Award
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Criteria
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| UTILITY SCALE SOLAR PROJECT OF THE YEAR |
- project must be located in Africa
- project must be a grid-connected project with national utility as off-taker
- project must have been commissioned between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| C&I SOLAR PROJECT OF THE YEAR |
- project must be located in Africa
- project must be a grid-connected or stand-alone solar system with a single non-residential private off-taker
- project may include solar only, solar+storage or any other hybrid system including solar technologies
- project must have been commissioned between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| MINI-GRID PROJECT OF THE YEAR |
- project must be located in Africa
- project may be a single mini-grid project or a group of mini-grids
- project must involve 1 single point of power generation involving a solar component and multiple electricity users (residential and/or productive uses)
- project must have been commissioned between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| SHS COMPANY OF THE YEAR |
- company must be active in energy access activities through manufacturing, financing, distribution or any key enabling services for pico-solar and/or SHS products
- company must have been legally registered in at least 1 African country between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| RESIDENTIAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR |
- project must be located in Africa
- project must be a single solar system serving a residential off-taker or a group of independent solar systems serving a group of independent residential off-takers
- project may include solar only, solar+storage or any other hybrid system including solar technologies
- project may be grid-connected or stand-alone
- project must have been commissioned between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| AFRICAN SOLAR COMPANY OF THE YEAR |
- company may be active in any type of activity across the solar value chain and may focus on any solar segment (large-scale, C&I, mini-grid, SHS, irrigation, cooking, …
- company must be in operation for more than 4 years or must count more than 15 staff members
- company must have headquarter legally registered in 1 African country
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| AFRICAN SOLAR ENTREPRENEUR/SME OF THE YEAR |
- if application by a single entrepreneur: entrepreneur may have any nationality and must reside in Africa
- if application by an SME: SME must be legally established in any African country, must be established for less than 4 years and must not count more than 15 staff members
- entrepreneur/SME may be active on any part of the solar value chain and may focus on any solar segment (large-scale, C&I, mini-grid, SHS, irrigation, cooking, …
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| FINANCIAL ADVISOR / CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR |
- company may be legally established in any country
- company must be have been financial advisor/consultant to a project based in or a company legally established in at least 1 African country
- advisory service must have taken place between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| LEGAL ADVISOR / CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR |
- company may be legally established in any country
- company must be have been legal advisor/consultant to a project based in or a company legally established in at least 1 African country
- advisory service must have taken place between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| TECHNICAL CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR |
- company may be legally established in any country
- company must be have been technical advisor/consultant to a project based in or a company legally established in at least 1 African country
- advisory service must have taken place between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| DFI & ALTERNATIVE FINANCING OF THE YEAR |
- company may be legally established in any country
- company must be have been involved in transaction about a project based in or a company legally established in at least 1 African country
- transaction must be governed by non-traditional financing principles such as impact investment, crowdfunding/lending, concessional financing, grants, micro-financing, …
- transaction must have taken place between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| WOMAN IN SOLAR OF THE YEAR |
- applicant may have any nationality and may reside anywhere
- applicant may deliver said work as an individual or as part of a company
- applicant must demonstrate tangible work and impact on African solar project or work
- applicant must be a woman
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| SOLAR INNOVATION/TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR |
- innovation/technology may pertain to a product, a system or a service
- innovation/technology must have a clear application to the African continent
- innovation/technology may exist for a long time but must have made tangible and verifiable breakthrough between September 18th 2020 and September 24th 2021
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| SOLAR PICTURE OF THE YEAR |
- picture must have been captured in Africa
- applicant must be legal right owner of the picture
- picture may not have been submitted in previous AFSIA Solar Awards
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| SOLAR VIDEO OF THE YEAR |
- video must have been captured in Africa
- video must not be longer than 3 minutes
- applicant must be legal right owner of the video
- video may not have been submitted in previous AFSIA Solar Awards
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