| Rural Energy Enterprise
Development in Brazil (B-REED)
Overview
Decentralized entrepreneurship opportunities in Brazil
Project website
B-REED was an initiative aimed at
meeting the energy needs of under-served rural populations in the
Northeast of Brazil.
Like its predecessor, the African Rural
Energy Enterprise Development project (AREED),
B-REED seeded small businesses that use clean renewable technologies
to produce energy in remote locations.
The initiative also built the capacity
of Brazilian NGOs to identify and support these small enterprises
through their critical start-up phase. It helped as well financial
institutions better understand and ultimately invest in the renewable
energy sector, and support government in creating sound
policy frameworks.
B-REED was mainly undertaken in the
Northeast of Brazil, especially in the states of Bahia, Alagoas and
Ceara, and used an innovative approach that couples enterprise
development services with modest amounts of start-up support. This
approach has been used successfully in other parts of the world, but
has not been applied systematically in Brazil.
Partners involved were
UNEP Energy
Programme, URC, and the non-profit organisation
E+Co. Initial funding came
from the United Nations
Foundation (UNF).
For further information visit the
B-REED website.
Reference sheet (Intranet)
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