General
- Flagbearers on Energy (FoE) Special Seminars bringing together three presidential candidates and one running mate (currently the Vice-President of Ghana)
- Seminar series on Biofuels with speakers from both the private and public sectors
- Installation of a roof-mounted 4kWp Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Grid-Connected System
Teaching
- Funding from the European Union to the tune of about five hundred thousand Euros (€500,000) for the EDULink Renewable Energy Education Project (REEP) involving short courses in solar PV and biofuels plus a distance learning MSc Programme
Research
- Donation of equipment by Hewlett Packard and funding from UNESCO (US$20,000) for grid-computing to support renewable energy research at KNUST
- Postgraduate research by PhD/MSc students in several Colleges and Departments on topics ranging from nuclear and solar power in Ghana to biogas on KNUST campus
- Workshop for experts from six African institutions to develop Biogas RenD Proposal
- Visit by Dr Jeremy Woods and colleagues from Imperial College/Porter Alliance to develop biofuels/Jatropha research proposal for funding by the UK Royal Society
- Visit by Mr Armarquaye Armar, Manager of the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), to discuss additional support for REEP
- Submission of several proposals now awaiting funding decisions (e.g. GIS-based energy policy analysis, energy data collection/analysis, etc)
Consultancy/Outreach
- National Energy Data Processing and Information Centre (NEDPIC) guidelines – EC
- Policy Brief on African Rural Energy Enterprise Development (AREED) - UNEP
- Guidebook on “Modern Bioenergy in Africa” and paper on “Renewable Energy Technology, Capacity and R&D in Africa” – UNIDO
- Database of Hydropower Plants/Projects in Africa – AU and FAO
- New energycentre.knust.edu.gh website launched – UNESCO