Wednesday, October 17, 2018

East Africa: Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility Awards Seven Projects

Results of the 5th Application Round - Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF)

The Request for Application (RfA) phase of the 5th Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) Application Round (AR 5) started on 26 March 2018 after the pre-qualification workshop was held. On 4 June 2018, 9 applications (6 Surface Studies and 3 Drilling Programmes) were formally accepted. These 9 applications were submitted by 7 entities (4 public and 3 private) from 5 countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda) - out of the 11 GRMF countries.

We are pleased to announce that 7 projects qualified for grant award in AR 5 of GRMF (4 Surface Studies and 3 Drilling Programmes).

Please find further information about the qualified project in the following table: