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19 04 2023

Financial Close for South African pellet factory Coega Biomass Centre

The financing of Coega Biomass Centre has formally been completed. On April 19, 2023, FinCo, Partners for Innovation and iLive signed all contracts f…

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18 04 2023

Partners for Innovations joins NL Energy Compact

We are proud to have become participant to the NL Energy Compact, an ambitious and committed multi-stakeholder energy compact, aimed at supporting peo…

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14 02 2023

Results GET.invest Finance Catalyst

Since 2016 the European Union and four European countries are supporting decentralized renewable energy companies with getting access to finance in Su…

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08 02 2023

Partners for Innovation strengthens management team

Partners for Innovation has adapted the management structure to be well prepared for future developments. In addition to Peter Vissers as general dir…

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23 08 2022

Cooperation in South Africa around woody biomass captured

There are many opportunities in South Africa to use harmful and surplus biomass in a sustainable way. To this end, a collaboration between Dutch and S…

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22 07 2022

Cooperation between the Netherlands and South Africa puts the biomass chain to work

The PIB South Africa – Netherlands biomass project for the application of woody biomass residues in South Africa was completed on 1 July. Durin…

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05 07 2022

GET.invest Finance Catalyst receives 1000th application

GET.invest’s core service, the GET.invest Finance Catalyst, recently hit a new milestone: the 1000th request for support in accessing finan…

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16 05 2022

Useful application of cocoa residues

 
Biogas from digested Cacoa Pod Husks can replace wood in wood-fueled drying ovens. Moreover, the digestate i.e.the residual flow from the bioga…

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05 04 2022

South African pellet factory fully owned by Pellet Tech Africa, supported by FinCo Fuel

As of February 2022, Pellet Tech Africa, a partnership of iLive SA and Partners for Innovation, acquired full ownership of the Coega Biomass Centre p…

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06 03 2022

Access to Finance: results of GET.invest

 
Since the start of the European program GET.invest in 2016 -2022, 309 renewable projects and companies were supported to get access to financin…

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14 01 2022

Pioneering efforts to electrify remote villages in Lesotho

OnePower Lesotho has taken the initiative of a mini-grid portfolio to bring electricity to 11 of Lesotho’s mountain villages which have previously …

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03 12 2021

Biomass opportunities in South Africa take shape

After two years, the partnership of South Africa and the Netherlands on solid biomass pays off. The feedstock for the Coega Biomass Centre (CBC) pelle…

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22 11 2021

GET.invest FC visits clean energy projects in Burundi

With the aim of getting to know new clean energy projects and companies and other actors in the renewables market, three of  GET.invest Finance Ca…

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20 09 2021

Significant potential biomass residues for Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa with a thriving agricultural sector. The country produces significant volumes o…

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30 08 2021

Burundi’s first non-diesel IPP

Gigawatt Global, a renewable energy developer is working on a 7.5 MW solar field in Burundi, where 92% of the population do not have access to electr…

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06 07 2021

Modern energy solutions by women for women in Kenia

In Kenya, 90% of households lack access to modern energy and clean cooking services. Women in rural areas, who heavily rely on traditional sources of…

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11 05 2021

Coega Biomass Centre will produce top-quality pellets

Test results indicate that Coega Biomass Centre (CBC), located in Port Elizabeth South Africa, is primed to produce first-rate pellets from biomass re…

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10 03 2021

Powering up off-grid homes in Mozambique and Malawi

SolarWorks! offers solar home systems and energy services on a pay-as-you-go basis to customers in Mozambique and Malawi. Today, SolarWorks! supplie…

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19 04 2023

Financial Close for South African pellet factory Coega Biomass Centre

The financing of Coega Biomass Centre has formally been completed. On April 19, 2023, FinCo, Partners for Innovation and iLive signed all contracts f…

Read more
18 04 2023

Partners for Innovations joins NL Energy Compact

We are proud to have become participant to the NL Energy Compact, an ambitious and committed multi-stakeholder energy compact, aimed at supporting peo…

Read more
14 02 2023

Results GET.invest Finance Catalyst

Since 2016 the European Union and four European countries are supporting decentralized renewable energy companies with getting access to finance in Su…

Read more
08 02 2023

Partners for Innovation strengthens management team

Partners for Innovation has adapted the management structure to be well prepared for future developments. In addition to Peter Vissers as general dir…

Read more
23 08 2022

Cooperation in South Africa around woody biomass captured

There are many opportunities in South Africa to use harmful and surplus biomass in a sustainable way. To this end, a collaboration between Dutch and S…

Read more
22 07 2022

Cooperation between the Netherlands and South Africa puts the biomass chain to work

The PIB South Africa – Netherlands biomass project for the application of woody biomass residues in South Africa was completed on 1 July. Durin…

Read more
05 07 2022

GET.invest Finance Catalyst receives 1000th application

GET.invest’s core service, the GET.invest Finance Catalyst, recently hit a new milestone: the 1000th request for support in accessing finan…

Read more
16 05 2022

Useful application of cocoa residues

 
Biogas from digested Cacoa Pod Husks can replace wood in wood-fueled drying ovens. Moreover, the digestate i.e.the residual flow from the bioga…

Read more
05 04 2022

South African pellet factory fully owned by Pellet Tech Africa, supported by FinCo Fuel

As of February 2022, Pellet Tech Africa, a partnership of iLive SA and Partners for Innovation, acquired full ownership of the Coega Biomass Centre p…

Read more
06 03 2022

Access to Finance: results of GET.invest

 
Since the start of the European program GET.invest in 2016 -2022, 309 renewable projects and companies were supported to get access to financin…

Read more
14 01 2022

Pioneering efforts to electrify remote villages in Lesotho

OnePower Lesotho has taken the initiative of a mini-grid portfolio to bring electricity to 11 of Lesotho’s mountain villages which have previously …

Read more
03 12 2021

Biomass opportunities in South Africa take shape

After two years, the partnership of South Africa and the Netherlands on solid biomass pays off. The feedstock for the Coega Biomass Centre (CBC) pelle…

Read more
22 11 2021

GET.invest FC visits clean energy projects in Burundi

With the aim of getting to know new clean energy projects and companies and other actors in the renewables market, three of  GET.invest Finance Ca…

Read more
20 09 2021

Significant potential biomass residues for Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa with a thriving agricultural sector. The country produces significant volumes o…

Read more
30 08 2021

Burundi’s first non-diesel IPP

Gigawatt Global, a renewable energy developer is working on a 7.5 MW solar field in Burundi, where 92% of the population do not have access to electr…

Read more
06 07 2021

Modern energy solutions by women for women in Kenia

In Kenya, 90% of households lack access to modern energy and clean cooking services. Women in rural areas, who heavily rely on traditional sources of…

Read more
11 05 2021

Coega Biomass Centre will produce top-quality pellets

Test results indicate that Coega Biomass Centre (CBC), located in Port Elizabeth South Africa, is primed to produce first-rate pellets from biomass re…

Read more
10 03 2021

Powering up off-grid homes in Mozambique and Malawi

SolarWorks! offers solar home systems and energy services on a pay-as-you-go basis to customers in Mozambique and Malawi. Today, SolarWorks! supplie…

Read more