RCREEE and GEIDCO cooperate to establish a global energy initiative

3 March 2019:  The Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), welcomed a delegation from the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) headed by Mr. Zhou Yuanbing, Director General, Economic and Technology Research Institute, GEIDCO at RCREEE premises in Cairo.

The delegation met with Eng. Maha Mostafa, RCREEE Executive Committee Chairwoman, Dr. Ahmed Badr, RCREEE Executive Director and a team of RCREEE experts to discuss future cooperation opportunities building on the cooperation agreement signed between the two parties on July 2018.

“RCREEE and GEIDCO serve the same goals, GEIDCO will be focusing on the implementation of RE projects within the next few years, and this is where our cooperation with RCREEE comes in” commented Mr. Yuanbing.

Last year GEIDCO has established the Think Tank Alliance of Global Energy Interconnection (TAGEI) for which RCREEE assumed Vice Presidency during COP24 in Katowice last December.

TAGEI will build a platform for joint research to provide consultation on policy and technology for the implementation of network interconnections.

Notably, RCREEE signed the confirmation membership form of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) on May 2018 in Kuwait during the Arab Forum for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.