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ECREEE CONDUCTS RENEWABLES READINESS ASSESSMENT (RRA) IN THE GAMBIA
ECREEE, in partnership with IRENA, based in Abu Dhabi, conducted a two-day RRA exercise in the Gambia, with the objective of evaluating the country’s readiness for the deployment of renewable energy technologies.
RRA is an IRENA initiative which, through multi-stakeholder engagement, assesses...
ECOWAS HOLDS ITS FIRST RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS FORUM
Co-organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the first ECOWAS Renewable Energy Investment (EREI) and Business Forum took place on 27–28 September in Dakar, Senegal. This forum which was attended by more than 90 participants from the ECOWAS Member States, Europe and the USA, brought...
6th ECREEE BOARD MEETING AND 3rd TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING
The Sixth Executive Board Meeting of ECREEE was held on Friday 2 November 2012 at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra, Ghana. The main objective of the meeting was to adopt the ECREEE 2012 Work Plan Status Report and the ECREEE 2013 Work Plan as well as discuss new developments in the energy sector.
The...
ECOWAS EXPERTS TRAINED ON ENERGY PLANNING
ECREEE and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) organized a regional workshop on Energy Planning Methodologies and Tools in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from 10–12 December 2012.
The workshop aimed to acquaint energy planners in the region with appropriate methodologies, using the ECOWAS...
THE UN INITIATIVE ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
In line with the declaration of the year 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, on 23 August 2012 the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Jonathan Goodluck, and the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Co-...
CAPE VERDE HOSTS REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON ECOWAS WIND AND SOLAR RESOURCE MAPPING
ECREEE, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the technical assistance of Nexant, organized a regional workshop on ECOWAS Wind and Solar Resource Mapping in Praia, Cape Verde, from 9–11 July 2012.
The objectives of the workshop were to present and...
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ECOWAS RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY (EREF) PROJECTS UNDERWAY
The implementation of the First Call of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF) got underway with the commencement of the contracting phase in February 2013. This was based on the recommendations of the EREF technical committee which approved 41 projects for the grant award.
One of the...
REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP ON DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING SOLAR ENERGY BASED LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES, LOMÉ, TOGO
ECREEE, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and the Government of Togo organized a regional training workshop on ‘Designing and implementing solar energy-based livelihood projects for rural communities’, from 1 to 5 October...
ECOWAS AND GBEP CONDUCT WORKSHOP ON BIOMASS RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND MAPPING
ECREEE, in collaboration with the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) organized a workshop on Biomass Resource Assessment and Mapping, under Activity Group 1 (AG1) of the Working Group on Capacity Building (WGCB) for Sustainable Bioenergy. The event was held in Rome, Italy, from 13–14 November 2012...
ECREEE, AND PARTNERS, ORGANIZE THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL OFF-GRID RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE (IOREC) IN ACCRA, GHANA
ECREEE in partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) conducted the first ever international conference on off-grid renewable energy, from 1- 2 November 2012, in Accra, Ghana.
The conference was attended by more than 350...
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