Greening the Tea Industry in East Africa project, is a small-hydro power initiative,  that is co-implemented by UNEP & the African Development Bank (AfDB) and executed by East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) to develop Hydro power sites in tea growing areas to decrease the tea factories overdependence to the main grid.  

The objective of the proposed Small Hydro Power(0.2MW - 5MW) project is to reduce

electrical energy use in tea processing industries in member countries of the East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) while increasing power supply reliability and reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions through the removal of barriers.

Specifically, the project aims to establish 6 small hydro power demonstration projects in at least 4 of the EATTA member countries, preferably with an attached rural electrification component as well as prepare additional pre-feasibility studies.

Both studies and planned installations shall serve as training grounds for the entire tea sector in the region. A special financing window shall be designed that will provide incentives for individual tea processing plants to move into “green power generation”. For more information log on to: http://greeningtea.unep.org