CORE – Cornerstone of Rural Electrification

CORE enables resilient rural and peri-urban communities by ensuring safety, efficiency and reliability become the cornerstone of decentralised electrification

CORE Academy

The CORE Academy includes training courses for system designers, installers and operators of decentralised electrification systems

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Ongoing Projects

RES4Africa Foundation

CORE supports the delivery of RES4Africa Foundation’s Microgrid Academy and Advanced Training Courses (ATC) underpinning the development of a skilled workforce in the DRE sector.
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Department of Alternative Energy Development & Efficiency, Thailand

CORE provides technical support to the design and implementation of the national training and certification programme
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TEA-LP

CORE is excited to announce a new partnership with the Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership which aims to support with the delivery of university-level energy access trainings
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GN-SEC

CORE collaborates with GN-SEC to deliver on-demand technical trainings and regional certification programmes for governments, practitioners and communities at regional and national levels
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Philippine Department of Energy

This local training is led by UNDP and the Philippine DOE through the Renewable Energy Management Bureau and the Iloilo Provincial Government with support from International Copper Association and CORE.
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Global Status of Energy Access

4.2 GW

renewable energy

mini-grids installed globally

5,544

installed mini-grids

in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and small island nations including Latin America

111

million households

can be served by mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and island nations by 2030

89%

of mini-grids in 10 countries

including Afghanistan, Myanmar, India, Nepal, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Russia, US & Senegal

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