Renewable energy for all

Currently, about 733 million people do not have access to electricity. 2.4 billion people do not have access to modern cooking facilities. This affects their quality of life and opportunities for economic development. It also affects the climate.

The Netherlands is committed to ensuring access to renewable energy and encouraging green energy in developing countries. We contribute by sharing our knowledge and innovations. Together with partners, the goal is to ensure that by 2030, 100 million people will have access to renewable energy.

We contribute to renewable energy access, CO₂ reduction and the acceleration of the energy transition with programmes such as Climate and Energy Response Facility (CERF), Energising Development (EnDev), SDG 7 Results, SEE-Clean Cooking: African Biodigester Component (ABC) and Higher Tier Cooking Component (HTCC), and Young Expert Programmes - Energy (YEP Energy).

These programmes focus on access to electricity through solar energy, clean cooking solutions such as biogas, biomass pellets and electric cooking, and climate mitigation and the green energy transition, among other things.

We support projects and partnerships that:

• Provide access to renewable energy for households;
• Develop and strengthen markets for modern, clean energy facilities;
• Accelerate the transition to green energy;
• Help develop energy policies and regulations in developing countries.

Are you an entrepreneur? Or do you work at an NGO, knowledge institute, government or social organisation? And do you want to contribute to renewable energy access for all?

•    Contact our advisors;
•    Find a partner for your project;
•    Find support via our subsidies and programmes;
•    Join the 'Partners in Sustainable Development' community
•    Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to stay informed on our latest news and top stories from all over the world.

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Here are a few highlights of what our projects have achieved up until and including 2022:

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• 31,889 jobs supported
• 27,705,355 people gained access to renewable energy
• 20.75 million tonnes of CO₂ reduced

We achieved some of these results in cooperation with partners such as the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)