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The '''2<sup>nd</sup>''' '''Powering Agriculture Call for Innovation''' has been released. The call will be open for applications from '''December 8, 2014 until February 13, 2015'''. The application form can be found [http://poweringag.org/call-innovations here] starting December 8.
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The international initiative [[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development|Powering Agriculture – An Energy Grand Challenge (PAEGC)]] – partners are USAID, Sida, BMZ, OPIC and Duke Energy –&nbsp;has been&nbsp;tendering this call. PAEGC is seeking to fund innovative technologies and business models at the intersection of clean energy and agriculture in developing countries.<br/>
  
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== Objective<br/> ==
  
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= Background =
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Against the backdrop of a growing world population and, hence, a rising demand for food, the '''call aims at''' '''supporting organizations and companies with innovative solutions at the interface of agriculture and energy''' in order to develop and promote energy smart solutions for a resource-efficient and sustainable food production. Applicants from a wide range of U.S. and non-U.S. organizations and institutions are encouraged to respond including academic institutions, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, foundations, civic groups, and cooperatives.<br/>
  
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The international initiative [http://poweringag.org/ Powering Agriculture – An Energy Grand Challenge (PAEGC)] – partners are USAID, SIDA, BMZ, OPIC and Duke Energy – is tendering this call. PAEGC is seeking to fund innovative technologies and business models at the intersection of clean energy and agriculture in developing countries.
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== Details<br/> ==
  
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'''PAGEC’s ''' second Global Innovation Call will issue individual awards ranging '''from $500,000 to $2,000,000 USD''' for '''Clean Energy Solutions''' that are
  
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Against the backdrop of a growing world population and, hence, a rising demand for food, the '''call aims at''' '''supporting organizations and companies with innovative solutions at the interface of agriculture and energy''' in order to develop and promote energy smart solutions for a resource-efficient and sustainable food production. Applicants from a wide range of U.S. and non-U.S organizations and institutions are encouraged to respond including academic institutions, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, foundations, civic groups, and cooperatives.
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= Winners 2015<br/> =
  
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The 2<sup><font size="2">nd</font></sup> call received 871 applications for its second [http://poweringag.org/call-innovations Global Innovation Call]. The [http://poweringag.org/partners Founding Partners] are pleased to announce the 13 [[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative - Winners|winners]]&nbsp;that will collectively receive nearly $13 million in funding under the PAEGC Second Global Call for Innovations. The award agreements for 2015 innovators are still under negotiation with USAID as the administrator of the awards.<br/>
  
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= Details of the Global Innovation Call =
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More than half of the 13 [[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative - Winners|winners]]&nbsp;are institutions and companies from emerging and developing countries. With five projects in Kenya, three in Tanzania and two in Uganda, the focus of implementing will be in East Africa. Solar powered systems with almost 70% account for the major part of the winning projects.<br/>
  
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'''PAGEC’s ''' second Global Innovation Call will issue individual awards ranging '''from $500,000 to $2,000,000 USD''' for '''Clean Energy Solutions''' that are
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== Who is eligible?  ==
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== Some Quick Facts about the 2015 Innovators<br/> ==
  
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Applicants from a wide range of U.S. and non-U.S organizations and institutions are encouraged to respond including academic institutions, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, foundations, civic groups, and cooperatives.
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*'''Organizations in 9 countries:''' 39% Africa, 23% North America, 15% Asia, 15% Europe/Eurasia, 8% Latin America<br/>
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*'''Clean energy type:''' 69% Solar, 15% Hybrid, 8% Biomass, 8% Waste<br/>
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*'''Agriculture value chain focus:''' 39% staple crops, 38% horticulture, 15% aquaculture, 8% dairy<br/>
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*'''Regions of implementation:''' 61% Africa, 17% Asia, 9% Middle East, 9% Oceania, 4% Latin America<br/>
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*'''Funding type requested:''' 62% applied under Funding Window 1 on the design of their clean energy solution, while 38% applied under Funding Window 2 to scale-up their clean energy solutions<br/>
  
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The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation for PAEGC’s second Global Innovation Call is administered by USAID on behalf of the Founding Partners and can be downloaded from <u>http://www.grants.gov </u>and [http://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.fbo.gov] .
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== Winners - Countries of Implementation*<br/> ==
  
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[[File:Countries of Implementation - Winners.jpg|center|600px|alt=Countries of Implementation - Winners.jpg]]
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<p style="text-align: center;">Bangladesh: 2; Ethiopia: 1; Ghana: 1; Guatemala: 1; India: 1; Indonesia: 1; Jordan:1; Kenya: 5<br/></p>
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&nbsp;''* Some projects plan to implement in several countries.''<br/>
  
