Posts Tagged ‘Renewable energy’

Microfinance Focus, Sep 3, 2010: Increasing the fund’s size to EUR 128 million, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has made a EUR 8 million contribution to the Green for Growth Fund, Southeast Europe (GGF) to finance energy efficiency and small-scale renewable energy projects implemented by businesses and households within the region.  BMZ’s contribution is supported by EUR 1 million in grants ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, May 26, 2010: Sarona Asset Management has made its first five investments through its Sarona Frontier Markets Fund 1 LP. The funds are focused on global microfinance, renewable energy in South Asia and small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in Mexico, Africa and India. Sarona Asset Management based in Waterloo, ON, is a co-founder and manager of a number of impact investment funds, ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 30, 2009: The Pacific Renewable Energy and Microfinance (PREM) project will train Microfinance Institutions on the important role they play in reducing Pacific fossil fuel dependence, report said. The project, funded by Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), works with Microfinance Institutions in Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu to remove barriers to renewable energy and energy efficiency uptake in the Pacific. REEEP ... Full story