Press Releases Energy Call for proposals: Women businesses and projects in clean energy https://www.eco-business.com/press-releases/call-for-proposals-women-businesses-and-projects-in-clean-energy/ Copy Published by USAID Private Financing Advisory Network Asia Feb. 16, 2017 **Join Us to Empower Women for Sustainable Energy** The USAID Private Financing Advisory Network-Asia (USAID PFAN-Asia), the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), announce a call for applications and nominations for women entrepreneurs in clean energy. Selected woman entrepreneurs and organisations supporting the selected entrepreneurs will receive mentoring support from USAID PFAN-Asia with an aim to secure funding for upscaling their operations. Women entrepreneurs and organisations supporting the women entrepreneurs should be from the private sector, or be proposed as a public private partnerships, with a planned project in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Thailand, or Vietnam, and should be actively seeking capital up to $50 million size range. Type of Projects and Businesses Activities: Biomass; Biofuels; Biogas; Energy Efficiency; Hydropower; Solar; Waste-to-Energy; Hybrid (a combination of two or more technical focuses); Energy Efficiency and Clean Transport. Award for Selected Projects: Selected projects/ organisations will receive the following support from USAID PFAN-Asia: ·Free one-on-one coaching for a total of 10 man-days to develop the business plan. ·Introduction to equity investors and/or debt providers and assistance to negotiate terms of investment/lending. ·Technical assistance (i.e. legal opinion, review of feasibility study and others). Note: the above support is provided in kind (not cash). Please email to asia@cti-pfan.net to obtain nomination form and application document. Submit your complete application forms no later than 31 March 2017 Related to this press releaseTopicsEnergyRegionsAsia PacificTagsbiomassclean energyenergy efficiencyhydropowerpublic transportrenewable energysolarwaste-to-energy Most popular News / Policy & Finance DBS Bank names new chief sustainability officer Helge Muenkel joins the bank from Dutch multinational finance group ING. He replaces Mikkel Larsen. DBS Bank names new chief sustainability officer News / Policy & Finance AIA appoints Leong Li Sun as Singapore head of ESG Leong is joining the insurance giant a month after the company committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. AIA appoints Leong Li Sun as Singapore head of ESG News / CSR China renewables firms burst on to ranking of world's most sustainable corporates China's post-pandemic green recovery measures drove up the country's renewables firms on the Corporate Knights index of the … China renewables firms burst on to ranking of world's most sustainable corporates News / Policy & Finance Banks are trashing their own net-zero pledges by funding 'carbon bomb' natural gas project in Australia, say NGOs The Scarborough-Pluto LNG project in Western Australia will produce 3.5 times the United Kingdom’s annual emissions over its … Banks are trashing their own net-zero pledges by funding 'carbon bomb' natural gas project in Australia, say NGOs News / Carbon & Climate Lax regulation threatens carbon offset boom The demand for carbon offsets, which firms use to neutralise the pollution they cause, is rising sharply and … Lax regulation threatens carbon offset boom News / Policy & Finance Singapore youth calling for bolder climate action 'need to be patient': Youth Council CEO National Youth Council CEO David Chua acknowledged that Singapore's climate targets could be more ambitious, and said the … Singapore youth calling for bolder climate action 'need to be patient': Youth Council CEO Featured Events Global The Liveability Challenge 2022 14 Jan 2022 • Awards The Liveability Challenge 2022 Asia Pacific Rethinking Rice: Climate-smart innovations for farmers, ecosystems and value chains 24 Feb 2022 • Virtual Event Rethinking Rice: Climate-smart innovations for farmers, ecosystems and value chains Rotterdam World Hydrogen 2022 Summit & Exhibition 8 Mar 2022 • Awards World Hydrogen 2022 Summit & Exhibition Singapore Geo Connect Asia 23 Mar 2022 • Community Geo Connect Asia New York Reuters Events: Responsible Business USA 2022 19 Apr 2022 • Conference Reuters Events: Responsible Business USA 2022 Sydney Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition 2022 4 May 2022 • Conference Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition 2022 Publish your event