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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Start of the electrification project of the lakeside city of Ganvié in Benin
Continuing the SBEE Network Restructuring and Extension Project (National Operator) in the urban commune of Abomey-Calavi and 81 villages in the Atlantic Department, IED has recently been entrusted with a project management mission for the electrification of the lakeside city of Ganvié, on the north shore of Lake Nokoué, at the mouth of the Sô
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IED organizes distance training to adapt to global pandemic situation
Despite the international travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, IED is adapting and proposes to its clients to continue the training of energy sector professionals thanks to the video-conferencing and remote computer configuration system.
SInce few months, several training sessions on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), as well
Read moreExtension 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,
Read moreIED 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
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