Projects and Partnerships
Flagship Founding Project

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

2019-2025implementation period
$6.4MWorld Bank funding
RCEEScentre established at UENR
ACEAfrica Centre of Excellence
Project Portfolio

Research in Action

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Active

GreenTech Mobility Project

Consortium of six African universities and two international partners advancing sustainable technologies and academic capacity across Africa.

Partners: 6 African universities, 2 international partners
Funded by: Consortium
Completed

Green Hydrogen Ghana (GH₂GH)

Exploring social perspectives and decentralized applications of green hydrogen in Ghana, including production, storage, and fuel cell technologies.

Partners: UENR, Hochschule Bochum (Germany)
Funded by: Hochschule Bochum (HSBO)
Completed

Mobility for Sub-Saharan Africa: Sustainability through the Lifecycle (MoNaL)

Investigating sustainable mobility solutions and lifecycle assessments for transport systems across sub-Saharan Africa.

Partners: UENR, Oldenburg University
Funded by: BMBF / DLR
Completed

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.

Partners: UENR (lead), Sunyani Technical University, Energy Foundation, Kumasi Technical University
Funded by: Millennium Challenge Corporation · $200,000 (in kind)
Completed

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.

Partners: UENR, Carleton University, IDRC-CRDI, Government of Canada
Funded by: IDRC-CRDI / Government of Canada · CAD $15,000
Active

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.

Partners: UNEP, RCEES, UENR, Government of Ghana
Funded by: UNEP
Active

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.

Partners: UNEP, RCEES, UENR
Funded by: UNEP
Active

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.

Partners: TU Delft (lead), TAHMO (Kenya), KALRO (Kenya), VBA (Burkina Faso), VITO (Belgium), KTH (Sweden), RCEES
Funded by: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) · €2,499,675
Completed

Sustainable Dams Project

SUSTAINDAM: Sustainable Management and Planning of Hydropower Generation in West Africa under Climate Change and Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics.

Partners: Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Rural Engineering – National Superior School of Agriculture (ENSA/UT), UENR
Funded by: Belmont Foundation CRA Pathways to Sustainability (South Africa) · $77,000
Completed

NDC Action in Ghana

NDC Action Project: supporting Ghana’s Nationally Determined Contributions through climate action implementation, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement.

Partners: UNEP
Funded by: UNOPS – UNEP · $134,000
Completed

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.

Partners: TU Delft (lead), UENR, Tec Analytics Ltd (Zambia)
Funded by: Loughborough University · £185,060
Completed

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.

Partners: UENR, GIZ
Funded by: GIZ
Completed

Centre of Competence in Digital Education

Building digital education capacity for energy and environmental training through innovative pedagogical tools and platforms.

Partners: UENR, Oldenburg University
Funded by: DAAD / BMZ
Completed

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.

Partners: Technical University of Berlin (lead), Stella Company Limited, Micro Energy International, Redavia Solar Power, Bui Power Authority, Association of Ghana Industries (AGI)
Funded by: German Government (DAAD) · $614,177
Completed

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.

Partners: UENR, TERI, Lancaster University
Funded by: UKAID · £21,500
Completed

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.

Partners: World Bank, AfD, Government of Ghana, GTEC
Funded by: World Bank · $6,400,000
Active

SEEDExchange Project

Student and staff exchange programme between UENR and Oldenburg University, fostering cross-cultural research collaboration in sustainable energy.

Partners: UENR, Oldenburg University, DAAD
Funded by: DAAD
Completed

ELMO Project

Collaborative research and capacity building project with Fourah Bay College and Oldenburg University, focused on energy and learning models.

Partners: Fourah Bay College, Oldenburg University
Funded by: DAAD
Completed

International Virtual Academic Collaboration

Virtual academic collaboration platform connecting RCEES researchers with international institutions for joint teaching, research, and knowledge exchange.

Partners: UENR, International Partners
Funded by: UENR
Active