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		<title>GIZ to Partner with Jordan&#8217;s Renewable Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 23:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Lower House’s Energy and Mineral Resources Committee and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on Wednesday discussed cooperation in the renewable energy sector. The Head of the Committee,&#8230; </p>
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<li>GIZ pledged support in Jordan through the German embassy in Jordan.</li>



<li>Investing in the available renewable energy resources would reduce energy bills.</li>
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<p>The Lower House’s Energy and Mineral Resources Committee and the German Agency for International Cooperation (<a href="https://theelectricityhub.com/?s=GIZ">GIZ</a>) on Wednesday discussed cooperation in the renewable energy sector.</p>



<p>The Head of the Committee, Talal Nsour MP, stressed the importance of investing in the available renewable energy resources, which aids in reducing the energy bill, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.</p>



<p>Talal Nsour MP also lauded GIZ’s efforts to support Jordanian youth through field training and capacity building in green and renewable energy. On his part, GIZ representative in Jordan Andreas Koenig reviewed GIZ’s future plans and programmes, adding that they will continue their support through the German embassy in Jordan.</p>
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		<title>SON Urges Use of Energy-friendly Equipment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged Nigerians to discourage using non-energy-friendly equipment. The organisation said the move would help reduce consumers’ costs in powering their appliances in the&#8230; </p>
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<li>SON would give a timeframe for phasing out non-energy-friendly equipment.</li>



<li>The organisation is partnering with the Nigeria Energy Support Programme to realise this.</li>
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<p>The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged Nigerians to discourage using non-energy-friendly equipment. The organisation said the move would help reduce consumers’ costs in powering their appliances in the country.</p>



<p>The Director General of SON, Farouk Salim, said this at the commissioning and launch of the AC Bioclimatic Testing Chamber, co-funded by the <a href="https://theelectricityhub.com/?s=EU">European Union (EU) </a>and <a href="https://theelectricityhub.com/?s=GIZ">German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) </a>in Lagos. He said the facility is coming when Nigeria is struggling with energy shortages. The director added that SON is willing to support any initiative to ensure Nigeria promotes the use of <a href="https://theelectricityhub.com/?s=energy-saving">sustainable energy efficiency systems.</a></p>



<p>The Director General, represented by the Director of Product Certification, SON, Tersoo Orngudwem, said, “This is why we are partnering with the Nigeria Energy Support Programme (NESP) to ensure this comes to reality. We are using this opportunity to encourage Nigerians to use only energy-friendly devices in their houses. In a short while, the Director General, SON, will be announcing the importation of non-energy-friendly equipment in our environment.”</p>



<p>He further said that SON would give a timeframe for phasing out non-energy-friendly equipment. “There are market forces and trends determined by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). We cannot just change a policy overnight. We will give a timeframe for phasing out the equipment and publicly announce it. This is so that the importers, manufacturers and consumers know when they will start having the right thing in the market,” he added.</p>



<p>The Director General said that the launch represents a significant leap in the field of testing, particularly in the areas of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), specifically for testing air conditioning systems.</p>
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		<title>GIZ Launches Biomass Power Generation Project in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has launched a project to improve the preconditions for the sustainable use of biomass for power generation in Vietnam. The project will strengthen&#8230; </p>
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<li>The biomass power generation project aims to facilitate technology cooperation and networks on the use of biomass for electricity and heat generation.</li>



<li>The project aims to improve private sector capacities for developing biomass investment projects.</li>
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<p>The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has launched a project to improve the preconditions for the sustainable use of <a href="https://theelectricityhub.com/?s=biomass+project">biomass </a>for power generation in Vietnam. The project will strengthen the country’s planning, technical and financial capabilities. The Vietnamese Government has disseminated vital policies and support mechanisms for biomass energy development to facilitate this. </p>



<p>The “Climate Protection through Sustainable Bioenergy Markets in Vietnam&nbsp;(BEM)” project has three main action areas. The first surrounds legal and regulatory frameworks. It supports adjustments to regulations on planning and licensing biomass energy projects, particularly at the provincial level. </p>



