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