Increasing the speed of global renewable energy adoption by at least a factor of six – critical to meeting energy-related emission reduction needs of the Paris Climate Agreement – can limit global temperature rise to two degrees, according to the latest edition of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) long-term renewable energy outlook. At the […]

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 economic potential of a micro-grid monitored by the […]

Nairobi, January 24th, 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 Africa Energy Prize, following a competition launched […]

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 MGA’s students. The MGA is a new capacity building platform located […]