<p>The BEM project will update or assess government stakeholders’ needs to facilitate biomass energy development. It will also develop strategies for provincial biomass development plans and draft recommendations for improving the approval process of biomass energy investment projects. The second action area is capacity development. The project aims to improve private sector capacities for the development of biomass investment projects and enhance financial institutions’ capacities to finance biomass energy investment projects.</p>



<p>The third action area addresses technology cooperation. The project aims to facilitate technology cooperation and networks between Vietnamese and international enterprises, research institutions and universities on using biomass for electricity and heat generation. Vietnam has strong potential for bioenergy as the available biomass resources in the country include post-harvesting and post-processing agro-forest residues and waste such as bagasse, straw, rice husk, coffee husk, coir, wood residues and other agricultural/industrial byproducts, as well as livestock waste for biogas.</p>
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		<title>GIZ to Support Green Hydrogen Development in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>German ministry funds South Africa with at least €12.5 million for the green hydrogen project. The project will help to create quality green Jobs The South African government is working&#8230; </p>
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<li>German ministry funds South Africa with at least €12.5 million for the green hydrogen project.</li>
<li>The project will help to create quality green Jobs</li>
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<p>The South African government is working with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development to promote green hydrogen development. The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked its development agency, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), to play a role in the project with the Presidency. During a stakeholder engagement in Port Nolloth, the Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, announced that the German ministry would fund the project with at least €12.5 million.</p>
<p>The project aims to help South Africa develop a favourable strategic and regulatory framework for a green hydrogen economy coordinate the significant contributions of various government departments and stakeholders to enable collaboration on the development of a green hydrogen export economy. The project will also improve the capacity and knowledge of South African stakeholders in the green hydrogen and Powerfuels sectors.</p>
<p>Gungubele added that the Investment and Infrastructure Office in the Presidency has also committed its support to a project by energy giant Sasol. The German government supported H2Global innovation to produce sustainable aviation fuel to the international community.</p>
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		<title>GIZ to Provide Funding for Rural Electrification in Togo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The German Agency for International Development Cooperation is investing over 825,000 euros, to electrify at least 10,000 people in rural areas. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is set&#8230; </p>
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<li>The German Agency for International Development Cooperation is investing over 825,000 euros, to electrify at least 10,000 people in rural areas.</li>
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<p>The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is set to provide a new grant for  decentralized energy to 10,000 people in rural Togo. The funding from is valued at 540 million CFA francs (more than 825,000 euros).</p>
<p>According to Mila Aziable, the Minister-Delegate in charge of Energy in Togo, the agreement with GIZ is part of the Energy Self-Sufficient Villages Initiative (ESVI), a component of the ProEnergie project designed for sustainable basic energy supply, in relation to the national electrification strategy.</p>
<p>The new electrification project will allow the establishment of solar mini-grids in several rural localities. According to the Togolese Agency for Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy (AT2ER), barely 45 per cent of Togolese have access to electricity, including 8 per cent in rural areas.</p>
<p>The Togolese government is aimed at increasing the rate of access to electricity at the national level to 75 per cent by 2025 and 100 per cent by 2030.</p>
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		<title>Productive Energy Use as a Lever to Improve Mini-Grid Sustainability</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Off-grid solar systems have become the preferred electrification choice for rural communities. This is because solar-powered mini-grids are cost-effective compared to grid extension for remote areas. In addition, the easy&#8230; </p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Off-grid solar systems have become the preferred electrification choice for rural communities. This is because solar-powered mini-grids are cost-effective compared to grid extension for remote areas. In addition, the easy installation of these systems and scalability means that they can be built to meet the energy needs of individual communities. However, mini-grids deployed in rural areas are still subsidised by the government or development agencies because they often are not sustainable.</p>
