FSD Africa is designing and implementing an ambitious plan to establish a project preparation facility (PPF) in Ghana to support transaction advisory and project development services for climate -aligned projects. Established alongside the FCDO GCEIP programme, the PPF has the ultimate aim to attract private finance to high-impact, investible projects that contribute substantially to closing the climate decarbonisation and adaptation financing gap in Ghana. The PPF aligns with FSD Africa’s mandate for financial market development, sourcing of public & private ‘project pipelines’, project-investor matching, design of innovative climate financing vehicles and beneficiary impact. The PPF will provide upstream resources to help early-stage projects progress towards feasibility, financial structuring and, ultimately, private capital mobilisation. It operates through two complementary funding windows: (i) grant financing, supporting early diagnostics and feasibility scoping; and (ii) returnable (i.e. zero-loan) financing, enabling downstream feasibility and structuring activities for projects that demonstrate credible investment potential.

As part of GCIEP’s initial project-preparation pathway, FSD Africa seeks to contract a firm or consortium (“the Consultant”) to undertake a set of grant-funded preparatory studies for the proposed 75 MW grid- connected wind power project in the Volta Region of Ghana (the “Project”). The assignment aims to consolidate and validate the Project’s technical foundations, assess environmental and social risks, evaluate regulatory and commercial viability, and identify the key gaps that must be addressed before a full feasibility study and eventual IPP/PPP structuring can proceed.