Promoting investments in small to medium scale renewable energy technologies in the electricity sector of Guinea Bissau

UNIDO and ALER, are partnering on activities to promote south-south energy cooperation between Guinea Bissau and other Portuguese speaking lusophone countries and the execution of the SDG-7 (SE4ALL) campaign for Guinea Bissau.

The main purpose is to attract international and regional companies and financiers to invest in the defined sustainable energy priority projects in Guinea Bissau and to promote knowledge exchange with other Portuguese speaking countries in Africa.

The foreseen activities are:

1.  Publication of the “Guinea Bissau Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report”, as part of ALER’s national status report series;
2.  Organisation of the Guinea Bissau Sustainable Energy Investment Workshop, on May 4th 2018, in Lisbon as a side-event of the SEforALL Forum;
3.  Organisation of the Guinea Bissau Sustainable Energy International Conference, on December 6th and 7th 2018 in Bissau;
4. Organisation of field visits to mini-grids operating in Guinea-Bissau.

The project duration is 14 months, running until 31 December 2018.