Research in Action
Active and completed projects spanning energy systems, climate action, education innovation, and international collaboration.
Energy Transition
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
Establishing a centre for hands-on training, testing, and certification of solar PV systems and other renewable energy technologies.
GenDesign (STEAM): Energy Access Strategy for Disadvantaged Communities
Developing gender-sensitive, community-driven energy access strategies for underserved populations in Ghana using STEAM approaches.
Green Hydrogen Ghana (GH₂GH)
Exploring social perspectives and decentralized applications of green hydrogen in Ghana, including production, storage, and fuel cell technologies.
GreenTech Mobility Project
Consortium of six African universities and two international partners advancing sustainable technologies and academic capacity across Africa.
Climate-Land-Energy-Water Systems
NDC Action in Ghana
UNEP-funded project supporting Ghana's Nationally Determined Contributions through climate action implementation and capacity building.
Sustainable Dams Project
Research on the environmental, social, and energy impacts of dam infrastructure, with a focus on sustainable design and operation in West Africa.
Solar Pump and Irrigation Project
Deploying solar-powered irrigation systems for smallholder farmers, combining clean energy with agricultural productivity and food security.
Energy Planning and Modelling through Integrated Assessment of Climate-Land-Energy Nexus in SSA
Integrated modelling of the climate, land, and energy nexus to inform energy planning and policy across sub-Saharan Africa.
SCOPE: Demand Modelling for Clean Energy
Using machine learning, surveys, and qualitative approaches to model clean energy demand and inform deployment strategies.
EPIC AFRICA
Governance and planning considering multiple resource systems like land, energy and water, and taking into consideration a changing climate.
Education and Capacity Building
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
Bridging the competency gap between academic curricula and the practical needs of the renewable energy industry through professional training.
Transforming Energy Access: Learning Partnership
International learning partnership focused on accelerating universal energy access through knowledge exchange and capacity building.
INCLUDE Project
Collaborative partnership to enhance engineering and IT education through problem-based learning and digital transformation across partner universities.
Collaboration & Exchange
ELMO Project
Collaborative research and capacity building project with Fourah Bay College and Oldenburg University, focused on energy and learning models.
SEEDExchange Project
Student and staff exchange programme between UENR and Oldenburg University, fostering cross-cultural research collaboration in sustainable energy.
International Virtual Academic Collaboration
Virtual academic collaboration platform connecting RCEES researchers with international institutions for joint teaching, research, and knowledge exchange.