{"id":49130,"date":"2014-11-15T04:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/energy\/west-africa-emerges-as-leading-region-in-africa-for-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency.html"},"modified":"2014-11-15T04:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T03:44:00","slug":"west-africa-emerges-as-leading-region-in-africa-for-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/en\/energy\/west-africa-emerges-as-leading-region-in-africa-for-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"West Africa Emerges as Leading Region in Africa for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although access to energy services remains severely constrained in the region, renewables and energy efficiency measures contribute to improved access.<\/p>\n

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The ECOWAS Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report<\/a>, produced collaboratively by REN21<\/a> and ECREEE<\/a> with lead authorship from the Worldwatch Institute<\/a>, provides a regional perspective on the renewable energy and energy efficiency market and industry development in West Africa. <\/p>\n

Launched on November 10, 2014, the report concludes that renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies have rapidly become cost effective solutions for overcoming the diverse energy challenges facing the ECOWAS region  (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo). <\/p>\n

“It is clear that the ECOWAS Member States acknowledge the enormous potential that renewables and energy efficiency bring to accelerating energy access and meeting the region’s energy needs,” says Christine Lins, Executive Secretary of REN21<\/strong>. “Through their commitment to developing renewable energy and energy efficiency across the region, ECOWAS Member States have taken a proactive role in ensuring their ability to address current energy sector challenges through the uptake of renewables, while simultaneously building a resilient system that prepares the region to effectively meet future energy needs and ensures sustainable energy access for all.” <\/p>\n

The Executive Director of ECREEE, Mahama Kappiah<\/strong>, says that non-availability of reliable and up-to-date energy information in West African countries constrains opportunities for investments in the energy sector. The ECOWAS Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report<\/em> is therefore a “tool to make information on these activities in the ECOWAS region readily available to different stakeholders, as well as to local and global investors, developers, and project promoters by showcasing the ECOWAS region as one of the most active regions in Africa for the promotion of renewables and energy efficiency.” <\/p>\n

“This report presents countries undergoing rapid change, including in the energy sector,” says Alexander Ochs, Director of the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program<\/strong>. “While we are witnessing important projects throughout the region, most ECOWAS countries are just starting to make use of the enormous renewable energy potentials at their doorsteps—and on their roofs, too. With national policies and regional cooperation just taking shape, the big renewable energy boom in West Africa is yet to come. An economically, socially, and environmentally prosperous Africa can only be built on the foundation of a sustainable energy system.” <\/p>\n

The ECOWAS Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report<\/em>, covers recent developments and trends in the energy sector in the ECOWAS region. It uses up-to-date renewable energy data, provided by network of contributors from and around West Africa, and is targeted at policymakers, industry, investors and civil society to enable them to make informed decisions <\/strong>about the diffusion of renewable energy.By design, the report does not provide any analysis or forecasts. <\/p>\n

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