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EAC adopts Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Cooling Appliances

17-Sep-2025

The East African Community has adopted regional Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for refrigerating appliances and air conditioners, a crucial step towards reducing energy consumption by promoting energy-efficient appliances and strengthening the regulation of the energy efficiency market. The EAC Principles and Procedures for the Development and Harmonisation of EAC Standards guided this process.

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EACREEE LAUNCHES STRATEGY FOR AN INCLUSIVE ENERGY TRANSITION

31-Jul-2025

On 9 July, EACREEE launched the Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion Strategy for 2025-2030. The UN Women Country Representative in Uganda, Dr. Paulina Chiwangu, officially launched the Strategy during the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) Bioenergy Week, an event organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, the African Energy Commission of the African Union (AFREC), and hosted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Kampala, Uganda.

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PRESS RELEASE: Advancing Solar Thermal Energy Standards in EAC: Regional Training and Consultations Lay the Foundation for Quality Infrastructure Implementation

20-Jun-2025

Kampala, Uganda -13 June, 2025: Policymakers and technical experts from Ministries of Energy and the Standards bodies from across the East African Community gathered this week for a pivotal virtual Training and Consultation Session on the Regional Quality Infrastructure (QI) Framework for Solar Thermal Technologies.

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EACREEE and GIZ Partner to Promote Green Hydrogen in Eastern Africa

21-May-2025

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the East African Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Efficiency (EACREEE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding expressing their mutual intent to explore collaboration in promoting green hydrogen and its derivatives in the East African region.

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EACREEE and Partners launch Green Hydrogen Initiatives in the EAC

03-Apr-2025

On March 31st, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya, the East African Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Efficiency (EACREEE), in partnership with the Government of Kenya, successfully hosted an Inception Meeting for the EAC Green Hydrogen Baseline Study. This vital gathering brought together representatives from EAC Partner States, the EAC Secretariat, the German Embassy, Ethiopia, and other international stakeholders to launch activities related to the baseline study. 

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