As part of its contribution to building national and sub-regional capacity in developing sustainable energy systems, The Energy Center (TEC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana, has been running short training programmes in renewable energy technology and energy policy over the past 7 years.
The Energy Center (TEC), KNUST is commencing its next series of short courses for 2015 from 18May to 5 June. Courses will be run in various thematic areas of renewable energy including: Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Design and Installation, Wind Energy Technology, Biogas Technology, Biofuel Economics and Technology and is for the first time introducing Renewable Energy Project Analysis as part of its short courses. Click here to download course application forms.
These courses are part of on-going efforts to build capacity within the West African sub-region for renewable energy project development and implementation.
The Center received initial support from the Renewable Energy Education Project (REEP) of the EDULINK Programme of the EU-ACP Secretariat in 2009 to begin running programmes in:
- Solar Photovoltaic Systems Design and Installation (off-grid and grid-connected)
- Biogas Systems Design and Construction
- Biofuels Technology and Economics
The partners in REEP (which ended in Dec 2011) were the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering – 2iE, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Universite du Havre in France.
Please click here to download course brochure.
To download application forms please click here
