{"id":314453,"date":"2025-11-22T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=314453"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:54:57","slug":"edp-brings-clean-energy-to-brazil-and-africa-with-a2e-fund","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/edp-brings-clean-energy-to-brazil-and-africa-with-a2e-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"EDP brings clean energy to Brazil and Africa with A2E Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the framework of the COP30 held in Brazil, the energy company EDP announced a new stage in its global energy inclusion strategy. Through the <strong>A2E Fund<\/strong>, the company will finance <strong>nine projects in five countries<\/strong>, including for the first time an initiative in <strong>Brazil<\/strong>, with the aim of improving <strong>access to energy<\/strong> in vulnerable communities by means of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/sprague-solar-leads-innovation-in-solar-energy-for-storage-tanks-at-nistm-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decentralized solar<\/a><\/strong> decentralized solar solutions. <\/p>\n\n<p>The program will distribute a total of <strong>1 million euros<\/strong> and was designed to impact critical areas such as health, education and access to drinking water, benefiting an estimated <strong>330,000 people directly<\/strong> and <strong>840,000 indirectly<\/strong>. The selected projects will be developed in <strong>Brazil, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Nigeria<\/strong>, in collaboration with local organizations leading the deployment of clean and resilient technologies. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects that transform communities<\/h2>\n\n<p>In Brazil, the <strong>Puxirum Institute<\/strong> will carry out the <strong>Puxirum d&#8217;\u00c1gua<\/strong> project in the Tup\u00e9 Sustainable Development Reserve in Manaus, which consists of the <strong>rehabilitation of the water supply system<\/strong> and the installation of a solar pumping system. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/abb-solar-converter-ecological-water-pumping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solar pumping system<\/a><\/strong>The project consists of rehabilitating the water supply system and installing a solar pumping system to provide continuous and safe access to drinking water for the entire Amazonian community.<\/p>\n\n<p>In <strong>Mozambique<\/strong>, ADPM will improve the water purification and internet capacity of the Monapo Health Center with photovoltaic systems. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/photovoltaic-energy-in-electrical-grids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">photovoltaic systems<\/a><\/strong>. In <strong>Malawi<\/strong>, institutions such as Direct Relief and Sopowerful will electrify hospitals and nursing schools, strengthening medical services and vocational training. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Nigeria<\/strong> will be the scene of two projects with a strong educational and health impact, the first being the implementation of <strong>Power2Schools<\/strong> by the Retech Foundation, to provide solar <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/statkraft-inaugurates-germanys-largest-battery-hybrid-solar-power-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solar energy<\/a><\/strong> and digital equipment to 10 schools. The second project is the installation of solar systems at 50 water points, benefiting communities, health centers and educational centers by <strong>Save the Slum<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>Finally, in <strong>Kenya<\/strong>, <strong>solar systems<\/strong> will be installed <strong>in hospitals<\/strong> such as the Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa and Chulaimbo Hospital, as well as physical rehabilitation centers. These actions aim to ensure the continuity of clinical services through a stable and renewable electricity supply. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More on the A2E Fund and EDP&#8217;s strategy<\/h2>\n\n<p>Created in 2018, the fund is part of EDP&#8217;s global social impact strategy, called <strong>EDP Y.E.S. (You Empower Society)<\/strong>, which seeks to promote social inclusion and equitable access to clean energy. To date, the A2E Fund has supported <strong>56 projects in eight countries<\/strong>, with a total investment of <strong>\u20ac5.5 million<\/strong>, directly benefiting more than 855,000 people and indirectly benefiting more than nine million <\/p>\n\n<p>The fund is open to <strong>organizations from any country<\/strong> wishing to develop initiatives in the aforementioned regions. The process usually includes an application period, followed by an evaluation and pre-selection phase, and the winners are announced in the last quarter of the year. <\/p>\n\n<p>On this occasion, the inclusion of Brazil was due to the fact that for this seventh edition <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp.com\/es\/europa\/espana\/media\/noticias\/edp-abre-las-inscripciones-al-fondo-a2e-para-apoyar-proyectos-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seventh edition<\/a><\/strong> was explicitly announced to <strong>broaden the scope of the fund to include them<\/strong>. This move broadens the geographic impact of the program, which had previously focused exclusively on the African continent. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A global vision with local impact<\/h2>\n\n<p>The selection of projects reflects EDP&#8217;s decentralized and community-based approach, which prioritizes technological solutions adapted to local realities. By including for the first time an initiative in Latin America, the company expands its reach and impact in the fight to guarantee <strong>access to energy<\/strong> as a basic right and key tool for development. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp.com\/en\/media\/edp-reforca-inclusao-energetica-ao-levar-energia-limpa-comunidades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EDP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDP will finance solar energy initiatives that will benefit more than 330,000 people in vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":314322,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-314453","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/314453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/314453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=314453"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=314453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}