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From diesel to solar: Reducing emissions through PAYG at health clinics in Kenya

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Mitigation
Energy
Health
Call 9
Kenya
Time consumed
 
Start: 01-Feb-21 End: 30-Sep-23
Lead Nordic partner
Differ AS
Country of Lead Nordic partner
Norway
Other Nordic partner(s)
Differ Community Power
Local partner(s)
Population Services Kenya
Other partner(s)
World Resource Institute
NCF grant size
499,000
Total project cost
666,000
Technologies
Solar photovoltaic systems
Methods
Financial instruments, Pay-as-you-go models, Value chain development
Country of implementation:
Kenya
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Description

The project will prove that a lease-to-own model for the provision of electricity services to private health clinics is a viable business model that is attractive to investors and minimises greenhousegas-emitting diesel consumption.

This project develops an innovative and sustainable financing vehicle that enables impact investors and debt providers to finance solar electrification of health clinics in Kenya. The financing vehicle is established to secure financing...
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Objective

The project aims to prove that a viable commercial business can be implemented by mobilising project financing (in addition to technology and O&M) through connecting impact equity investors, debt providers and owners of health clinics through a SPV setup.

Our business concept is to offer a lease-to-own service to owners of health clinics, similar to what pay-as-you-go (PAYG) companies have been offering households for several...
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Results

The project achieved to sign hire-to-purchase contracts with three hospitals. Due to the financial downturn in Kenya following the Covid pandemic, only one had managed to make the down-payment by the end of the project. Despite having made only one installation at the Topcare facility, its installation has demonstrated many of the desired impacts of the project. First, it has demonstrated the impact in terms...
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