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BOAD - Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement

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AFD - Agence Française de Développement

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‘Gambia can be energy self-reliant ’

The Gambia can achieve its energy goal and be energy self-reliant if it focuses on renewable energy such as wind and solar, the commissioner of the United States Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has stated.

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Consultative meeting on the East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE)

A Consultative Meeting on the establishment of the East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE) took place from 11 to 12 March 2013 in Arusha, Tanzania.

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ECREEE, 2IE, KNUST AND SIREA, AWARDED RESEARCH GRANT FOR CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER

ECREEE, in partnership with l’Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (2iE), Burkina Faso (lead partner), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana and SIREA-ENERGIE, France, received a grant of €743,096.38 to support research on ‘Development of a Cost-e

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ECREEE PARTICIPATES IN THE 71st EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING PROGRAMME

ECREEE, as a member of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Programme, was invited to participate in the International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry (SHC 2012), and the 71st Executive Committee Meeting of the IEA SHC

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ECREEE PARTICIPATES IN THE 5th PRESENTATION OF THE RE EXHIBITION IN DAKAR

The RE exhibition was held in the International Hall of Renewable Energy in Dakar, Senegal from November 7 - 10, 2012.

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ECREEE AND NARUC FORGE NEW PARTNERSHIP

On 2 November 2012, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) went into a partnership agreement with ECREEE.

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THE SEEA-WA PROJECT TEAM HOLDS ITS 4th COORDINATION MEETING

On 3 November 2012, the expert team on the SEEA-WA project met to appraise the activities implemented in the year 2012 and deliberate on action plans for the second year of the project cycle.

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LAUNCH OF THE GEF CAPE VERDE PROJECT

On 12 April 2012 the global environment facility (GEF) project, Promoting Market-based Development of Small- to Medium-Scale Renewable Energy Systems in Cape Verde, was officially launched at an event in Praia, Cape Verde.

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ECREEE UNDERTAKES STOCKTAKING MISSION TO GUINEA-BISSAU

Within the framework of the imple­mentation of the SEEA-WA pro­ject, a team of experts, led by Mr Martin Lugmayr and Mr Jansenio Delgado from ECREEE, and accompanied by Mr Pe­ter Cattelaens, an expert from the EU Energy Initiative, Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF) conducted a stocktaking

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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-ch

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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.

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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.

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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 Octobe

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