The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) will be hosting its third annual ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF) on 22-24 October in Accra, Ghana. This year’s venue will be the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City.
We are honored to announce our collaboration for the organisation of the West African Power and Energy Cooperation Conference 2019 (WAPECC19) taking place from 11 to 13 of September at the King Fahd Palace Hotel in Dakar-Senegal.
With the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BLMFUW), ECREEE solicited the technical expertise of the Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar- Centre d´Estudes et de Recherche sur les Energies Renouvalables (CERER) to undertake hands-on training for local cookstove artisans in Island of Santiago, Cabo Verde. This workshop is one of the 2017 WACCA activities planned for specified countries in the ECOWAS region to undertake capacity building activities on design and construction of modern and efficient cookstoves.
With the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BLMFUW), ECREEE collaborated with the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) and hosted the 5th GBEP Bioenergy Week in the ECOWAS region in Accra, Ghana (5th ECOWAS/GBEP Bioenergy Week). The event opened on the 22 June 2017 at the Fiesta Royale Hotel with high participation.
Following the Austrian World Summit, ECREEE signed a high-level partnership with R20, in order to better carry out the value chain of identification, development and financing of sub-national green infrastructure projects. After the signing, these partners were received by the R20 Founding Chair, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who personally thanked them for their contribution to furthering the mission.
From March 27 to 31, fifteen stove producers from the 5 Anglophone countries in ECOWAS will convene in Accra, the capital of Ghana to participate in the capacity building on institutional cookstoves (ICS) construction.
Praia, 3 / Mars / 2017 - Avec un budget total de 1 050 000 USD, l'ECREEE, en partenariat avec la BAD et le NEPAD, lance un projet régional sur l'étude de faisabilité sur les opportunités d'affaires pour les femmes dans la transformation de la chaîne de valeur énergétique en Afrique de l'Ouest Des entreprises énergétiques menées par des femmes de quatre différents États membres de la CEDEAO seront identifiées en vue d'un financement potentiel.
Le Centre pour les énergies renouvelables et l'efficacité énergétique de la CEDEAO (ECREEE) et ZED SA, ont signé un accord de partenariat pour fournir de l’énergie durable à la région à travers l'Initiative 2 GW solaire, qui lui-même est une sous-composante du programme intitulé Corridor Ouest Africain pour l’Energie Propre (WACEC).