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5 June 2025, London: Cutting-edge renewable energy innovations, designed to leapfrog reliance on highly polluting fossil fuel generators and deliver economic, health, and environmental benefits, are being brought to life through new collaborations across Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and

13 March 2024: ZE-Gen continues to scale towards target to mobilise £100m Fossil fuel generator displacement initiative, ZE-Gen, is to receive more than €11m in additional funding to support its work to improve the lives of people across sub-Saharan Africa,

ZE-Gen is pleased to be supporting the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Global Forum 2025, in Bridgetown, Barbados. This year’s Forum, on 12-13 March, co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All and the Government of Barbados, is set to be a

Twenty projects aiming to advance renewable energy-based alternatives to fossil-fuelled generators in the Philippines and Nigeria have been selected to receive a share of £2 million, as part of the first phase of the Zero Emission Generators (ZE-Gen) Technology Accelerator.

13 March 2024: A positive step for global efforts to replace fossil fuel-powered generators with renewable energy-based alternatives was made today at the Transforming Energy Access Forum 2024 in Kigali, with funding announced for projects to bring better access to renewable energy products in Africa, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands.

1 December 2023: The competition stage of the Zero Emission Generators (ZE-Gen) Circularity Challenge has announced The CoolCycle Project as the overall winning innovation, selected to receive USD $50,000 to help bring its transformative solution to life.

23 November 2023: Up to £10.8 million in funding has been announced today as part of the Zero-Emission Generators (ZE-Gen) Initiative to accelerate the development and commercialisation of renewable energy-based alternatives to fossil-fuelled generators in Nigeria and the Philippines.

10 November 2023: London, UK A £2 million funding competition has been launched to support the demonstration of innovations aimed at advancing renewable energy-based alternatives to fossil-fuelled generators in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Indo-Pacific regions.

Three finalists have been selected for the ZE-Gen Circularity Challenge – aiming to accelerate the circularity of end-of-life and second-hand fossil fuel generators in Nigeria. The ZE-Gen Circularity Challenge received 16 applications.