January 2025

GDF funding entities have instructed the GDF Council and the Fund Manager to suspend all future calls for grant applications.  The suspension is indefinite. No additional calls for proposals will be requested or received. Ongoing GDF activities will concentrate on monitoring and efficiently implementing existing projects.

The Fund Manager as well as the GDF Council sincerely thank all developers, applicants, and grantees for your interest.

GDF’s Data Protection Principles
Protecting your privacy is a matter of importance. We will collect, process, and utilize only data that applicants supply voluntarily.

All data provided by an applicant will be used exclusively with regard to management of the Fund and pertinent grants. For administrative and legal reasons, all applicants must permit the use of the data and release the Fund Managers from all liability regarding proprietary data and security. As such, once data is voluntarily provided by the applicant it is not considered proprietary by the Fund Managers for the purpose of managing the data, the fund, or related activities. By submitting an Expression of Interest and a grant application, either for surface studies or drilling activities, the applicant implicitly understands and agrees to these data protection principles and releases the Fund Managers and the donor institutions, such as KfW from claims and liability for the use of the information.

The GDF is the first multidonor climate initiative to promote geothermal energy within this region.

GDF is committed to supporting the responsible development of geothermal projects.