Community Energy Systems and Sustainable Energy Transitions in Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique (CESET)

A collaborative multi-institutional research partnership funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund, CESET explores the potential of community energy systems to accelerate inclusive, just, and clean energy transitions in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique.

Map showing extreme precarity of energy access in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique

News

Mulualem Gebreslassie and colleagues from the CESET project have published a new open access journal article

16th October, 2024

Members of the CESET project have published an article entitled “Developing community energy systems to facilitate Ethiopia's transition to sustainable energy” in the Journal of Energy Research and Social Science, Vol. 117, 2024.

Workshop on facilitating inclusive and just energy transitions

4th October, 2024

This hybrid workshop took place on Wednesday 25th September 2024 at The Royal Society in London. Professor Vanesa Castán Broto gave a welcome lecture on "realising the benefits of community energy for a just energy transition", followed by a keynote by Professor Yacob Mulugetta on "community energy in the just transitions agenda". You can watch the recording of these presentations on the CESET YouTube Channel via the link below.

Resilient community energy systems webinar

3rd October, 2024

The CESET project and Loughborough University are co-organising a webinar on Wednesday 6th November 2024 11am to 12.30pm. This webinar explores the strategies to realize resilient community energy systems which can withstand unforeseen natural hazards, climate change induced risks and socio-political disruptions. Building resilient community energy systems is critical to ensure clean and reliable energy access to vulnerable communities residing in remote and risk prone regions, especially in developing countries of Global South.