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- Event 7 April 2023 Empowering the energy transition: energy cooperatives and energy communities (Webinar) Although a nascent business model, today energy cooperatives and energy communities cover already a wide range of activities in renewable energies and energy efficiency in several countries. These are local and citizen-led initiatives that put in common investment means and democratic principles to implement the energy transition. Decentralized renewables and small-scale energy efficiency can quickly materialise and become a solution to energy security and to decarbonisation, and benefit from…
- News 24 March 2023 Energy efficiency for a liveable future The global climate crisis is threatening every human on the planet. Every increase in warming results in escalating hazards. More intense heatwaves, heavier rainfall and other weather extremes further increase risks for human health and ecosystems, affecting vulnerable populations the most. The good news is that there are several possible ways to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change, and they are available now. This is one of the main conclusions of the latest report from the…
- News 4 January 2023 Swissesco joins the Global ESCO Network The Global ESCO Network is happy to welcome the Swiss ESCO association, Swissesco, as the newest partner in the Network. Swissesco gathers ESCO companies, energy advisory service providers, investors and scientific institutions active in the field of energy performance contracting. Swissesco works actively for the promotion of the ESCO business model through advocacy of energy performance contracting and the creation of framework conditions for the development of the Swiss ESCO market. It…
- News 11 November 2022 Ghana’s e-mobility on the move Electric buses and the policies and reforms needed to get them running was on the agenda at the Ghana Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Participants from Government, financial institutions and the private sector, civil society and academia, as well as bilateral and multilateral development partners, joined the event titled Partnerships and strategies for investing in innovation low-carbon technologies: a focus on Ghana’s plans for urban electric buses. The audience got a detailed look into…
- Webinar & E-Learning 13 October 2022 Unlocking clean energy finance & investments for Green Hydrogen (Webinar) - 11.10.2022 During the webinar, our speaker from the OECD presents the main findings from their analysis of how Green Hydrogen can contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. They also present scenarios of global hydrogen demand in 2050 and the role of low-carbon hydrogen in cumulative emissions reduction. The OECD work primarily focuses on the role of green hydrogen for emerging and developing economies, to understand the enabling market conditions required to…
- Project 4 October 2022 Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) is a collaborative project between the European Union and nine African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania ) that aims at providing energy access technologies and business models that are easily replicable and generate local opportunities for economic development and social cohesion in Africa. Through several local living labs, it is expected to facilitate the co-development of scalable…
- Event 29 September 2022 Unlocking clean energy finance & investments for Green Hydrogen (Webinar) During the webinar, our speaker from the OECD will present the main findings from their analysis of how Green Hydrogen can contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. They will also present scenarios of global hydrogen demand in 2050 and the role of low-carbon hydrogen in cumulative emissions reduction. The OECD work primarily focuses on the role of green hydrogen for emerging and developing economies, to understand the enabling market conditions…
- News 30 August 2022 Enhancing the role of ESCOs for climate action through the Green Climate Fund On August 6, the Global ESCO Network timely delivered its input to the consultation initiated by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for drafting a document to guide its future, increased investments into energy efficiency. It is the Global ESCO Network’s declared goal to influence the institutional climate change community towards a (greater) regard for the ESCO business model and to improve the understanding among both financiers and regulators that ESCOs must be integrated with other initiatives,…