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

CESET impact report published

10th February, 2025

CESET impact coordinator Shirley Jeque Mutemba has published a new report that highlights our key achievements, from enhancing health services with solar energy to championing gender equality in the energy sector.

The report discusses:

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New report on solar PV installation and restoration of solar-based off-grid energy systems of health posts and centers in Tigray

10th February, 2025

The Tigray regional state of Ethiopia faces significant challenges regarding energy access. Before the conflict that began in late 2020, the energy access rate in Tigray was already low, with a considerable portion of the rural population relying on traditional energy sources like firewood and charcoal for cooking and heating.

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New £3 million project will tackle inequality in Africa's clean energy transition

18th December, 2024

Congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism in the UI, on being selected as one of thirteen UK research projects that will address urgent global energy and climate challenges funded through the Ayrton Challenge Programme.

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