ACE Impact Project
The ACE Impact Project was the flagship World Bank initiative that established RCEES at UENR, creating the foundation for the Centre's graduate training, research capacity, facilities, partnerships, and regional mandate in energy and environmental sustainability.
The project that set up the Centre
Research in Action
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GreenTech Mobility Project
Consortium of six African universities and two international partners advancing sustainable technologies and academic capacity across Africa.
Green Hydrogen Ghana (GH₂GH)
Exploring social perspectives and decentralized applications of green hydrogen in Ghana, including production, storage, and fuel cell technologies.
Mobility for Sub-Saharan Africa: Sustainability through the Lifecycle (MoNaL)
Investigating sustainable mobility solutions and lifecycle assessments for transport systems across sub-Saharan Africa.
Sustainable Energy Service Centre
Sustainable Energy Service Centre (SESC): a hands-on hub for solar PV training, equipment testing and certification, and demonstration of renewable energy technologies.
GenDesign (STEAM): Energy Access Strategy for Disadvantaged Communities
Gendered Design in STEAM: assessing the impact of solar panels to improve energy access for women in rural Ghana. Co-funded by IDRC-CRDI and Government of Canada with Carleton University.
UNEP E-mobility Policy Working Group
Multi-stakeholder working group convening government, industry and civil society to advance Ghana's e-mobility policy framework, fiscal incentives and just-transition pathways under UNEP coordination.
UNEP E-mobility Supply Side Regulation
Designing the supply-side regulatory architecture — technical standards, grid integration, tariffs and licensing — required to scale electric-mobility infrastructure in Ghana under UNEP's e-mobility programme.
EPIC AFRICA
EPIC AFRICA: Energy Planning and Modelling through Integrated Assessment of the Climate-Land-Energy Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa, supporting governance and planning across multiple resource systems under a changing climate.
Sustainable Dams Project
SUSTAINDAM: Sustainable Management and Planning of Hydropower Generation in West Africa under Climate Change and Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics.
NDC Action in Ghana
NDC Action Project: supporting Ghana’s Nationally Determined Contributions through climate action implementation, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement.
SCOPE: Demand Modelling for Clean Energy
SCOPE Project: integrating machine learning, surveys and qualitative approaches for context-relevant and disaggregated demand modelling in planning clean energy for Ghana and Zambia.
Solar Pump and Irrigation Project
Green Peoples Project (Solar-Powered Irrigation System): deploying solar-powered irrigation for smallholder farmers, combining clean energy with agricultural productivity and food security.
Centre of Competence in Digital Education
Building digital education capacity for energy and environmental training through innovative pedagogical tools and platforms.
Professional Education for Renewable Energy in Ghana
Professional Education in Renewable Energy in Ghana (ProREG): a multi-institution partnership advancing labour-market relevance of renewable energy education in Ghana.
Transforming Energy Access: Learning Partnership
Transforming Energy Access – Learning Partnership (TEA-LP): an international learning partnership accelerating universal energy access through knowledge exchange and capacity building.
ACE Impact Project
The World Bank Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact project that established RCEES at UENR and anchored its graduate training, research, facilities, and partnerships.
SEEDExchange Project
Student and staff exchange programme between UENR and Oldenburg University, fostering cross-cultural research collaboration in sustainable energy.
ELMO Project
Collaborative research and capacity building project with Fourah Bay College and Oldenburg University, focused on energy and learning models.
International Virtual Academic Collaboration
Virtual academic collaboration platform connecting RCEES researchers with international institutions for joint teaching, research, and knowledge exchange.