As part of continuing efforts at helping to build capacity in Renewable Energy Technology within the ECOWAS Sub-Region, The Energy Center announces its series of training programmes and workshops for 2012.
Facilitators for the training sessions are drawn from KNUST, Ghana other international partners.
The training sessions are supported by the World Bank and the EDULINK Programme of the EU-ACP Secretariat.
The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) organized its biennial Solar World Congress in Kassel, Germany which took place from 28 August to 2 September 2011.
The Energy Center, which is a member of ISES was represented by Mr Emmanuel W. Ramde, a fellow of The Energy Centre and a lecturer at KNUST.
Mr Ramde’s trip was sponsored by 2iE, in Ouagadougou, where he is undertaking his doctoral studies.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Prof Abeeku Brew-Hammond, the Director of The Energy Center, KNUST, to his High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All).
The High-Level Group is co-chaired by Kandeh Yumkella, the Chair of UN Energy and Director-General of UNIDO, and Charles Holliday, Chairman of Bank of America.
The Secretary-General announced this appointment at a press event on 1 November 2011.