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ECREEE and IRENA start a capacity needs assessment for clean energy mini-grids in the ECOWAS region
ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), in collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), have started a clean energy mini-grids capacity needs assessment in West Africa, as a first step towards the expansion of a joint capacity building support to...
Appel à projets:production indépendante d’électricité à partir de l’énergie solaire
Deadline:
Friday, November 6, 2015
1. Contexte de l’Appel à Projets
Dans la perspective de l'accès à l'énergie durable à l'ensemble des huit (08) Etats membres (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sénégal et Togo) de l'Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine...
Training Institutions of SOLtrain West Africa meet SOLtrain in Southern Africa
Two SOLtrain programs are running, covering 11 African countries and training them in solar thermal water heating and drying of agricultural products. The SOLtrain solar thermal energy training and demonstration program in Southern Africa started in 2009 and is now starting its 3rd phase, covering...
ECREEE and UN Women Hold International Press Conference, Launching the ECOW-GEN Facility
On 12 October 2015, ECREEE and the UN Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) held an International Press Conference to launch the ECOWAS Facility for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access (ECOW-GEN Facility).
The event took place at the UN Women West and Central...
ECREEE STARTS TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGER TO FORMULATE AN INCLUSIVE NATIONAL MASTER PLAN TO ACCELERATE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
Praia, 1st October 2015 – The project is launched to support the Agency for the Promotion of Electrification in Rural Areas of Niger (ANPER) to conceive an inclusive National Master Plan to accelerate rural electrification activities in Niger, which among other objectives, will allow the Government...
Supporting the development of hydropower plant in Guinea-Bissau
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) today approved a grant worth approximately USD 1 million to support the development of a hydropower plant with an estimated capacity of 20 MW at Salthino in Guinea-Bissau. SEFA is a multi-donor facility funded by the governments of Denmark, the United...
Call for Proposals for Gender-responsive Clean Energy Investments in the ECOWAS Region- Applications Open on 12 October 2015
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and its partners are teaming together to establish a small grant facility to provide technical and financial support to upscale the deployment of projects that simultaneously promote gender equality and improve energy access in...
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENERGY POLICY RESEARCH – APPLICATION OPENS 1 OCTOBER 2015
ECOWAS RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is launching a Research Grant Program and is inviting research teams to submit proposals for policy research in any of the energy fields (e.g. energy technologies, energy finance, energy economics...
1st German Energy Business Mission with the topic “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies for the Development Cape Verde”
The energy sector of Cape Verde is an element of central importance for the country's economic and social development, which depends, to a large extent, on fossil, imported and expensive primary energy sources. Consequently, the Cape Verdean government pursues the aim of establishing an energy...
ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Policy & Investment High Level Forum
ECOWAS Region Strives to be the Top Destination for Energy Investments
From the 14th to18th of September 2015, over two hundred participants from the governments, high level policy and decision makers, project promoters, investors and international partners, as well as private sector players and...
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