The Energy Center (TEC) of the College of Engineering, KNUST in partnership with l'Institut international d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou is implementing a Renewable Energy Education Project (REEP) with support from the EU-ACP/EDULINK Programmme. TEC is also implementing a Renewable Energy Enterprise Development (REED) project with support from Trust Africa, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and Ford Foundation of the US. 

As part of the REEP project, short courses are organized to help build local and sub-regional capacity in the development and utilization of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs). The short courses put equal emphasis on theory and hands-on skills acquisition and enable the participants to conceptualize and implement activities linking renewable energy services to poverty reduction, economic development, health and environment.   

Organizations and individuals that need to develop expertise in Renewable Energy Technologies such as Solar Photovoltaic Systems, Biogas and Biofuels systems will find this course very beneficial.    

Titles and dates for the next set of REEP short courses are as follows:

•    Stand-Alone Solar PV Systems (10 –14th January, 2011)
•    Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship (17th – 21st January, 2011)
•    Biofuels (10 –14th January, 2011)
•    Biogas (17th – 21st January, 2011)

TEC will also organise a Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Development Workshop, as part of the REED Project, from the 17th to the 21st of January 2011.  The workshop is targeting final year students at KNUST and will prepare them to start their own small businesses in the renewable energy field.  The training will be conducted by an experienced enterprise development expert and will cover topics like feasibility studies and business plan preparation in renewable energy technologies.

Please contact the Short-Course Coordinator for all enquiries on tel: +233 (266) 755479 or +233 (247) 590828 or email him on david.ato.quansah@gmail.com or reep_tec@knust.edu.gh