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

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.

CESET provides training for the Chipopoma community

6th December, 2024

CESET team member Amare Assefa from Addis Ababa University conducted a two-day practical and theoretical training on 16-17 September 2024 for Chipopoma small-scale hydropower plants technicians and local young community members aimed to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary for the successful operation, and maintenance of chipopoma mini hydropower.

The training objectives were:

Dawit Habtu Gebremeskel presented at the NAWEA/WindTech 2024 Conference

20th November, 2024

In October 2024 CESET team member Dawit Habtu Gebremeskel, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia gave a conference presentation entitled "Effective strategies for wind power integration in the context of dominant hydropower-case of Ethiopia" at the 2024 NAWEA/WindTech Conference, New Jersey, USA with the financial support of the CESET conference. Below is a blog on the content of the presentation.