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IRENA and EACREEE Sign MoU to Accelerate Renewable Energy Development in the EAC Region

12-Jan-2020

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 12 January 2020 — The East African Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Efficiency (EACREEE) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today establishing a new partnership aimed at boosting renewable energy deployment and advancing the transition to a sustainable energy future in the East African Community (EAC) region. The MoU was signed by Mr. Francesco La Camera, Director-General of IRENA and Dr. Mackay Okure, Interim Executive Director of EACREEE.

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Season's Greetings from the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres

25-Dec-2019
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Season's Greetings from the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres (GN-SEC).

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Regional partnerships on technical guidelines and standards for small hydro power development

17-Dec-2019
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In most developing regions, small hydro-power plays an important role in national renewable energy and climate mitigation scenarios. Small-hydro power can supply urban grids, industrial facilities or rural economic zones with competitive electricity services. However, despite of being a mature technology, particularly in least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS), the small hydro potentials remain unexploited due to manifold key barriers and constraints.

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EAC begins the Process of Harmonizing Energy Efficiency Standards for Lighting and other Appliances

29-Nov-2019

The Eastern African region has begun the process of developing harmonized Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS). This is being done under the project ‘Energy Efficient Lighting and Appliances for Eastern and Southern Africa (EELA)”.  The overall objective of this regional EELA project is to improve access to sustainable energy to all, and mitigate negative externalities of the energy system.

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Test-run for the “GN-SEC Online Capacity Building and Certification Program on Sustainable Energy Solutions for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)"

22-Nov-2019
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A first test-run and quality check for the “Online Capacity Building and Certification Program on Sustainable Energy Solutions for Islands and Territories in the Pacific, Caribbean, Africa and Indian Ocean" is underway. Around 25 experts from various training institutes are participating in the train-the-trainer online-workshop between 11th and 22nd November 2019.

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