Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
UNIDO/NCPC-SA call to companies, project developers, technology and service providers to submit Expressions of Interest for support for energy-water nexus projects in South Africa.
What is on offer?
- Technical assistance and co-financing in the form of grant funding for:
- Solution providers (e.g. project developers, technology and/or service providers) looking for support to implement water-energy nexus projects in South Africa
- Companies interested in implementing adaptation-oriented technologies and practices to increase the resilience of critical energy and water services.
- Qualifying projects not selected for co-financing through this initiative will be assisted to develop bankable business proposals and linked to other suitable financial mechanisms.
What are the target sectors?
- The target sector is agro-processing, with a preference for medium to large enterprises.
- The primary targeted critical services are energy and water supply.
- Secondary areas are transport, waste beneficiation and mobility.
- Target subsectors include (but are not limited to) dairy, fruits processing (peels and pulp, apples, grapes, oranges, olives), breweries and wineries, sugarcane, and pecan nuts.
Project duration: January 2022–December 2024.
What are the project partners looking for in the EoI?
- Concrete examples of climate change adaptation projects to showcase the benefits of climate-resilient approaches in pilot companies.
- Climate resilient energy and water services to increase the resilience of manufacturing plants in the target sector, such as:
- Digitisation and automation of energy and water management;
- Decentralised renewable energy;
- Smart mini-grids and batteries; and
- Water reuse and energy storage programmes.
- Projects involving partnerships between the private sector, solution providers and academia, with strong gender representation.
Eligibility Criteria
- There are two windows of opportunity and applicants must clearly indicate to which one they are responding, window 1 or 2:
- Window 1: Project developers, technology and/or service providers looking for co-financing and/or technical assistance to implement water-energy nexus adaptation projects in South Africa, with a focus on agro industries.
- Window 2: Industries in the agro sector looking for co-financing and/or technical assistance to implement adaptation-oriented interventions (among others, energy and water audits, followed by the methodological approach of climate-smart capital investment planning to prioritise, prepare and structure the technology investments).
For more information, visit UNIDO/NCPC.