: more African energy pioneers tap into advisory support
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Market-building efforts drive climate-friendly cooking in Coastal Kenya
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