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CSP4Africa Project Fact Sheet

Coordinator:  Dr. Emmanuel W. Ramde  

Client: African Union P.O. Box 3243 Roosvelt Street (Old Airport Area) W21K19 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Client Contact Person:  Prof. Jean Pierre Ezin

Email: research-info@africa-union.org  

Telephone: +251 115517700

Project Partners

Lead Partner - 2iE
Supporting Partners - TEC-KNUST + SireaEnergie + ECREEE

Name of the Project/Activity: Development of a Cost-effective, modular and Dry Concentrating Solar Power for Africa: Design and Tests of Components.

Value of contract: €81,686.00

Years of project duration; 3 years (March 2012 to March 2015)

Countries covered; Ghana, Burkina Faso

Short project description:

  • Increasing access to energy services for rural and peri-urban populations in Africa
  • Improve security of energy supply in peri-urban and rural areas, through electricity generation by solar energy
  • Reduce the environmental impacts of energy services by providing clean and sustainable solutions (reduction of Greenhouse Gas…)
  • Develop a pilot cost effective concentrating solar power plants for electricity generation by designing and experimenting their components using local low cost materials