No less than 40 solar power voltaic technicians from Sierra Leone and 20 others from Guinea have benefited from a 5-day Renewable Energy capacity building training for technicians at Biodiversity and Renewable Energy Learning Center, Banga Farm, Sussex in Freetown.
The training which is organized by Energising Development (Endev), and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbiet (GIZ) is an energy access partnership currently financed by six donor countries: the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Sweden.
Speaking with Salone Focus, Lamin Kamara, the project Coordinator of Endev emphasized that the main goal of the training was to bring together experience and professional technicians at various renewable energy sectors to share their technical knowledge, adding that it is of essential to build on young minds in the field of renewable energy.
Representative from Renewable Energy Association Sierra Leone, Golda Williams noted that REASL is a professional association that is focused on the development of an efficient and thriving renewable energy market in Sierra Leone.
He added that the training of technicians in the renewable energy sector will foster multi-sectorial development for renewable solar and non-renewable energy organization and interested parties.
Since 2005, EnDev has taken a leading role at promoting access to Sustainable Energy for all with presence in 25 countries including Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) cooperates closely with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) on the global programme level.
The five-day capacity building training is the first superregional training of it kind. The training builds the capacity of technicians. It is especially designed for and held in collaboration with the three private operators of the 54 Rural Renewable Energy Project (RREP) mini-Grids including Winch Energy, Energicity and Powergen.
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