{"id":3492134,"date":"2021-12-18T18:08:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T16:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=3492134"},"modified":"2021-12-21T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:16:33","slug":"policy-training-for-the-promotion-of-mini-grids-for-ecowas-rural-electrification-agencies","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/en\/portfolio-items\/policy-training-for-the-promotion-of-mini-grids-for-ecowas-rural-electrification-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy training for the promotion of mini-grids for ECOWAS rural electrification agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:17;--minFontSize:17;line-height:1.35;\">Project description<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>Only 8% of the population living in rural areas in West Africa has access to electricity. One of the main challenges of this region is to provide universal access to electricity by the year 2030. To achieve this goal, it is essential to develop a policy framework that promotes the use of renewable energy for rural energy access through the roll-out off clean energy mini-grids (CEMG).<\/p>\n<p>To this end, Global Factor cooperated with intec to facilitate a 3-day workshop on behalf of the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) on strategies and policies for the promotion of clean energy based mini-grids. About 60 energy experts and officials from all over West Africa attended the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>The training covered the following topics: CEMG technical and economic aspects, Energy and electricity policies, Economic policy and regulation, Customers protection and environmental policy and regulation Licenses and contract regulation, and Financial support schemes.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:17;--minFontSize:17;line-height:1.35;\">Project details<\/h4><\/div><ul style=\"--awb-size:16px;--awb-iconcolor:#476987;--awb-line-height:27.2px;--awb-icon-width:27.2px;--awb-icon-height:27.2px;--awb-icon-margin:11.2px;--awb-content-margin:38.4px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1 fusion-checklist-default fusion-checklist-divider type-icons\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-check fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Finalized<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-list fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/portfolio_category\/energia\/\">Energ<\/a>y<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-user-alt fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><strong>Client:<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">GOPA International Energy Consultants (intec) \/\/ Beneficiary: RECP y ECREEE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-calendar-alt fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><strong>Dates: <\/strong>2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-globe fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><strong>Location: <\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload bandera-contacto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2716%27%20height%3D%2711%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2016%2011%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2716%27%20height%3D%2711%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ng.png\" \/> Nigeria<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3491743,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[126],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[95],"class_list":["post-3492134","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-energy","portfolio_tags-nigeria-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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