The International Forum on Solar Technologies for Small-Scale Agriculture and Water Management will present the opportunities and challenges of the application of solar technologies in small-scale agriculture and water management. The tools developed by FAO and its partners to enhance the use of solar technologies for small-scale agriculture will also …

RES4Africa in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Environment and the Ethiopian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organized a 4-day training course in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on “Policy Responses to Climate Change: Sustainable Development and Energy Transition” to support Ethiopia in implementing and monitoring INDCs.

The training was …

Three days of panel discussions and interactive events open to the public, addressing trends and entrepreneurial opportunities in the African continent with a focus on: energy, climate change, entrepreneurship, development, demography and migration.

This will be an unique opportunity to interact with high-level representatives from both the private and public …

RES4MED&Africa attends the annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES). It is the foremost platform dedicated to the innovation and digitalisation trends that are key to transformation in the global energy mix. Located in Abu Dhabi, WFES is a business-first exhibition for project developers, distributors, innovators, investors and purchasers from across …

Video: highlights from 5th EU-Africa Business Forum follow-up workshop in Brussels, June 2014.

RES4Africa team participates to the 6th EU‐Africa Business Forum (EABF) aimed at increasing investments with development impact in Africa.

With its overarching theme being “investing in job creation for youth”, the Business Forum looks at the challenges …

Since its 1st edition in Madrid in 2015, the annual ARE Forum has become the key milestone event in spring where the clean energy off-grid sector gathers together to learn more about upcoming new support schemes and initiatives by the public sector as well as the latest industry trends and …

RES4MED&Africa released a white paper on innovation titled “Aggregation platforms for distributed energy resources: enabling the development of decentralized renewable energies in Africa” which aims to assess the potential of the aggregation platforms for customers and utilities in interconnected rural and peri-urban areas in Africa; as well as analyst the …

Nairobi, January 24^th, 2017 – The development of African start-ups and its entrepreneurial innovation scene plays a key role in driving the region’s sustainable energy transition. To that end, Enel X, Enel’s new advanced energy services division, in partnership with Seedstars World, awarded a particularly innovative start-up with …

The RES4Africa Micro-Grid Academy (MGA) completed its official opening ceremony on Monday afternoon, 22 January 2018 at KPLC IESR – Institute of Energy Studies & Research, Ruaraka, Nairobi. The event included a site visit gathering 40 international stakeholders to the future MGA venue and the certification ceremony of the first …

Nairobi, Kenya – Work in progress to highlight the MICRO-GRID ACADEMY (MGA), a leading training platform that aims at strengthening the expertise of young African technicians, engineers and managers in sustainable energy solutions. Please stay tuned for further updates!…

Working in conjunction with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in particular the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), Pöyry has mapped the small scale hydropower potential in 14 ECOWAS countries using the latest geographic information system (GIS) technology. The groundbreaking data, which maps the …

Today REN21 published its Renewables 2017 Global Status Report (GSR), the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy. Additions in installed renewable power capacity set new records in 2016, with 161 gigawatts (GW) installed, increasing total global capacity by almost 9% over 2015, to nearly 2,017 GW. …

The Micro-Grid Academy (MGA) is a regional capacity building platform based in Nairobi, Kenya, that provides theoretical and practical training on energy access and decentralised renewable energy solutions to young East-African and international technicians, entrepreneurs and engineers.The project is a joint initiative between RES4Africa, Kenya Power Lighting Company (KPLC), AVSI …

Originate is an initiative conceived by RINA and RES4Africa to improve the project origination process for decentralised Renewable Energy solutions by aggregating opportunities across Africa, streamlining development, and applying standards in line with technical, commercial, environmental and social requirements of development funding institutions.

In the form of a match making …

The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) gathered over 200 participants in Catania, Italy from 13-15 March 2018 for the 4^th edition of the ARE Energy Access Investment Forum organised in partnership with Renewable Energy Solutions for the Mediterranean and Africa (RES4MED&Africa) and the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP).…

RES4MED&Africa officially joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world largest corporate responsibility initiative with nearly 12,000 business and non-business participants in 140 countries.

The UN Global Compact aims to mobilize a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders to create a better world. It supports companies to i) do …

On 5 February 2018 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy officially joined the RES4MED&Africa association as Ordinary Member. Siemens Gamesa brings to RES4MEDAfrica its expertise as a leading provider of wind power products and solutions to customers around the world.

The membership was officially announced during the RES4MED&Africa Strategic Committee meeting …

RES4Africa hosted a high-level gathering on Monday morning at the Fairmont Hotel in Nairobi presenting the key results of the RES4Africa/CESI renewable energy grid integration study. 

The study (“Integration of non-programmable renewal energy in the national electric system of Kenya”) identifies the potential integration of non-programmable renewable energy (RE), …