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In line with the National Strategic Plan of Cape Verde which strives to have fifty percent of the country living on renewable energy by 2016, the Cape Verdean government awarded a contract to Martifer Solar on January 7^th, 2010 for

From the 27th to the 29th of October 2010, ECREEE participated in the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC 2010) hosted by the Government of India and supported by REN21.

ECREEE will hold a Regional Workshop on the ECOWAS Solar Energy Initiative (ESEI) from 18 to 21 October 2010 in Dakar, Senegal.

The action plan of the 3^rd ECOWAS Business Forum, held in Abidjan on 1^st October 2010, calls the ECOWAS Commission to declare the decade of energy sufficiency and recommends the development of minimum renewable energy targets

22 September 2010

In its latest edition the expert magazine VENCER published an article on renewable energy in West Africa including an interview with the Executive Director.

Based on the action plan of the ECOWAS/UEMOA White Paper on Energy Access ECREEE prepared a proposal for the establishment of an ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility for West Africa.

First High Level Meeting of the AEEP (http://www.aeep-conference.org/)

September 2010 in Vienna

Partnership Meetings with UNIDO, ADA, AEA and REEEP 

ECREEE has established a network of National Focal Institutions (NFIs) which covers all ECOWAS Member States.

REEEP activities in West Africa are getting a boost thanks the formation of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE).

6th of July 2010, Praia, Cape Verde

03 July 2010, Sal, Cape Verde

28 May 2010, Praia, Cape Verde

The ECOWAS Commission, UNIDO and the Government of Cape Verde gave a press conference on the official launching of ECREEE end of July 2010 and cooperation on a GEF project.