Powertrust

Find out if you can earn extra revenue for your projects from Powertrust.

Background

Distributed Renewable Energy Credits (D-RECs) are a new market instrument developed by the D-REC Initiative to create a global market for DRE. D-RECs enable even the smallest solar devices to participate in global environmental markets by supplying International Renewable Energy Certificates to leading corporate renewable energy buyers. The world’s largest companies purchase D-RECs through Powertrust to match their energy demand in emerging markets with renewable sources, reducing emissions across their value chains while providing finance to new high-impact projects that are displacing the dirtiest fuels and powering schools, hospitals, factories, farms, and communities where it’s needed most.

Powertrust sources, certifies, and markets D-RECs from qualified project developers, providing a single point of contact for both developers and buyers, simplifying and streamlining the process from project selection to data collection, certification, delivery, payments, and reporting.

The D-REC Initiative is a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder, industry-led initiative. Powertrust is co-leading the D-REC Initiative with South Pole, and the Initiative is supported by:

Interested in learning more?

Please visit Powertrust’s website for updates on future financing opportunities, latest news, and sample projects.

Ready to apply?

Powertrust has two Powertrust Purchase Programs (PPPs) now live on Odyssey. If you operate in Brazil, India, Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Uganda, Cambodia, Philippines, or Vietnam, please fill out the pre-screening form for Powertrust's latest purchase program opportunities by clicking on the program names below.

PP2023-2 (Uganda): Deadline to apply is October 31, 2023

PP2023-3 (all other countries): Deadline to apply is November 30, 2023

If you do not operate in any of these countries, you may still register your interest by completing the pre-screening form for Powertrust’s Global Expression of Interest, and you will be notified when future Purchase Programs go live.

Complete the Global Expression of Interest Pre-Screening Form here .

Objectives and Results

Indicators for Productive Use:

• Businesses (end clients) with decentralized access to energy
  • Target: 300
  • Achieved: 141
  • Women: 43
• Entrepreneurs receiving technical assistance
  • Target: 400
  • Achieved: 344
  • Women: 191

Social Institutions

• Electrified social institutions
  • Target: 50
  • Achieved: 25
• Social institutions supported or advised
  • Target: 70
  • Achieved: 25

Regulatory Framework

• Aspect of the regulatory framework improved
  • Target: 1
  • Achieved: 0

Investment

• Renewable energy project developers supported
  • Target: 6
  • Achieved: 8
• Renewable energy projects submitted for funding
  • Target: 2
  • Achieved: 0

Training

• Sector experts trained
  • Target: 50
  • Achieved: 25
  • Women: 7
• Experts applying acquired knowledge
  • Target: 25
  • Achieved: 19
  • Women: 5

Objectives and Results

Entrepreneurs

• Entrepreneurs with access to energy (>30% women)
  • Target: 200
  • Achieved: 154
• Entrepreneurs receiving technical assistance (>30% women)
  • Target: 200
  • Achieved: 333
• Entrepreneurs receiving credit
  • Target: 100
  • Achieved: 6

Social Institutions

• Electrified social institutions
  • Target: 60
  • Achieved: 0
• Social institutions supported or advised
  • Target: 100
  • Achieved: 124

Know-How

• Experts applying acquired know-how (>30% women)
  • Target: 100
  • Achieved: 210
• Training centers with improved curriculums
  • Target: 3
  • Achieved: 5
• Teachers trained (>30% women)
  • Target: 20
  • Achieved: 70
• Experts trained (>30% women)
  • Target: 200
  • Achieved: 322 (256H, 66F)

Framework

• Aspect of the framework improved
  • Target: 1
  • Achieved: 1

Developers

• Project developers submitting for funding
  • Target: 13
  • Achieved: 9

Connections

• Number of connections
  • Target: 4,000
  • Achieved: 0
• Electrified villages
  • Target: 20
  • Achieved: 0

Local Actors

• Projects by local actors funded
  • Target: 3
  • Achieved: 2

Document Library

Évaluation des besoins en équipements solaires à usage productif spécifiquement dans les chaînes de valeur agricole de Côte d’Ivoire View Report


Étude sur l’analyse de rentabilité des appareils solaires à usage productif dans certaines chaînes de valeur agricoles View Report


Etude sur le financement participatif dédiée aux projets de transition énergétique ayant recours aux énergies renouvelables View Report


Analyse de l’inclusion des agences de microcrédit et microfinance dans le financement de l’accès à l’Energie des populations rurales View Report


Guide pour réussir sa campagne de crowdfunding dans les énergies renouvelables en Côte d’Ivoire View Report