Millions of households and micro enterprises are excluded from one of the main drivers of productivity and development: affordable and reliable energy supply.

In total, more than 2.7 billion people rely on fossil biomass and 1.4 billion have no access to modern electricity services. This has not only a negative impact on their health and education opportunities, it affects their household financial portfolios and the competitiveness of their businesses. The energy supply systems they rely on are often dirty, weak and expensive. While an entrepreneur in an industrial country pays just a few cents for a kWh, a micro business in rural Africa can pay up to several Euros in order to get the same unit of energy.

Modern energy technologies and services, innovative business models and smart financial instruments can make a change and enable a fair & sustainable energy access for all. 

Launched as research project in 2001, MicroEnergy International aims to make a change in this sector by offering solutions to the most critical challenges:

• The adaptation and accreditation of energy technologies with a special emphasis on technical services.
• The design of financial services for end-users and diverse supply chain actors in compliance with local and international financial instruments.
• The development and implementation of sustainable business models which are embedded in an effective network of local and international partnerships.
• The systematic evaluation of lessons learned in the sector in order to feed them into a scientific research process, develop various education and qualification measures, and promote local and international policy framework development.

MicroEnergy International is based in Berlin, Germany and is active in many countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.