As an independent consulting and engineering firm, IED has been involved in the provision of sustainable energy services since its creation in 1988. Our involvement extends from the study phase right through to the construction and commissioning of infrastructure such as distribution networks and renewable energy production plants.
We work for private investors and for clients in the public sector (power utilities, ministries, rural electrification agencies), and for international financial institutions.
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Extension of the successful GMG Kenya program
In September 2016 IED signed a contract with AFD for the implementation of the Green Mini Grid Facility in Kenya in partnership with Practical Action Consulting from UK and I-DEV, an american financial management consultancy group. The program’s budget is 8(or €9.5m) provided by the UK’s Department for International Development. The DFID program,
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IED conducted the study of the potential of hydroelectric sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo
IED has been working since mid-2020 on a World Bank-funded renewable energy electrification planning project for 21 democratic Republic of Congo towns. The main objective of this project is to identify technical solutions to significantly increase access to electrification over the next twenty years.
The national rate of access to electricity in
Read moreEcler Ivoire- Installation of the first solar fields.
Since January 2020, IED has been working as prime contractor with Expertise France on the ECLER Ivoire project, which aims to electrify 16 isolated villages in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
In September 2020, the first works were launched for the building and implementation of the networks as well as the civil engineering works of the power
Read moreIED offsets its carbon emissions for the year 2020 and supports 2 projects certified "Climate +" by the Gold Standard.
Despite Covid-19 restrictions, IED journeys to its intervention countries have led to a sharp reduction in IED displacement, have resulted in the emission of 60 tonnes of CO2 for the year 2020.
The carbon offset process allows you to participate in projects that acts on reducing greenhouse gases.
The projects supported this year are in two new
Read moreFinalization of the campaign to investigate energy consumption habits in Madagascar
With the help of its local partner GEOSYSTEMS and the support of the Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics (MEH), IED completed in January 2021 a survey campaign on energy consumption among households and socio-economic infrastructure in Madagascar as part of the Geospatial Study Project of the Electrification of the PAGOSE programme funded by the
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