100% access to clean energy services for all domestic, productive and social needs by 2020. The District of Kasese in Uganda (approx.130,000 households), on the edge of the Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve, has recently been the center of local and international initiatives that are aiming to radically
Read more →Buganda government is turning to solar energy to improve electricity supplies at Kasubi Royal tombs (Uganda) World Heritage Site The Trans-African Supply Services limited company (TASS) and Village Power solutions have finalised to establish a Solar panel power supply systems plant that is going to provide with
Read more →Green lodges in the heart of the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve The Welgevonden Private Game Reserve is a 37000 ha, privately owned game reserve in the heart of the Waterberg. It forms part of the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve which was officially declared by UNESCO in 2001 – currently
Read more →Sustainable woodfuel improves rural livelihoods in Niokolo-Koba biosphere reserve – World Heritage site. The objective of the Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project is to meet an important part of the rapidly growing urban demand for household fuels, without the loss of forest cover and the ecosystem’s carbon
Read more →A model for self-sustaining communities in South Africa. By using a hybrid approach to power generation, the Greening of Robben Island project will reduce the demand on the island’s infrastructures and its dependence on fossil fuels. In 1999 Robben Island was inscribed on Unesco’s list of world
Read more →Energy from coffee waste (husk). Annual Coffee production in Ethiopia is about 240,000 green coffee. This generates equal amount of waste (husk). In Yayu alone, over 20,000 tonnes of coffee waste is produced annually, and all not used. Alternative uses for coffee husks include employing this solid
Read more →Forest preservation through wood-saving stoves. NABU, in cooperation with the Ethiopian Government and other partners, started a project to protect the last natural forests in the birthplace of Coffea arabica. In the last 10 years, almost 43% of these forests have disappeared, as they have been transformed
Read more →Solar Ice for Fuerteventura biosphere reserve. Fisheries are fishermen associations dedicated to extractive fishing, fish processing and distribution. Energy consumption to maintain the fish cod for storage and distribution is a relevant part of their cost structure. Usually, most of the electrical energy consumed is dedicated to
Read more →Renewable Energy generation on the Blyde Dam Wall, Kruger to Canyons Biosphere reserve. This project was initiated by K2C as a direct result of the formal partnership between K2C and the Rhön and as a consequence of the shared exchange visits between both Biosphere reserves. The proposed development
Read more →Solar Ice in Delta du Saloum biosphere reserve. In tropical countries such as Senegal, ice is an essential resource for the fishing industry. Fishermen, traders, and processing employees (mostly women), rely on ice to preserve fish and keep it fresh. Currently, the demand for ice is greater
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