Program Area
Clean Energy & Circular Economy
Winrock’s clean energy work specializes in developing business models that can launch markets for renewable energy to serve the rural poor, and in strengthening the capacity of local private developers and financial institutions to invest in renewable energy technologies. Winrock also designs and demonstrates circular economy business models for recycling, composting and solid waste reduction, which allow companies to meet their sustainability targets and regulatory requirements.
Accelerating Clean Energy Solutions
Winrock designs, demonstrates and scales commercial business models in emerging renewable energy sectors, including productive use of renewable energy, electric cooking, fuel switching to eliminate fossil fuels, and distributed renewable energy. We develop project pipelines and mobilize public and private investment into these new sectors through new financing mechanisms and de-risking banks and project developers. We also prioritize renewable energy technologies that meet basic needs by reducing drudgery for women and girls, such as solar pumping for community water supply, solar irrigation and micro-solar milling.
Related Projects
The Empty Fruit Bunch Composting Project
USAID/Dominican Republic Solid Waste Reduction Program
USAID Climate Resilient Agriculture in the Mekong Delta (CRM)
Demonstrating A Scalable Revenue Model for Community Solar Water Pumping in Ethiopia
USAID Reducing Pollution
Efficient Electric Cooking Market Uptake in Nepal
Related Content
BlueGreen Water Technologies and Winrock International partner to combat harmful algal blooms around the world
From risk to resilience: How Winrock’s Climate Resilience Accelerator helps communities adapt — and thrive
Clean water, clean energy: Private sector invests in solar pumps to improve access to community water supplies in Ethiopia
Facilitating Private Investment in Community Water Pump Solarization: Case Study of Wabe, Ethiopia
The Winrock Q&A… with Bikash Pandey, Director of Clean Energy & Circular Economy
