Author: Okan Özkan
Burundi’s Minister of Energy calls for collaboration to increase energy production at the Burundi Renewable Energy Access Days (BREAD 2023)
In his opening speech, H.E. Ibrahim Uwizeye, Minister of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines, called for greater collaboration to meet Burundi’s energy needs and vision. Bujumbura, 5 October 2023 – The second edition of the Burundi Renewable Energy Access Days (BREAD), from […]
Empowering Burundi’s energy future: the second edition of the Burundi Renewable Energy Access Days is back in Bujumbura
Bujumbura, 29 September 2023 — In a concerted effort to advance Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG-7) coupled with SDG 13 and to accelerate universal access to electricity in Burundi, leading organisations are once again uniting to present the second edition of […]
Smart Financing in the DRE Sector – The Building Blocks to Financing Rural Electrification
Decentralised renewable energy (DRE) is estimated to be the least-cost electrification option for more than half of all connections needed to provide sustainable electricity for all in emerging markets by 2030. Indeed, DRE provides rural and peri-urban communities with reliable electricity services […]
Local Innovation: Creating a Foundation for Success in Rural Liberia
After several years of working closely with the people of Totota, Liberia, NRECA International in partnership with USAID/Liberia collaborated with this rural community to establish an electric cooperative in 2018 to bring them affordable, reliable and safe electricity. In less […]
Backing Innovation: The Formula for Achieving Universal Energy Access
ARE has kicked off the new year with a successful new event that attracted more than 1,000 participants. Our first ever Technology and Innovation Forum took place on 27-28 January 2021 and brought together energy experts as well as a […]