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CORE is driving the growth and advancement of decentralised renewable energy in Myanmar. The efforts aim to build local expertise and drive the adoption of solar energy for homes and businesses. As part of a six-week intensive training programme for decentralised solar system design and installation, 30 students gained hands-on experience in system planning and […]

The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) partnered with the University of Zambia (UNZA) School of Engineering to deliver a comprehensive training under the CORE initiative. Held from 2-6 December 2024 in Lusaka, Zambia, the programme attracted 46 engineering professionals. The training focused on critical aspects of mini-grid systems, including technical design, procurement, installation, operation and […]

From 24 to 29 November 2024, the ZESA National Training Centre hosted a transformative training session under the Alliance for Rural Electrification‘s Cornerstone of Rural Electrification (CORE) Initiative in Harare, Zimbabwe. Organised in collaboration with the Renewable Energy Association of Zimbabwe (REAZ) and sponsored by UNESCO, the training brought together 34 participants to advance skills […]

USAID-PEP, in partnership with the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) through the CORE initiative, recently concluded a 5-week training course on Mini-Grid Technical System Design. Delivered in a hybrid format, the course included four weeks of online sessions followed by a full-day workshop in Port Moresby on 3 December 2024. A total of 106 participants took […]

The Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), through its Department of Energy Resources Management at the Thyolo Campus in Southern Malawi, recently hosted the CORE training on mini-grid technical systems. The five-day programme, held from 4 to 8 November 2024, aimed to build specialised skills in designing, installing, and maintaining mini-grid systems. The workshop […]

We are thrilled to report on the successful completion of the Mini Grids Training Workshop (MGTW) held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 4-11 September 2024. This much-anticipated event focused on enhancing technical knowledge and skills required to deliver the  Transforming Energy Access – Learning Partnership (TEA-LP) mini-grids course, a crucial building block of the future of […]

23 September 2024 – With the joint objective to advance sustainable national electrification in South Asia, CORE has partnered with the Tribhuvan University of Nepal and the Independent University of Bangladesh to conduct training to university graduates and faculty members on solar hybrid mini-grid system design, with an emphasis on renewable energy optimisation, feasibility assessment […]

9 September 2024 – The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) is pleased to announce the addition of four regional programme experts to support the scale-up of the CORE and GEAR initiatives in Africa and Asia to turbocharge renewable electrification and energy efficiency. Catherine Mukobo joins for Central & West Africa, Eugenia Masvikeni for East & Southern Africa, Shaukat Ali […]

The awareness campaign, organised by CORE in collaboration with the local Malagasy NGO Sodiat Foundation and supported by ADEME, took place between 29 April and 4 May 2024. This intensive awareness-raising and demonstration workshop was tailored for the communities of Analavory and Sarobaratra-Ifanja in the Itasy region of central Madagascar, training 84 participants. The group […]

CORE and the National Electrification Administration of the Philippines (NEA) recently completed a successful training programme for electric cooperatives across the Philippines, focusing on solar hybrid mini-grid system design. The training emphasised renewable energy optimisation, evaluating feasibility studies, and developing solar hybrid mini-grid project proposals. The training was conducted in two phases: The training was […]