Developing Countries: Renewable Energy
(asked on 10th September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to projects to develop renewable energy programmes in the poorest countries.
This question was answered on 14th September 2018
Since 2012, DFID has committed at least £782 million to the development of renewable energy. This includes bilateral projects and DFID contributions to those multilateral funds solely focused on energy. DFID has improved access to clean energy for an estimated 15.6 million people and installed an estimated 229 MW of clean energy capacity.