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Client: RENAC (Renewable Energy Academy, Berlin)
Context: SOARING Project of REEEP, financed by IKI/ BMU (German federal Ministry of Environment);
Green Banking Project of GET.invest, implemented by GIZ and financed by EU a.o.
Duration: 05/2021 – 03/2023
Scope of Service:
- Topics: Use cases for decentralized RE systems (embedded self-consumption systems for commercial & industrial energy users, RE systems for productive use in agriculture such as solar irrigation, solar cooling, solar milling etc.), applied business models, financial feasibility of investments in decentralized RE systems, risk assessment and how risks can be mitigated and managed, guidelines for development of demonstration projects and business plan development.
- Preparation of training material, for training of 3 days for various stakeholder groups, including the finance sector, multipliers/investors, suppliers
- Methodologies: Presentations, group discussions, case studies, exercises with finance model/ sensitivity analysis in groups
- 3-day virtual training of finance institutions from Tanzania and Zambia
- 3-day virtual training of RE businesses and potential investors
- 3-day trainings (in presence) for both stakeholder groups (finance institutions and businesses) in Tanzania and Zambia
- Development of online training courses (including videos with expert interviews), with self-test questions
- Various webinars for finance institutions from Nigeria, Burundi etc.)