Project

Mainstreaming Low-emission Energy Technologies to build Guyana´s Green Economy

Lead country

Guyana

Participating countries

Guyana

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From July 15, 2019 to July 15, 2023

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
  2. 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement
  3. 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.

Project ID: 5831

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy access

Sub-area(s)

  • Resource: Solar
  • Type: Off-grid, standalone systems
  • Electricity access

Landscape(s)

N/A

Transformed sector(s)

  • Energy
  • Oil, gas and fuels
  • Other sectors

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance

Strategy

  • Capacity building
  • Monitor inventory
  • Law regulation

Sub-strategy

  • Awareness raising
  • Technical capacity building
  • Institutional capacity building
  • Impact assessment
  • Knowledge/Data management
  • Energy finance
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation

Social inclusion

  • Private sector
  • Local community/CSOs
  • Women

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation

SDG target(s)

  • 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
  • 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement
  • 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Capital providers

Hot topic

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration

USD $1,800,172

Grant amount

USD $6,424,430

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,800,172)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Guyana

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