Our Mission

ARE is an international business association that promotes a sustainable decentralised renewable energy industry for the 21st century. ARE activates markets for affordable energy services and creates local jobs and inclusive economies in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

ARE also enables improved energy access through business development support for its Members along the whole value chain for decentralised renewable energy technologies.

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Our Vision

It is the vision of ARE that by 2030 everyone in the world and in particular all rural people in low-and medium-income countries should have access to affordable, secure and clean energy and energy services.

As part of its UN Energy Compact, ARE has pledged to enable the private sector

• to deliver sustainable electricity services to at least 500 million additional people in its three focus regions,
• to catalyse the creation of at least 5 million green jobs,
• to avoid at least 1 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2030.