The Productive Use Financing Facility (PUFF), led by CLASP with support from the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, supports appliance suppliers and distributors to scale energy-efficient productive use technologies in emerging markets, including Ethiopia, through grants, subsidies, and technical assistance across off-grid, mini-grid, and grid-connected markets.
Benefits
- Grants and capacity-building support to reduce operational and entry costs.
- Subsidies that help lower the price of productive use appliances for end-users.
- Technical assistance to improve business models, distribution channels, and supply chain reach.
- Access to financing tools that help appliance distributors offer credit to customers.
- Enhanced ability to sell and scale energy-efficient and income-generating appliances in target markets.
Eligibility
- Companies that supply or distribute productive use appliances (PUAs) in eligible African markets (including Ethiopia).
- Distributors active in off-grid, mini-grid, or grid-connected appliance markets.
- Businesses focused on energy-efficient technologies such as solar water pumps, refrigerators, milling machines, walk-in cold rooms, and other appliances that enable income generation.
- Ability to participate in the PUFF application process and comply with technical requirements (e.g., quality assurance).
