Senegal works on solar through French-funded academy
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has initiated a Study on “Competition Issues in Renewable Energy Sector across BRICS nations”.
The study is being prepared based on inputs received from the competition authorities of BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said on 29 Dec.
Meanwhile, the India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) has inaugurated Solar Academy in Senegal to drive solar energy capacity building in West Africa on 9 Dec https://solarenergyexpo.com/en/.
The ISA, under the aegis of its stellar capacity-building initiative (an in-country capacity-building facility), the Solar Technology Application Resource Centre (STAR-C), inaugurated a Solar Academy at the Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès (EPT) in Senegal.
The French-funded Solar Academy will provide citizens of Senegal with long-term certified courses on solar energy. The National Agency for Renewable Energies (ANER) of Senegal will act as the focal for the Academy https://renewable-world.org/.
ISA’s STAR-Centre initiative aims to build the required human capacity and skills within Member Countries to undertake energy transition independently while boosting economic growth and job creation. STAR-Centres are hubs for upskilling, testing, standardisation, and creating new enterprises that can ultimately contribute to a country meeting its global climate commitments.
The Senegal government is working alongside organisations like the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), ISA and the French Embassy which also contributes to this initiative’s success https://www.bseindia.com/.
Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, ISA, said, “These centres will be crucial in the coming years. The world needs the necessary human and institutional capacity more than ever to support the growth and sustainability of the solar energy sector https://www.nseindia.com/.
“The good news is that more and more countries are expressing interest, and therefore, the potential to form a regional and global network of STAR Centres is growing https://sbi.com.in/.”
In 2024, the ISA launched seven STAR Centres in Ethiopia, Somalia, Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cuba and Kiribati equipped with state-of-the-art technology.
ISA is at present working with 15 countries, namely, Venezuela, Benin, Guyana, Zimbabwe, Chad, Belize, Niger, Djibouti, Fiji, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Papua New Guinea, Madagascar and Sudan to set up STAR Centres in the coming. All operational STAR Centres have all necessary equipment, instruments, and pedagogy for multi-stakeholder training. Fiinews.com