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Applications shall be received from '''Monday, ''''''December 8, 2014 '''to '''Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 4:00 PM EST''' via the Online Application Platform accessed at: [http://poweringag.org/call-innovations http://poweringag.org/call-innovations]<u>.</u>  
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Prospective Applicants who have questions concerning the contents of the BAA shall submit them in in English before '''Monday, ''''''December 1, 2014 ''''''at''' '''4:00 PM EST '''to the following e-mail address: [mailto:poweringag@usaid.gov poweringag@usaid.gov]<u>.</u>
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= Further Information<br/> =
  
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== Further Information ==
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*[[Portal:Water and Energy for Food|Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) portal on energypedia]]
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*[[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development|Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development]]<br/>
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Verbal explanations or instructions given before the issuance of an Award will not be binding. Any information given to a prospective Applicant concerning this BAA will be furnished promptly to all other prospective Applicants as an amendment to the BAA, if that information is necessary in submitting proposals or if the lack of it would be prejudicial to any other prospective Applicant.
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*[[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative - Winners|Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative - Winners]]<br/>
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*Feel free to [https://m.visitor.constantcontact.com/qrvisitor/Join.htm?soid=qyf_MFnJwY8P0DPza097JQ&op_X_trk=New subscribe to the USAID Powering Agriculture mailing list] to keep yourself updated.<br/>
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*To learn more about ''Powering Agriculture''’s partners, projects, and ongoing/planned activities – and to contact us to request any further information – please visit [http://www.poweringag.org/ www.PoweringAg.org>]<br/>
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= Winners of the 1st Call 2013 =
 
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The [http://poweringag.org/2013-winners 11 winners] of the call 2013 received approx. 1 Mio USD each for boosting their respective project at the interface of agriculture and energy.
 
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Please feel free to share this information with your partners or potentially interested organizations and/or companies working in the field of agriculture and energy. Particularly institutions in developing and emerging countries are of interest.
 
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Also, feel free to [https://m.visitor.constantcontact.com/qrvisitor/Join.htm?soid=qyf_MFnJwY8P0DPza097JQ&op_X_trk=New sign-ups&comp_name=1&comp_logo=0&op_nam=1&op_biz=1&op_hph=0&op_wph=0&op_X_eml=0&op_X_pho=0&op_X_map=0&op_X_url=1 subscribe to the USAID Powering Agriculture mailing list] in order to keep yourself updated
 
  
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Latest revision as of 19:11, 14 July 2020

Background

The international initiative Powering Agriculture – An Energy Grand Challenge (PAEGC) – partners are USAID, Sida, BMZ, OPIC and Duke Energy – has been tendering this call. PAEGC is seeking to fund innovative technologies and business models at the intersection of clean energy and agriculture in developing countries.


Objective

Against the backdrop of a growing world population and, hence, a rising demand for food, the call aims at supporting organizations and companies with innovative solutions at the interface of agriculture and energy in order to develop and promote energy smart solutions for a resource-efficient and sustainable food production. Applicants from a wide range of U.S. and non-U.S. organizations and institutions are encouraged to respond including academic institutions, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, foundations, civic groups, and cooperatives.


Details

PAGEC’s second Global Innovation Call will issue individual awards ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000 USD for Clean Energy Solutions that are

  1. at the early stages of research and design; and
  2. (at the later stage of product/business model development to assist with expansion to commercial scale and/or replication of successfully piloted solutions elsewhere.


Winners 2015

The 2nd call received 871 applications for its second Global Innovation Call. The Founding Partners are pleased to announce the 13 winners that will collectively receive nearly $13 million in funding under the PAEGC Second Global Call for Innovations. The award agreements for 2015 innovators are still under negotiation with USAID as the administrator of the awards.

More than half of the 13 winners are institutions and companies from emerging and developing countries. With five projects in Kenya, three in Tanzania and two in Uganda, the focus of implementing will be in East Africa. Solar powered systems with almost 70% account for the major part of the winning projects.


Some Quick Facts about the 2015 Innovators

  • Organizations in 9 countries: 39% Africa, 23% North America, 15% Asia, 15% Europe/Eurasia, 8% Latin America
  • Clean energy type: 69% Solar, 15% Hybrid, 8% Biomass, 8% Waste
  • Agriculture value chain focus: 39% staple crops, 38% horticulture, 15% aquaculture, 8% dairy
  • Regions of implementation: 61% Africa, 17% Asia, 9% Middle East, 9% Oceania, 4% Latin America
  • Funding type requested: 62% applied under Funding Window 1 on the design of their clean energy solution, while 38% applied under Funding Window 2 to scale-up their clean energy solutions


Winners - Countries of Implementation*

Countries of Implementation - Winners.jpg

Bangladesh: 2; Ethiopia: 1; Ghana: 1; Guatemala: 1; India: 1; Indonesia: 1; Jordan:1; Kenya: 5

 * Some projects plan to implement in several countries.


Further Information

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