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 presents at the American Solar Energy Society Conference

19th August, 2025

Amare Assefa, a CESET project member from Addis Ababa University, presented a research poster titled “Reliability Analysis of a Micro-Hydro-Based Microgrid Due to the Integration of a Solar PV System: The Case of Chipopoma Microgrid, Malawi” at the American Solar Energy Society Conference, hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder from August 4–6, 2025.

New film on Renewable Energy Short Course for Female Technicians & Engineers

15th July, 2025

This short film provides an overview of training delivered by The Test and Training Center for Renewable Energy Technologies at Mzuzu University in Malawi for two cohorts of female engineers.

With women engineers or technicians in sub-Saharan Africa accounting for only 20% of trainees and Malawian women’s participation in the energy sector being very low despite women appearing to be the most significant energy users, it was decided to run a training course specifically targeted at women to try and combat this imbalance.

New film on community energy in Ethiopia

13th June, 2025

This is a film about community energy in Ethiopia. It concentrates on 3 community projects who use energy systems for cooking and lighting.