28/07/2020enershelf newsInterview, WASCAL Interview with Seyni Salack and Samuel Guug from WASCAL on how they collect meteorological data for the EnerSHelF project at the field sites in Ghana. WASCAL is involved in WP 3.2, which aims to forecast the key meteorological variables for solar power generation and consumption at the field sites. How does WASCAL Continue Reading
The West African Science Service C entre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) at the University of Lomé in Togo will soon be operating a biogas reference laboratory. The centre will serve to increase the share of renewable energies in the country’s electricity mix, by developing the potential of these clean energies while Continue Reading
“According to the local electricity supply authority, only 25 percent of the population in Niger has access to electricity. In rural areas, where around 84 percent of the population live, the proportion is only eight percent, ”explains Prof. Dr. Ramchandra Bhandari from the Institute for Technology and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) Continue Reading
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, (BMBF), funded Renewable Energy Development Project on “High Technology Laboratory Construction for Production of Biogas, and Up-to-date Efficient Cooking Tool Mechanisms Implementation” has been launched at the University of Lomé, in Togo. The pilot project seeks to identify new research activities in the field of Renewable Energies Continue Reading
https://www.dbfz.de/en/press-media-library/press/press-releases/press-release-13052020/ In a project financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and running until the end of 2023, Leipzig scientists are investigating the potential of residual and waste materials in West Africa and providing support in setting up a research biogas laboratory and in the production of pyrolysis cookers for rural Continue Reading
Location: WASCAL Competence Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Duration of contract: 3 years fixed term renewable contract, with possibility of renewal Date of publication 20th June, 2020 Closing date 20th August, 2020 Supervisor Research Director Background WASCAL seeks to hire Regional Thematic Coordinator to work directly on its Renewable Energy Priority theme, to Continue Reading
Location: WASCAL Competence Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Duration of contract: 3 years fixed term renewable contract Date of publication 20th June, 2020 Closing date 20th August, 2020 Supervisor Director of Research Background WASCAL seeks to hire Communications officer to work directly on its Renewable Energy Priority Research Theme. The position holder will work under the Continue Reading