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Monte Trigo, 5 years on the Route of the Sun
Dear Readers,
Throughout this year ALER will invite those responsible for the case studies of successful mini-grids operating in Portuguese-speaking countries to present their projects, which will be later compiled in the Portuguese version of the Mini-Grid Policy Toolkit (MGPT).
Pacific Energy and Transport Officials meeting opens in Tonga
The Pacific Energy and Transport Officials meeting was opened this morning in Nuku’alofa.
The Pacific Community (SPC), in partnership with the Government of Tonga is hosting the two-day officials meeting, preceding the Ministerial meeting to open on Wednesday this week.
Mahama Kappiah Awarded African Energy Leader of the Year
Johannesburg, South Africa – March 28, 2017: ECREEE once again etches its name as the leading regional sustainable energy promotion agency in Sub Saharan Africa as Mr. Mahama Kappiah, the Executive Director of the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), receives the African Energy Leader of the year award at the 10th Annual Africa Energy Awards.
Join the SIDS DOCK Island Women Open Network
It’s about SURVIVAL. “SIDS need a threshold of less than 1.5 To Stay Alive! Members of SIDS DOCK are likely to be the largest economic losers with large displaced populations if average global temperatures go beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius, corresponding to 350 ppm, which is considered the threshold…
Third Pacific Regional Ministerial Meeting For Energy And Transport.
His Excellency Mr. Enele Sosene Sopoaga, OBE, Prime Minister and Minister for Public Utilities of Tuvalu, and President of the second SIDS DOCK Assembly, to address the Third Pacific Regional Ministerial Meeting For Energy And Transport.
Vienna Energy Forum 2017
“Sustainable energy for the implementation of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement”
Mark your calendars and join us at Vienna Energy Forum 2017 in Vienna, Austria on 9 – 12 May 2017, to engage in a dynamic and critical debate that will shape the future energy landscape.
Antão Manuel Fortes
Dear Readers,
Cabeólica is a groundbreaking project that stemmed from Cape Verde’s aspirations to increase wind energy penetration by promoting a Public Private Partnership (PPP) which engaged foreign investment and technical and business know-how.
Lack Of Access To Higher Education Stymieing Creativity
New Principal of the University of the West Indies Open Campus, Dr Luz Longsworth says lack of access to higher education is not only stymieing creativity and innovation, but is halting progress of brilliant entrepreneurs.
Quoting Chancellor at the University of the West Indies, Sir George Alleyne, during her induction ceremony in Belize, Dr Longsworth said there can be no economic growth without concomitant social growth.