{"id":1009,"date":"2014-01-13T07:39:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T07:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creec.or.ug\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2014-02-07T10:09:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T10:09:33","slug":"training-of-creec-stuff-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creec.or.ug\/training-of-creec-stuff-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Training of CREEC staff in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"
Training of CREEC staff in Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n From the 8th<\/sup> to 19th<\/sup> December 2013 Moses Kakooza, Dorothe Lsoto and Elizabeth Begumisa from CREEC attended training with the topic \u201cSolar Energy Technology and Energy Efficiency\u201d at the New and Renewable Energy Authority offices in Cairo, Egypt. The training was funded by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy for the Arab Republic of Egypt in partnership with Uganda\u2019s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.<\/p>\n Areas of training included solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems, energy storage, wind energy, energy efficiency as well as planning and management of renewable energy projects.<\/p>\n Within the training a combined solar thermal and gas power plant, a wind farm, a grid connected solar photovoltaic system and testing facilities were visited.<\/p>\n Beside the three trainees from CREEC the training was attended by people from the Nile Basin Countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan<\/p>\n