ACPF – Access to Clean Power Fund

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Project overview

responsAbility Investments AG is a leading impact investment firm specializing in private debt and private equity across emerging markets. Its responsAbility Access to Clean Power Fund (ACPF) is a dedicated private debt facility designed to address the global deficit in clean and reliable energy access. With a strong focus on Sub-Saharan Africa as well as South and Southeast Asia, ACPF targets the significant unmet debt financing needs of small but rapidly growing commercial and industrial (C&I) clean energy providers—such as SMEs, schools, hospitals, and other essential service institutions.

EDFI ElectriFI has committed USD 3 million in junior capital to ACPF, catalyzing additional investments and enhancing the fund’s capacity to scale clean power solutions across its priority regions.

Funding objective

By further strengthening the Fund’s capital structure, responsAbility aims to mobilize additional private capital in support of SDG 7. EDFI ElectriFI’s investment is expected to contribute to several key impact targets over the next decade, including the avoidance of approximately 865,000 tons of CO₂ emissions per year, the installation of 4.41 GW of clean energy capacity, and the creation of around 6,700 jobs.

Investment rationale

ACPF addresses the significant unmet demand for debt financing among small but fast-growing C&I clean energy players—such as SMEs, schools, hospitals, and other essential service providers—primarily across Africa and Asia. In addition to supporting ambitious and well‑defined impact objectives, the ElectriFI investment plays a catalytic role by providing a junior, first‑loss tranche. This structure strengthens the fund’s ability to meet its risk‑return requirements while offering enhanced comfort to senior and mezzanine investors, thereby mobilising additional capital into the sector.