Date: 2007
Client: Western Cape Provincial Government
Location: South Africa
Outcome: Restio Energy worked with Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA), Insight and Nano Energy to undertake an investigation of the potential for renewable energy to contribute to meeting the energy needs of the Western Cape. Our focus was on province level resource potential and the development of practical scenarios that allow policy makers to assess probable costs and implications of reaching significant renewable energy targets in the province.
Author: GnetWeb
Carbon footprint reduction opportunities for agro-processing industries in Tanzania
Date: 2010
Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
Location: Tanzania
Outcome: The project focused on identifying opportunities for reducing the carbon footprint associated with agro-processing industries in Tanzania. Agriculture and agro-processing are key economic sectors in Tanzania and are major contributors to the country’s carbon footprint. Work included surveys of current energy usage, carbon footprint calculations and a full set of implementable strategies for the industries.
The Nuon-RAPS Utility: South Africa
Date: 2001-2005
Client: SA Government, Nuon (Dutch Utility)
Location: South Africa
Outcome: Restio Energy assisted significantly in the establishment of Nuon RAPS Utility, a partnership between RAPS Pty Ltd and Nuon (a Dutch Utility company), which is currently operating an off-grid Utility in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. NuRa has been operational since December 2001, and has over 10 000 customers. The utility’s core product is a 50 Wp solar home system, of which the utility intends installing 23 000 over the next 5 years. At the centre of the utility’s operation are energy stores which act as points of sale, technical service centres as well as retailing a range of fuels (especially LPG) and energy related products. Restio Energy provided a range of services to NuRa, including feasibility studies, implementation planning, customer education/marketing, GIS support and technical training.
Rural Energy Access Scale Up Mechanism for Africa (REASUMA)
Date: 2006
Client: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Location: South Africa
Outcome: Restio Energy completed a national (South Africa) questionnaire which would enable the ECA to develop a broad tool for up scaling access to energy resources in rural communities.
Project Evaluation: PV electricity
Date: 2006 – 2007
Client: UNDP/GEF
Location: Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania & Botswana.
Outcome: Restio Energy undertook independent evaluations of UNDP/GEF supported renewable energy market enabling activities in Uganda (UPPPRE) (2006), Malawi (BARREM) (2006) and Tanzania (2007). These programmes aim to grow the renewable energy market (in particular PV) through a range of activities, including: demonstration (schools, clinics, and households), capacity building, standards development, establishment of finance mechanisms & facilities and support to sustainable energy associations. Restio Energy has also undertaken a review of UNDP/GEF supported Climate Change Enabling Activities in Botswana (2006).
Energy Access Project – Lesotho
Date: 2007 – 2008
Client: European Union Energy Initiative/GTZ
Location: Lesotho
Outcome: The overall objective of this project is to significantly improve access to clean, reliable and affordable energy for cooking, lighting and productive use in rural and peri-urban areas of Lesotho. The immediate objective is a detailed, implementable programme describing how energy needs of the low-income groups in rural and peri-urban areas of Lesotho can be supplied with reliable and affordable modern energy forms, including possibilities for the productive use of energy. Restio Energy was sub-contracted to PDC to specifically look at productive use opportunities.