The Africa Knowledge Platform team presented an overview of the platform and the energy-related decision support systems such as the Clean Energy Access (CEA) tool during the 5th International Conference on Solar Technologies and Hybrid Mini-Grids to improve energy access (4-6 September, Palma de Mallorca).
The conference fosters exchange between industry practitioners, academia, developers, and investors working in energy access and local development.
The CEA tool is an analytical tool that provides geospatial context to electricity access in Africa, and specifically to factors that influence the deployment of decentralised renewables in sub-Saharan Africa.
The work presented at the conference was conducted in collaboration with the EU Delegation and DG INTPA, describing how this tool could help enhance the electrification of health facilities in Benin. The conference provided the occasion to boost the use of and to gather feedback on the CEA tool and on the platform.
The European Commission's effort to provide a unified tool that grants access and exploits information related to Africa was highly appreciated. The ground was laid to set collaborations with recognized institutes operating globally.