<p>Electricity from mini-grids is often more expensive than that from the grid. Mini-grid tariffs range from 2X to 5X that paid by grid-connected consumers. As a result, low-income rural dwellers cannot afford to pay for the electricity generated by these systems. Also, capacity utilisation of mini-grids tends to be low as consumers do not have enough use for the energy generated. For example, in 2018, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (<a href="https://www.unido.org/news/mini-hydropower-plants-rwanda-help-reduce-poverty-boost-productive-activities-rural-communities">UNIDO</a>) constructed four mini-grids in Rwanda, but utilisation rates were as low as six per cent.</p>
<p>Mini-grid consumers need to use energy productively to improve energy affordability and utilisation. Productive Use of Energy (PUE) is essential to promote electricity access, reduce poverty, generate employment and revenue streams. However, the lack of finance to purchase appliances and equipment hinders capacity utilisation, decreasing mini-grid projects&#8217; economic viability.</p>
<p><strong>Improving Productive Energy Use</strong></p>
<p>Increasing energy demand requires providing the means via which consumers can utilise the electricity generated. Developers can reduce consumption risks by selecting locations with high economic activities before mini-grid development and providing schemes to stimulate customer demand once operations begin. These schemes should integrate the economic activities already present in the area and identify ways to improve productivity with an increased energy supply.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/06/25/mini-grids-have-potential-to-bring-electricity-to-half-a-billion-people">World Bank</a>, by 2030, mini-grids will provide electricity to over 500 million people worldwide. A large proportion of these systems will be deployed in Africa.  While the accelerating deployment of these systems, some countries and organisations have made concerted efforts to improve productive energy use. GIZ employs productive energy use in its Energy Supply for Rural Areas program in Afghanistan. GIZ&#8217;s programme achieved its objective by studying the economic activities of community members, provision of machinery to aid agricultural processes and community sensitisation of peak and off-peak electricity consumption hours. In Nigeria, t<a href="https://theelectricityhub.com/rea-signs-contracts-for-the-provision-of-pue-appliances-for-rural-mini-grids/">he Rural Electrification Agency (REA)</a> has signed financing agreements with developers to increase access to funding for PUE equipment for rural mini-grid consumers.</p>
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		<title>GIZ Deploys Rooftop Solar in Lilongwe Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>GIZ has installed a rooftop solar system at its offices in Lilongwe. The system will generate 94.608kW of electricity annually. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) has installed&#8230; </p>
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<li>GIZ has installed a rooftop solar system at its offices in Lilongwe.</li>
<li>The system will generate 94.608kW of electricity annually.</li>
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<p>The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) has installed a €45 million solar rooftop system at its offices in  Lilongwe, Malawi. The German Ambassador  Andreas Trimmermann, at the commissioning, added that the solar system shows the potential for energy solutions via cooperation between the government, international organizations and the private sector. Trimmermann added that the German government is committed to environmentally friendly solutions in partner countries like Malawi. &#8220;We believe Malawi will benefit more from these clean energy systems which are clean, friendly and cost-effective&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>The rooftop solar system will generate about 94.608kW of electricity annually over the next two decades and avoid about 40 tonnes of carbon emissions annually. Malawi&#8217;s Director of Energy, Cassius Chiwambo noted that the country is looking to improve energy access via clean sources including solar and hydro. &#8220;The coming in of such projects shows that government is taking the right direction to have clean energy in the country. The government fully supports the project that will see more people using solar as their source of energy,&#8221; he added.</p>
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		<title>GIZ Supports Solar Powered Irrigation Training in Ghana</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>GIZ is funding the training of stakeholders in solar PV irrigation systems in Ghana. The training will empower credit officers to provide loans to smallholder farmers better. An irrigation system&#8230; </p>
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<li>GIZ is funding the training of stakeholders in solar PV irrigation systems in Ghana.</li>
<li>The training will empower credit officers to provide loans to smallholder farmers better.</li>
<li>An irrigation system will be installed at the training facility, UDS.</li>
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<p>The University of Development Studies (UDS) Nyankpala Campus recently signed a funding agreement with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The agreement will see the institute train stakeholders, including technicians, installers, and agricultural extension agents, to install and manage solar PV irrigation systems.</p>
