GET.transform

📢 Exciting News: ALER - Associação Lusófona de Energias Renováveis and GET.transform are celebrating a new partnership! 🤝 This collaboration seeks to promote conducive conditions for decentralised #renewableenergy sources (RES) in #Mozambique. A first joint undertaking was a seminar series on energy and climate. Future activities will focus on Long-Term #EnergyPlanning, #RenewableEnergy Grid Integration, as well as #OnGrid and #OffGrid Market Development and Regulation. ➡ Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eFWg7DSp

Sector Progress was in the Spotlight at EU Green Power Transformation Forum in #Eswatini organised by Business Eswatini with support from the European Union Delegation to the Kingdom of Eswatini, GET.invest and GET.transform. The event brought together key stakeholders, project developers, financiers, policy-makers, and researchers to take stock of the achievements yielded and to come in Eswatini’s energy transition. 🤝 #RenewableEnergy ⚡ ⬇ Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eR4PqAUM

 📢 #TenderAlert, CLOSING 1 NOV 2024: Call for Proposals 81311157 - Expert Service on the update of the Southern African Power Pool Generation and Transmission Master Plan _______________________________________________________________________________    GET.transform is a European multi-donor programme dedicated to supporting energy and power system transformations in emerging economies. GET.transform provides advisory services across Long-Term Energy Planning, Renewable Energy Grid Integration, as well as On- and Off-Grid Regulation and Market Development to public sector actors such as energy ministries, regulators, power system operators, and network operators.     GET.transform actively cultivates implementation partnerships with regional governing bodies entrusted with the development of legal, economic, and technical regulations within the power sector. For this tender, GET.transform’s core partner is the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), a cooperative of national electricity companies across Southern Africa.     With below tender, GET.transform is looking for technical expertise to update the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Generation and Transmission Master Plan from 2017. The contractor will provide comprehensive modelling services, draft the updated report, and facilitate workshops and capacity building. The requested service is divided into the following Work Packages:     ⚡ Model construction and update  ⚡ Benchmark scenario based on independent country generation and transmission plans   ⚡ Scenarios and sensitivity analysis  ⚡ Climate resilience analysis  ⚡ Country-level support on the aligning of national masterplans with regional and continental master plans  ⚡ Sustainability concept  ⚡ Capacity building       ➡ Link to tender:   https://lnkd.in/eN7Nsnv4     Reference No: 81311157  Tender ID: CXTRYY6Y12LNQKKB  

#PolicyCatalyst DG Window for Regulators and Utilities Michelle Handura-Tjiteere, Renewable Energy and Specifications Engineer at Erongo RED, Namibia, highlights the importance importance of clear roles and responsibilities in #DistributedGeneration 🤝 https://lnkd.in/eNxCtiws

📣 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR EMP-LAC 2025!!!! 🔔 The #EnergyModelling Platform provides hands-on 🖐🏼 training on energy modelling tools from the OpTIMUS Community (OpTIMUS Open Tools Integrated Modelling and Upskilling for Sustainable Development) to professionals and academics working in policy, finance, climate, energy and related areas. 🌊 🌝 🚜 🏝 The skills learned enable them to use their own data 📊 to create scenarios for #cleanenergytransition in their countries. These provide a solid basis for decision making and policy creation to attract essential #climatefinance. 💰 EMP-LAC 2025 will run 27 January to 14 February 2025 with the first week (27–31 Jan) online only. In-person training will be at Universidad Nacional de La Matanza (UNLaM) in Argentina 3-14 Feb. The event is co-hosted by CCG, UNLaM, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, and the British Embassy of Argentina. 👉🏼 Application deadline is 12.00 pm (GMT-3) 1 November 2024 👈🏼 Funding will be made available for in-person participants to cover the cost of travel, accommodation, and lunch. You can learn ONE of these energy modelling tools: OSeMOSYS & International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) FlexTool FinPlan MAED-Model for the Analysis of Energy Demand CLEWs Climate-, Land-, Energy-, Water-systems OnSSET - Open Source Spatial Electrification Tool / The Global Electrification Platform MARIO -Multifunctional Analysis of Regions through Input-Output Electricity Transition Playbook ⚡ Spatial Data Management and Analytics for Integrated Energy Planning For ALL DETAILS and to apply please visit: https://lnkd.in/eXEdmTkE OpTIMUS community members include The World Bank Group, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Simon Fraser University, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), and others. Rudolf Yeganyan Rosie McGrane

#CapacityBuilding on vital regulatory building blocks: Ene Macharm of GET.transform describes the impact she aims to contribute to through the #PolicyCatalyst Effective #RenewableEnergy Tendering Window. Find out more: bit.ly/RETendering

⚡️Regulators need to catch up with the speedy uptake of #DistributedGeneration: Listen to Peter Kakeeto, Manager Technical Compliance and Monitoring at the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Uganda #ERA, and learn more about the #PolicyCatalyst DG Window 🌍 https://lnkd.in/eFxr_8nc

📢Voices from the #PolicyCatalyst DG Window for Regulators and Utitilies! 👏 The joint initiative of GET.transform, Sustainable Energy Africa, the African Forum for Utility Regulators and the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (#APUA) is dedicated to advancing the integration of #DistributedGeneration onto #Africa's electricity networks⚡️ #ERA Uganda Erongo RED Eswatini Electricity Company Umeme Ltd #Jirama https://lnkd.in/e4AP7-ZR

☀ New IEA Report: Integrating Solar and Wind Power 🌬 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has just published a comprehensive report on “Integrating Solar and Wind Power” outlining the key challenges and best practices for seamlessly incorporating variable renewable energy into power systems. Matthias Lange and Ulrich Kaltenbach from energy & meteo systems provided input and reviewed preliminary drafts of the report, sharing their vast expertise in solar and wind power forecasting. Moreover, the report highlights our extensive study “International Best Practices in Solar and Wind Forecasting” developed in partnership with GET.transform. You can explore the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eW83B8fi #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #WindPower #SolarPower #PowerForecasting

The new #PolicyCatalyst Effective #RenewableEnergy Tendering Window is implemented in partnership with the The World Bank’s ESMAP - Energy Sector Management Assistance Program and its Sustainable Renewables Risk Mitigation Initiative, GET.transform, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the POWER FUTURES LAB. The programme is set to build critical capacity on #IPP #Procurement. Sabine Cornieti of the World Bank describes how new capacities will help to unlock new investment. 🌍⚡️ Learn more: bit.ly/RETendering #Auctions #Africa