United Kingdom has committed an extra £100 million ($127 million) to enable thousands of sub-Saharan Africa populace to access electricity.
This investment augments the £48 million funds previously released for the Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) to support about 40 renewable energy projects over the next five years.
The funding comes after over 190 countries met in Poland to discuss how to achieve the commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement to keep the rise in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius this century.
This new fund will go into the Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) – targets at supporting renewable energy projects like solar, wind and hydro in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Claire Perry, UK Energy Minister said in a statement, the money would aid hundreds of thousands of people with electricity for the first time.
The power projects are capable of providing electricity for 2.4 million people a year, according to Britain’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy in the statement.
Solar projects in Tanzania and Burundi as well as hydropower project in Kenya have already being supported by REPP.