Cluster – Green deal project
SESA – Smart Energy Solutions for Africa
Implemented in nine African countries, the EU-funded SESA project will develop and test solutions to accelerate the green transition and energy access in Africa. It will explore innovative technologies and services in urban and rural contexts and support their uptake, deepening technical, financial and policy aspects. Specifically, SESA will co-develop innovations with local partners. The first phase will start in Kenya, where solutions include using water hyacinths from Lake Victoria to produce biogas. In the second phase, SESA will test energy solutions in Ghana, Malawi, Morocco and South Africa. The findings, included in a scalable toolbox for advanced implementation and management strategies, will facilitate the applicability and replicability of the technologies.
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SophiA – Sustainable Off-grid solutions for Pharmarcies and Hositals in Africa
Rural and remote health facilities in Africa require sustainable off-grid energy supplies and water free of bacteria and viruses. The EU-funded SophiA project will develop containerised solutions for hospitals using natural refrigerants, solar thermal energy and photovoltaics. This will make it possible for health care units to access carbon-neutral energy for electricity, heating and the cooling of medicine, as well as safe and clean drinking water, increasing quality of life in a sustainable way. The systems will be manufactured in Africa, and they will be tested at four rural hospitals in remote regions of the continent. Project results will accelerate sustainable development, growth and economic transformation in Africa.
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SteamBio Africa – Innovatione large-scale production of affordable clean burning solid biofuel and water in Southern Africa
Rural and remote health facilities in Africa require sustainable off-grid energy supplies and water free of bacteria and viruses. The EU-funded SophiA project will develop containerised solutions for hospitals using natural refrigerants, solar thermal energy and photovoltaics. This will make it possible for health care units to access carbon-neutral energy for electricity, heating and the cooling of medicine, as well as safe and clean drinking water, increasing quality of life in a sustainable way. The systems will be manufactured in Africa, and they will be tested at four rural hospitals in remote regions of the continent. Project results will accelerate sustainable development, growth and economic transformation in Africa.
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REFFECT Africa – Renewable energies for Africa: effective valorization of agri-food wastes
The number of people without access to electricity in Africa had dropped in recent years, from 860 million in 2018 to 770 million in 2019. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is reversing this positive trend. In this context, the EU-funded REFFECT AFRICA project will develop innovative, reliable and adapted sustainable energy solutions based on the valorisation of biomass wastes from agriculture and the food industry through biomass gasification. Full-scale demonstrators will be built in Morocco, Ghana and South Africa to consider both urbanised and rural contexts on the continent. The project will propose solutions for on-grid and off-grid communities, such as the generation of renewable energy, its transmission and the use of storage systems.
LEAP-RE – Long-Term Joint European Union-African Union Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy
A paradigm shift is required to trigger the energy-development nexus. One of the most effective ways to support this shift is to promote a pathway for empowering local research and innovation through Africa-Europe cooperation, while fostering the conditions for transforming research into effective innovation, tailored to specific societal needs, the capacities and aspirations in Africa, acknowledging regional discrepancies. For 5 years (2020-2025), the LEAP-RE programme will seek to create a long-term partnership of African and European stakeholders in a quadruple helix approach: government (programme owners and funding agencies), research and academia, private sector, and civil society. Impact will be sought by creating a framework, methodology, and cooperation model. The aim is to reduce fragmentation by aligning existing bilateral and multilateral frameworks. LEAP-RE will establish and jointly implement research, innovation, and capacity-building activities.
Others collaborations
As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, GIZ is dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world.
GIZ is involved in numerous regions in Africa, especially in projects revolving around the Water-Energy-Food nexus.
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BRIDGE- Cooperation group of Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands and Digitalisation H2020 projects
BRIDGE is a cooperation group involving 90 projects (58 ongoing) in the areas of Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands, and Digitalisation funded under the Horizon 2020 program over the last 6 years (2014-2020). It aims at fostering the exchange of information, experience, knowledge, and best practices among its members.