On 12 April 2012 the global environment facility (GEF) project, Promoting Market-based Development of Small- to Medium-Scale Renewable Energy Systems in Cape Verde, was officially launched at an event in Praia, Cape Verde.
Within the framework of the implementation of the SEEA-WA project, a team of experts, led by Mr Martin Lugmayr and Mr Jansenio Delgado from ECREEE, and accompanied by Mr Peter Cattelaens, an expert from the EU Energy Initiative, Partnership Dia
ECREEE, in partnership with IRENA, based in Abu Dhabi, conducted a two-day RRA exercise in the Gambia, with the objective of evaluating the country’s readiness for the deployment of renewable energy technologies.
Co-organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the first ECOWAS Renewable Energy Investment (EREI) and Business Forum took place on 27–28 September in Dakar, Senegal.
The Sixth Executive Board Meeting of ECREEE was held on Friday 2 November 2012 at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra, Ghana.
ECREEE and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) organized a regional workshop on Energy Planning Methodologies and Tools in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from 10–12 December 2012.
In line with the declaration of the year 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, on 23 August 2012 the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Jonathan Goodluck, and the Director General of the United Nations Indu
ECREEE, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the technical assistance of Nexant, organized a regional workshop on ECOWAS Wind and Solar Resource Mapping in Praia, Cape Verde, from 9–11 July 2012.
The implementation of the First Call of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF) got underway with the commencement of the contracting phase in February 2013.
ECREEE, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and the Government of Togo organized a regional training workshop on ‘Designing and implementing solar energy-based livelihood pr
ECREEE, in collaboration with the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) organized a workshop on Biomass Resource Assessment and Mapping, under Activity Group 1 (AG1) of the Working Group on Capacity Building (WGCB) for Sustainable Bioenergy.
ECREEE in partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) conducted the first ever international conference on off-grid renewable energy, from 1- 2 November 2012, in Accra, Ghana.
The 11th Meeting of ECOWAS Energy Ministers held on 31st October 2012 on the occasion of the ECOWAS High Level Energy Forum which held from 29 – 31 October 2012.
The launch of the ECOWAS Observatory for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECOWREX) at the High Level Forum, on the 31th of October, in Accra, Ghana, marked a giant step towards addressing the existing kn
The ECOWAS Commission, through ECREEE, and in collaboration with the Government of Ghana, the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (GFSE), the Global Environment Fund (GEF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) organis
An energy efficiency initiative under the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is supporting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) towards achieving its regional energy efficiency objective of doubling the annual improvement in energy e
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) hereby invites you to submit a Proposal to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for the following consultancy for: Promotion of national RE policies and incentive schemes in the ECOWAS memb
As part of its contribution to building national and sub-regional capacity in developing sustainable energy systems, The Energy Center (TEC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Gha
