Press Releases

ECOWAS FEASIBILITY STUDY ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN CHANGING ENERGY VALUE CHAIN IN WEST AFRICA

Praia, 3/March/2017 – With a total budget of 1,050,000 USD, ECREEE in partnership with AfDB and NEPAD, is launching a regional project on Feasibility Study on Business Opportunities for women in a Changing the Energy Value Chain in West Africa, where 16 women-led energy businesses from 4 different ECOWAS Member States will be identified for potential financing.

ECREEE and ZED SA Join Forces to Provide Sustainable Energy in ECOWAS Member States

The ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)and ZED SA, signed a partnership agreement to deliver sustainable energy to the region via the 2 GW Solar Initiative, which itself is a sub-component of the West African Clean Energy Corridor (WACEC).

ECREEE and ZED SA Join Forces to Provide Sustainable Energy in ECOWAS Member States

The ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)and ZED SA, signed a partnership agreement to deliver sustainable energy to the region via the 2 GW Solar Initiative, which itself is a sub-component of the West African Clean Energy Corridor (WACEC).

ECOWAS JOURNALISTS CALL FOR A NETWORK ON RENEWABLE ENERGY ISSUES

Media experts have reaffirmed the need for a network of Journalists from ECOWAS Member States to cover the activities of the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE).

Emerging from a 2-day capacity building workshop of ECOWAS Member States’ journalists which ended in Dakar, on Thursday, 23rd June, 2016, participants recommended the setting up of a network to cater for the information need of Community citizens on renewable energy and related issues.

ECOWAS Research Grant Program: Five research proposals to receive funding

On 28 September 2015, ECREEE launched a call for research proposals in policy research. The call was launched under the framework of the ECOWAS Initiative on Youth Leadership Development in Energy, which is one of the five high-impact initiatives of the ECOWAS Programme on Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access (ECOW-GEN).

THE ECOWAS Workshop on Sustainable Wood Energy Management opens in Cotonou, Benin

Atelier de Validation de la «Politique Régionale Bioénergie», du «Plan d’Action pour le Cuisson Propre (WACCA)» et du «Rapport d’évaluation des ressources forestières» de la CEDEAO

Dakar, 30 septembre (ECREEE-PNUD) - L’utilisation de la bioenergie va permettre de «renverser la tendance et d’aider les pays à faire face aux problèmes environnementaux, économiques et sanitaires engendrés par l’utilisation non durable de la biomasse dans l’espace CEDEAO » a soutenu, mercredi à Dakar, le Directeur de Cabinet du Ministre de l’Energie et du Développement Durable du Sénégal (MEDER), Mor Ndiaye Mbaye.

West Africa Emerges as Leading Region in the Continent for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

ECOWAS REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON VALIDATION DIRECTIVE FRAMEWORK AND TRAINING ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) will organize, from 9 - 12 of June, 9:00 am, at the Hotel Praia Mar, Cabo Verde, a Regional Workshop to validate the directive framework of ECOWAS, as well as training focusing on energy efficiency in buildings.

ECOWAS REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON VALIDATION DIRECTIVE FRAMEWORK AND TRAINING ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) will organize, from 9 - 12 of June, 9:00 am, at the Hotel Praia Mar, Cabo Verde, a Regional Workshop to validate the directive framework of ECOWAS, as well as training focusing on energy efficiency in buildings.