The first sustainable waste management symposium in Africa!

25 June 2019

The first sustainable waste management symposium in Africa was held in Lagos on the 25 th and 26 th of July 2019. The event which was launched by Cranfield University in partnership with WestAfricaENRG brought together experts working in the waste and resource management, energy production and environmental engineering sector. The conference was well attended with over 200 people from industry with the permanent secretary, Mr Abiodun Bamgboye representing the Governor of Lagos State using...

Go Solar in the US - the Energy of the Future!

GOING SOLAR provides an invaluable guide to equipping your home with solar power across the United States. The website has great information on tax rates, subsidies and provides a state-by-state guide to accessing solar power - for further information pleas visit the site at https://goingsolar.com/

Five Questions: new UN Solar Specifications for classifying and reporting solar resources

23 July 2019
Dr Long Seng To
In this “5 quick questions” blog we introduce the new UN specification for classifying and reporting solar resources, which is currently in draft form and open for public comment. We talk to Jeremy Webb, who led the development of the document as Chair of the Solar Energy Sub-Group of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ’s Expert Group on Resource Management ...

Efficiency for Access - Research and Development Fund

The EforA Research and Development Fund was launched in November 2018 and aims to accelerate innovation in off-grid and weak grid appliance technologies.

Efficiency for Access (EforA - https://efficiencyforaccess.org/grants ), supported by UK aid, is investing funding into research and development (R&D) projects with the aim to accelerate the availability, affordability, efficiency and performance of a range of low energy inclusive...

WISIONS webinar: Energy for water from "Sun & Co" renewable energy innovations for irrigation

3 Jul 2019 - 3:00pm
Host: 
WISIONS

Registration is open for a webinar hosted by WISIONS entitled 'Energy for water from "Sun & Co" renewable energy innovations for irrigation'.

Innovation based on decentralised renewable energy can help tackle crucial technical challenges faced by family and small-scale farmers worldwide. Decentralised renewable energy enables the supply of energy directly where it is needed and deploys locally available energy resources. For these innovations the focus shifts from solely...

Registration open: Energypedia webinar entitled 'State of Play: Sustainable Energy in Humanitarian Settings'

25 Jun 2019 - 2:00pm
Host: 
Energypedia

Please join Energypedia for their webinar “State of Play: Sustainable Energy in Humanitarian Settings” . This is the first in a series of four webinars that focus on humanitarian energy issues.

When: 25 June, Tuesday at 2:00 pm CEST (check your local time )

Please register using...

ENERGIA report: 'Supporting last-mile women energy entrepreneurs: What works and what does not'

This ENERGIA publication examines, analyses and presents models and strategies experienced during the implementation of the Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) programme, describing successful approaches, together with failures. Together with five leading partners (Solar Sister, Kopernik, Energy 4...

ENERGIA report: 'Gender in the transition to energy for all: From evidence to inclusive policies'

This new report by ENERGIA is a synthesis of the evidence generated by ENERGIA's five-year research programme, and it presents a prioritised selection of key messages and associated policy implications. The research, conducted by nine teams, with 29 partners working in 12 countries, explores the...

Engineers Without Borders - Engineering for People Design Challenge

How it works

Each year, Engineers Without Borders UK works with one of our partner organisations to produce a series of engineering challenges based on the real-world problems the partner’s community faces.

These challenges span engineering disciplines including water and sanitation, energy, the built environment, transport, waste management, information communications technology and local industry.

Students at participating universities are asked to design a potential...

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