Press Release: GEEREF clean energy fund decides on first investment of €22 million to support projects in Africa and Asia

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Series Details IP/08/1939 (11.12.08)
Publication Date 11/12/2008
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The Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF) set up by the European Commission to provide clean energy to developing countries and economies in transition decided on a first set of investments totalling €22 million. Contributing to the fight against climate change, the investments will finance small-scale renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan and southern Africa as well as in Asia. The announcement was made by European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas at a presentation of the GEEREF at the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznań, Poland.

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European Commission: SPEECH/08/703: GEEREF – an innovative platform to fight climate change and global poverty http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/703&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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