IED was in the spotlight in the BFM Business television channel TV show « Focus PME », hosted by Vincent Touraine.

Every week-end, Focus PME is the meeting place for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Host Vincet Touraine welcomes business leaders and founders who stand out in their sector.

Anjali Shanker, IED Managing Director, was the guest of the show on April 06, 2024. During this interview, she presented the historical vision of IED specialized in renewable energy projects and access to electricity services in Africa and Asia. IED has carried out many projects and overcome many challenges, which has led to an annual growth of 8% for more than 20 years.

It is its ambitions and innovations that allowed IED to create IED Invest ten years ago, which develops hydropower plants and electricity from biomass sources on the African and Asian continents.

This innovative approach is also reflected by software development and financing methods, including carbon finance, as well as for example, the payment of electricity bills by mobile phone in Africa according to the principle of Mobile Money.

IED is now looking for partners interested in societal impact as well as financial returns, and also passionate and committed collaborators.

Watch or rewatch the show:

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On 11 and 12 March 2024, IED Consult Kenya successfully hold the close out workshop of SETA Project (Sustainable Energy Technical Assistance) gathering up to 80 participants including representatives coming from the 16 assisted counties to develop their county energy plan, representatives of the Ministry of Energy and in particular the Secretary for Renewable Energies Mr. Eng. Isaac Kiva, and the representative of the European Union which is financing this project.

During this workshop, the team presented the challenges encountered as well as the main achievements of the project. Thematic discussions were held with several panellists, including good interventions on post-project sustainability measures and exit strategy.

IED Consult Kenya fully played its role regarding counties capacity building (CEP preparation), Renewable Energy Sector reinforcement (collaboration with CSOs and PSOs and other institutions).

The final workshop for the restitution of the study on energy modelling in Cambodia took place on December 14, 2023. This technical assistance, launched in 2021, was financed by the French Development Agency through their 2050 Facility.

The workshop was attended by many multi-sectoral parties, including representatives from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), Cambodia Electricity (EDC), the Cambodian Regulatory Authority (EAC), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the Ministry of Transport (MPWT) as well as international institutions and private sector actors.

The study resulted in the development of modelling energy scenarios through an Excel tool, which the technical working group members were trained, the development of the carbon neutrality in 2050 (LTS4CN) long-term scenario which was presented at COP21 in 2021, and the development of two alternative sustainable development trajectories with a view to achieving the objectives of the LTS4CN. The study resulted in policy recommendations to be implemented accompanied by a detailed action plan that were presented and discussed at this final workshop.

One of the main challenges for Cambodia identified in the study is to master transportation means energy efficiency by electrifying vehicles and using natural gas as a transition fuel for freight.

As far as the electricity sector is concerned, achieving decarbonation objectives requires a high penetration of renewable energies, mainly from solar sources, accompanied by natural gas deployment. Cambodia could in this sight, also explore the prospects of hydrogen especially in the freight transport sector and in industry. The study also highlighted the country's sustainable biomass potential as well as the challenges related to supply chain development, giving a glimpse to such promising future in Cambodia.

IED organized end january, a 7-day visit in Paris and the Rhône-Alpes region focused on the theme of Hydrogen, for a delegation from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy of Senegal, led by Mr. Cheikh NIANE Secretary General, composed of the Ministry Renewable Energy and Hydrocarbons Directorates members.

As the delegation is in charge of the preparation of Senegal's H2 strategy, IED with Tenerrdis support, the Energy Transition competitiveness cluster, has prepared a visit program in order to meet European and French H2 sector stakeholders.

The program began with a visit to the HYVOLUTION 2024 exhibition in Paris, which consolidated a network of Operators, equipment manufacturers, engineers and institutions from European countries.

The delegation then visited and met in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region H2 sector stakeholders: H2 mobility distributors, low-carbon industrial sites, storage solutions producers, equipment manufacturers and research centres.

Thanks to this visit to France, this Senegalese delegation obtained more information on the actors, technologies and market prospects of green H2 that will allow them to develop strategies to be applied in Senegal in order to develop the renewable energy sector.