Online Conference “Sustainable and Scalable Minigrid Business Models”

About the event A high-level policy dialogue was held to take stock of the latest advances in technology, regulation, business models, and financing, as well as relevant positive and negative experiences in the deployment of minigrids. Recordings Videos of the online sessions are now available: Watch here Objectives To define Read more…

Policy Dialogue: Renewable Generation and Regional Power Trade in Africa

Centro de Convenciones Norte, IFEMA RECINTO FERIAL DE IFEMA MADRID Av. del Partenón, 5, Madrid, Spain

The International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) brought representatives from business, governments, civil society, science, and academia, all of whom participated in discussions and debates with the objective of building collective know-how to advance renewables at the international, national, and sub-national levels. The IREC was hosted by a national government and Read more…

Power Pools in Africa: Releasing the Potential of Regional Power Trade

About the Event​The Conference aimed to identify the key improvements that were necessary at the institutional and regulatory level to promote power trade, analyzed how the best international practices could be adapted to the African context, and explored the paths to implementing them. The outcome of the Conference inspired future Read more…

Private Investment in Africa’s Energy Infrastructure: The Role of Regulation

About the Event​ The African Union, on June 4th, 2021, officially launched the African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM), the world's largest continent-wide energy trading program meant to interconnect all 55 African Union Member States through an efficient, affordable, and sustainable electricity market (AU 2021). The first phase of AfSEM was Read more…