• News 24 September 2014 UNEP initiatives on display at UN Headquarters During the UN Climate Summit 2014 on 23 September at the UN Headquarters in New York, The Momentum for Change initiative launched by the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat in collaboration with UNEP emphasising the use of renewable energy and a focus on energy efficiency to realize a low carbon future was at full display at the UN HQ fence. Below are a few photos.    
• News 22 September 2014 SE4All to feature at the UN Climate Summit 2014 Sustainable Energy for All will feature at the UN Climate Summit 2014 and will launch the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform. On Monday, 22 September, the day before the Summit, a special event will be held on ‘Implementing Sustainable Energy for All’. The session, from 9:00 to 13:30 in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium, will include high-level multi-stakeholder panels on financing SE4ALL, investing in energy efficiency, accelerating innovation in renewable energy, and…
• News 11 September 2014 GNESD launches new publication on mini-grids in India The development of mini-grids based on renewable energy sources such as solar PV, biogas and small hydro has been a successful venture in India. The new report from the GNESD project, Renewable energy-based rural electrification: The mini-grid experience from India, authoured by Debajit Palit and Gopal K Sarangi, provides a review of this experience of mini-grid use in India by making specific references to successful cases. While the predominant form of electrification in…
• News 1 August 2014 UDP organises seminar on Sustainable Energy Investments in Africa UNEP DTU Partnership organised and hosted a seminar entitled 'Opportunity Africa: Sustainable Energy Investments in Africa - Engaging the Private Sector' on 24-25 June 2014 at UN City, on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the African Development Bank. The seminar aimed to bring together a broad group of relevant actors with a common specific interest in sustainable energy activities in Africa. The event was organised owing to the collaboration between Danish Development…
• News 2 July 2014 Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation endorses photo exhibition on Energy Efficiency Tuesday, 24 June - On the day of the European launch of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa(SEFA) in the UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark, H.E. Mogens Jensen, Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation endorsed the 'WE HAVE THE POWER Efficient, Renewable, Affordable' photo exhibition. The photos take direction from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's initiative; Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) a global initiative, launched in September 2011, to mobilize action from all sectors of…
• News 25 June 2014 New Publication on investment in large-scale, grid-connected solar power in Africa released Solar power in Africa is on its way to becoming a market-based commodity. Significant reductions in the cost of photovoltaic (PV) panels and a 400 percent increase in oil prices since the 1990s have changed the competiveness of solar PV in all markets, ranging from individual households to mini-grids and grid-connected installations. As a result, the market for large-scale, grid-connected PV plants is rapidly emerging throughout Africa, as production costs are currently competitive with large…
• News 24 June 2014 Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation endorses photo exhibition on Energy Efficiency Tuesday, 24 June - On the day of the European launch of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa(SEFA) in the UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark, H.E. Mogens Jensen, Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation endorsed the 'WE HAVE THE POWER Efficient, Renewable, Affordable' photo exhibition. H.E. Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Mogens Jensen, visiting the photo exhibition with H.E. American Ambassador to Denmark, Rufus Gifford, at the UN City in Copenhagen. The photos take…
• News 17 June 2014 Danida Fellowship Course on ‘Green Growth and Low Carbon Development’ held in Copenhagen The course explored green energy and low carbon development business opportunities in developing countries within a climate change and development context. Aimed at public and private business managers and entrepreneurs, the course was attended by 16 participants from Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Egypt and Bolivia. Fellows developed their own Green Energy and Low Carbon Development action plans informed by the course modules in areas such as waste to energy projects, public-private…

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