Image [media_placeholder] End-user finance for clean energy in Adamawa state, Nigeria Subscribe Subscribe for updates If you would like to receive periodic updates about the CCAC, please complete the form below. Select your areas of interest to receive updates from our hubs about relevant events, meetings and funding opportunities. Agriculture Hub Cooling Hub Fossil Fuels Hub Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines Hub Household Energy Hub National policy and planning hub Waste hub Captcha You need Javascript for CAPTCHA verification to submit this form. Subscribe Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Project Portfolio End-user finance for clean energy in Adamawa state, Nigeria Year 2017 Funding CCAC Funded Implementing partners United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Standard Microfinance Bank Nigeria is severely constrained by an insufficient supply of reliable electricity. Most villages are off-grid, and those who do have access to electricity, are subject to daily blackouts. As a result, many households have come to rely on highly polluting and hazardous forms of energy, including wood, charcoal and kerosene, to cook and to light their homes. This has a considerable impact on the villager's health and the climate, and is driving deforestation at an alarming rate. The Coalition’s Finance initiative is providing technical assistance to Nigeria’s Standard Microfinance Bank in order to develop its capacity for energy lending to households. Through this project, the Coalition aims to support scalable and affordable financing mechanisms for clean, off-grid energy that can accelerate the country’s transition to low-emission household energy solutions. ChallengeAccess to clean energy is an important step to achieving sustainable development in Nigeria, where 57% of an estimated 130, 900 child deaths due to acute lower respiratory infections is attributable to household air pollution. Emitting large amounts of air pollutants such as black carbon, fuels traditionally used for cooking and lighting are the main sources of household air pollution in Nigeria. In addition to their heavy health and environmental costs, these fuels are also often expensive and unreliable. Kerosene for example, a subsidized fuel commonly used for lighting, is often in short supply and ends up being sold on the black market at prices most families cannot afford. Making clean energy more widely available to end users, especially to households located in remote places, remains a challenge, as financing options must be attractive to microfinance institutions and affordable for consumers. Experience in other countries has shown that solar lighting sold on credit can result in immediate savings for households when compared to the cost of dirty fuels such as kerosene. What we're doingBy providing technical assistance to Standard Microfinance Bank, the Coalition’s Finance initiative aims to build its capacity to provide attractive financing models that help Nigerian households purchase renewable lighting and cooking technology. The Coalition is working with Standard Microfinance Bank to identify the best approaches for expanding its energy lending. This includes: A needs assessment survey of a sample of 300 households to identify the needs and constraints in accessing finance for clean technologies. Comprehensive assistance for the development and launch of new lending products – including a strategic product development approach and the development of marketing plans and tools. Training modules for micro-entrepreneurs and training for 150 micro-entrepreneurs. Facilitation of a South-South knowledge exchange forum with successful solar lighting finance initiatives (such as IDCOL, Bangladesh and M-Kopa, Kenya). Related documents Reports, Case Studies & Assessments 2018 Climate and health country profile - Nigeria Download Download 2015_climate-health-profile-Nigeria_WHO.pdf en Added on: 20 February, 2018 Event Documents 2019 Event documents: Workshop on clean energy end-user finance solutions in Nigeria and West Africa Download Download 2018_Acumen Energy Investments.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Investigating the adoption of cleaner cooking stoves and solar lights in Adamawa.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Nexleaf_End-user finance to enable clean energy.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Clean Cooking Alliance_Sector overview.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_EcoBank_Financing SLCP Mitigation Measures.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_CCAC Solutions Centre and Experts Assistance.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Femi Oye - GE Biofuels.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Standard Microfinance Bank.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_UNEP DTU_Survey on Current Cooking and Lighting Practice in Adamawa.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Presentation on CCAC implementation activities in Nigeria.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 Event Documents 2018 Meeting summary official launch of Nigeria's Climate and Clean Air Coalition projects Download Download Meeting summary official launch of Nigeria's Climate and Clean Air Coalition projects.pdf en Added on: 20 February, 2018 Project updates Project update Fossil fuels National policy and planning 2021 Nigeria Aims for Methane Cuts, Potentially Averting 30,000 Air Pollution Deaths Every Year News Finance Household Energy 2019 Rural communities get access to clean energy in Adamawa state, Nigeria Tags Regions Africa Pollutants (SLCPs) Black carbon Themes Finance Household Energy Related projects Financing climate-friendly cooling technology in India Technical assistance for brick kiln financing in Bangladesh Technical assistance to Xacbank to establish an end-user loan facility Related events Supporting better health through cooking with LPG: Programs for low-income communities in Kenya, Peru and Cameroon 15 March, 2018 Online Event
Year 2017 Funding CCAC Funded Implementing partners United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Standard Microfinance Bank
Reports, Case Studies & Assessments 2018 Climate and health country profile - Nigeria Download Download 2015_climate-health-profile-Nigeria_WHO.pdf en Added on: 20 February, 2018
Event Documents 2019 Event documents: Workshop on clean energy end-user finance solutions in Nigeria and West Africa Download Download 2018_Acumen Energy Investments.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Investigating the adoption of cleaner cooking stoves and solar lights in Adamawa.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Nexleaf_End-user finance to enable clean energy.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Clean Cooking Alliance_Sector overview.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_EcoBank_Financing SLCP Mitigation Measures.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_CCAC Solutions Centre and Experts Assistance.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Femi Oye - GE Biofuels.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Standard Microfinance Bank.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_UNEP DTU_Survey on Current Cooking and Lighting Practice in Adamawa.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019 2018_Presentation on CCAC implementation activities in Nigeria.pdf en Added on: 30 April, 2019
Event Documents 2018 Meeting summary official launch of Nigeria's Climate and Clean Air Coalition projects Download Download Meeting summary official launch of Nigeria's Climate and Clean Air Coalition projects.pdf en Added on: 20 February, 2018
Project update Fossil fuels National policy and planning 2021 Nigeria Aims for Methane Cuts, Potentially Averting 30,000 Air Pollution Deaths Every Year
News Finance Household Energy 2019 Rural communities get access to clean energy in Adamawa state, Nigeria
Supporting better health through cooking with LPG: Programs for low-income communities in Kenya, Peru and Cameroon 15 March, 2018 Online Event