The Alliance sets up High Impact Initiative on Clean Energy Mini-grids at the first annual SEforALL Forum

Brussels, 11 June 2014 - The United Nations launched the “UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024)” during its first annual Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Forum held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 4-6 June 2014. Together with leading international organisations from the public and private sector, the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) set up the High Impact Initiative (HIO) on Clean Energy Mini-grids to effectively contribute to SEforALL targets on achieving universal energy access and the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, all by 2030. READ MORE

Alliance for Rural Electrification releases Second Latin America Off-grid Energy Market Brief - Colombia’s large untapped potential for rural electrification

Brussels, 6 May 2014 - Following the launch of the Latin American Off-grid Energy Market Briefs earlier this year, the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) has published its second edition, “Market Brief - The Colombia Off-Grid Market in 12 Pages: Players and Business Opportunities”. READ MORE

Alliance for Rural Electrification calls on decisionmakers to foster small hydro in developing and emerging markets

The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) recently launched its Small Hydropower Campaign, which aims to promote the benefits of decentralised small hydropower solutions among decision-makers in developing and emerging markets. The private sector investing in these markets hopes this technology will increasingly become part of the preferred energy options for rural communities as they constitute an excellent solution for enhancing energy access. READ MORE

Clean Energy Hybrid Mini-Grids are increasingly moving into international investors’ focus - The international experts’ community of mini-grid supporters is growing rapidly

Bad Hersfeld (Germany), 9 April 2014 - The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) together with the Ostbayerisches Technologie-TransferInstitut e.V. organised an international workshop on investment opportunities and the necessary framework conditions for Clean Energy Hybrid Mini-Grids. READ MORE

Alliance for Rural Electrification Welcomes New Board Leadership

Brussels, 13 March 2014 - The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) announces the election of five new members to its Board by its 2014 General Assembly: Guilherme Collares Pereira (EDP - Energias de Portugal, Portugal), Matteo della Volta (Siemens, Germany), Caroline Nijland (FRES, Netherlands), Anthony O. Ighodaro (KXN Nigeria, Nigeria) and Tobias Zwirner (Phaesun, Germany). READ MORE

Alliance for Rural Electrification launches Latin America Off-grid Energy Market Briefs

Brussels, 5 February 2014 - The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) has launched today the first edition of its Latin America Offgrid Energy Market Briefs, with “Market Brief - The Peru Off-Grid Market in 12 Pages: Players and Business Opportunities”. READ MORE

Alliance for Rural Electrification and European Small Hydropower Association sign Memorandum of Understanding on energy access

São Paulo, 29 October 2013 - The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), the only international business association focused on the promotion of off-grid renewable energy solutions for rural electrification in developing countries and emerging markets, and the European Small Hydropower Association (ESHA), an EU-level representation and platform of the EU small hydropower sector, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to intensify knowledge-sharing and joint work towards promoting small hydro as a sustainable energy solution in rural areas of developing and emerging markets. READ MORE

Case-studies prove off-grid renewables adaptability to developing and emerging countries

Berlin, 15 October 2013 - The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), the only international business association focused on the promotion of off-grid renewable energy solutions for rural electrification in developing countries, has published today its most recent edition of “Best Practices of the Alliance for Rural Electrification: What renewable energies can achieve in developing and emerging markets”.   READ MORE

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