Brussels, March 2011- a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Mr. Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and Mr.
2012 Short Courses and Workshops on Renewable Energy
Based on the policy objectives of the Cape Verdean Government, UNIDO, ECREEE and the Ministry of Energy in Cape Verde are developing a project to be co-funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF).
ECREEE is holding its 1st Technical Committee Meeting and 2nd Executive Board Meeting from 27th to 28th January 2011 respectively, in Praia, Cape Verde.
In cooperation with other partners ECREEE proposed several project proposals to the second call of the EU-ACP Energy Facility. Two projects were recommended for co-funding by the Evaluation Committee of the Facility.
Bonn symposium 2010 “New Energy Sources - New conflicts?”, focusing on Rules and Strategies for a Global Access to Renewable Energies, is organized by the Development and Peace Foundation (SEF) in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technis
In line with the National Strategic Plan of Cape Verde which strives to have fifty percent of the country living on renewable energy by 2016, the Cape Verdean government awarded a contract to Martifer Solar on January 7th, 2010 for
From the 27th to the 29th of October 2010, ECREEE participated in the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC 2010) hosted by the Government of India and supported by REN21.
ECREEE will hold a Regional Workshop on the ECOWAS Solar Energy Initiative (ESEI) from 18 to 21 October 2010 in Dakar, Senegal.
The action plan of the 3rd ECOWAS Business Forum, held in Abidjan on 1st October 2010, calls the ECOWAS Commission to declare the decade of energy sufficiency and recommends the development of minimum renewable energy targets
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In its latest edition the expert magazine VENCER published an article on renewable energy in West Africa including an interview with the Executive Director.
Based on the action plan of the ECOWAS/UEMOA White Paper on Energy Access ECREEE prepared a proposal for the establishment of an ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility for West Africa.
First High Level Meeting of the AEEP (http://www.aeep-conference.org/)
September 2010 in Vienna
Partnership Meetings with UNIDO, ADA, AEA and REEEP
ECREEE has established a network of National Focal Institutions (NFIs) which covers all ECOWAS Member States.
REEEP activities in West Africa are getting a boost thanks the formation of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE).