<p>Credit officers from financial institutions are also taking part in the training exercises. This enables them to better understand the technology to accurately evaluate loan applications and provide loans to farmers at affordable interest rates.</p>
<p>As part of the programme, a turnkey irrigation system will be constructed at UDS. The solar-powered system will be equipped with a concrete rainwater harvesting tank with a submersible water pump. The system is expected to be completed by mid-November 2021.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The EU and the German government have extended the second phase of the NESP. The EU will provide additional funding of €15 million. The European Union and Germany’s Deutsche Gesellschaft&#8230; </p>
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<li>The EU and the German government have extended the second phase of the NESP.</li>
<li>The EU will provide additional funding of €15 million.</li>
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<p class="is-title post-title">The European Union and Germany’s Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit have agreed to extend the second phase of the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP) until November 30, 2022. With this extension, the EU will provide additional funding of €15 million to support the clean energy transition and energy efficiency in Nigeria. With the additional funding, the total funding for the NESP Phase II is now €48 million, comprising €35 million from the EU, and €13 million from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Under this extension, the programme will expand its activities geographically and increase efforts to support the federal government in developing solar battery recycling, clean cookstoves and access to finance mechanisms for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments.</p>
<p>During the first phase (2013-2017), NESP supported the Nigerian government in developing key sustainable energy policies and regulatory instruments such as the Mini-Grid Regulations, the National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy, and the Building Energy Efficiency Code. The second phase focused on implementation. Under this phase, two tender processes – the Mini-Grid Acceleration Scheme and the Interconnected Mini-Grid Acceleration Scheme were developed to support private developers.</p>
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<p>Head of Cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Cecile Tassin-Pelzer, spoke highly of the project, noting: “The programme is a notable example of efficient cooperation among the EU and the Nigerian partners, bringing tangible results to the country. We are glad to continue this successful collaboration with GIZ and the Nigerian Government to help the country achieve the renewable energy and energy efficiency targets.”</p>
<p>Country Director of GIZ Nigeria &amp; ECOWAS, Ina Hommers, described the development of the <a href="http://nigeriase4all.gov.ng/">NigeriaSE4ALL</a> platform in collaboration with the FMP as a major milestone of NESP lI. “The platform provides accurate data and tools to promote data-driven and least-cost electrification planning in Nigeria. Over 3,900 settlements and 3.2 million buildings have been mapped remotely, with over 60,183 km electricity grid tracked in 22 states.</p>
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		<title>GIZ to Deploy 2kWp Solar Systems in 30 Rural Health Facilities in Ghana</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#160; GIZ is providing 2kWp solar systems to 30 Community Health Planning Services in Ghana. About 11 have already been installed. The systems will improve rural health service provision. The&#8230; </p>
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<li>GIZ is providing 2kWp solar systems to 30 Community Health Planning Services in Ghana.</li>
<li>About 11 have already been installed.</li>
<li>The systems will improve rural health service provision.</li>
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<p>The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) is set to provide 30 health facilities in rural communities in Ghana&#8217;s Eastern Region with standalone solar systems. While 11 of the 30 communities have already had the 2kWp standalone solar system installed in their Community Health Planning Service (CHPS) compound, the remaining communities should receive systems early next year. Each 2kWp standalone solar system costs about €300,000.</p>
<p>GIZ believes that the solar systems will enable round-the-clock health services provision to patients, especially pregnant women and children. The 2kWp system comprises six solar panels and can power a refrigerator to store essential vaccines, charge mobile phones, power bulbs, fans and television at the health facilities. The systems are being installed as part of the GIZ&#8217;s Green People&#8217;s Energy Sector Project, supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.</p>
<p>Mr Rafael Wiese, Project Manager of Green People&#8217;s Energy, noted that the project&#8217;s objective is to utilise clean energy to improve health conditions in rural areas. Mr Wiese also added that the project provides technical training to the Ghana Health Service technical officers to enable them to operate the systems. As a result, local health workers have reported an increase in the number of patients attended to daily. Mr Michael Dzahene, a Midwife at Dim-Sakabo, noted that they no longer perform night birth deliveries via torchlight or refer patients to other facilities due to inadequate lighting.</p>
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