On 27th and 28th November, RES4Africa took part to the workshop organised by MedReg in Amman, Jordan, where international energy experts presented a concrete roadmap and technical solutions to Jordanian energy stakeholders to improve the country’s electricity licensing procedures on the one hand, and to accelerate investment in the Jordanian storage system on the other. […]

Applications for the next Micro-Grid Academy session are now open. The 1-week training course will be held from 20 to 24 January 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya, and will focus on the basic components of decentralized energy systems, and rural community needs and demand assessment. In collaboration with Strathmore University, the Micro-Grid Academy has developed a […]

The 8th Micro-Grid Academy session kicked-off today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The week-long training is dedicated to RES4Africa’s international stakeholders that are currently developing agrifood projects in Ethiopia, and aims to present sustainable technical solutions based on renewable energy to address their energy needs. RES4Africa members EGP, RINA, FRIEM, ERM and Sapienza University will train […]

The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), and the private developer of the 850 MW Integrated Wind Energy Project, consisting of the Nareva Holding (Morocco) and Enel Green Power (Italy) consortium signed, on Tuesday in Rabat, the contracts for the 300MW Boujdour wind farm. With an […]

The Advanced Training Course, organised by RES4Africa Foundation in partnership with Enel Foundation, and in cooperation with MIP Politecnico di Milano and Bocconi University, kicks off today in Milan. During the two-weeks intensive course, participants will acquire a set of technical, economic and regulatory core competences to assess and deploy the most appropriate solutions in […]

From 5th to 7th November, RES4Africa took part in the 23rd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE), held annually by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to discuss key issues and challenges about the economic and social development of Eastern Africa. RES4Africa participated to the session on crowding-in investments for energy and infrastructure development […]

The internationalisation of the Italian renewables industry in promoting investment in Africa Key Energy, 7th November 2019 On 7th November, RES4Africa held a workshop titled “The internationalisation of the Italian renewables industry in promoting investment in Africa”. Held at Key Energy, the event aimed to showcase projects, experiences, perspectives and success stories of Italian and […]

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its 2019 edition of the Africa Energy Outlook, a comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand, […]

Rome – 6th November. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and RES4Africa Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation through joint initiatives and activities to support sustainable development for resilient economies and energy systems in Africa. GWEC and RES4Africa share a common vision that sustainable energy development is a crucial catalyst to […]

On 5th November 2019, in the framework of the Executive Committee meeting, Soltec officially joined RES4Africa Foundation as a member. “We are firmly convinced that this agreement will procure a great collaboration between Soltec and all the other members of RES4Africa Foundation. Soltec has always been a company with a strong commitment in innovation of […]