Authors:

Abdellah Abarkan, Judith Oginga Martins, Annica Skytt, Giles Thomson

This deliverable summarizes the on-going activities of Work Package 4 of the Sustainable Energy Solutions Africa (SESA) project (European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation framework programme under Grant Agreement No. 101037141). The SESA project involves a modular living lab demonstration action in Kenya, 4 validation demonstration projects in Morocco, Ghana, Malawi, and South Africa and 4 replication demonstration projects in Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Nigeria.

This report constitutes Deliverable 4.2 (D4.2) of the SESA project. It comprises updates to the five demonstration Implementation Plans (for Kenya, Morocco, Ghana, Malawi and South Africa) that formed Deliverable D4.1 which was issued in July 2022. This report effectively supersedes D4.1 describing major activities taken up until September 2022 and where relevant, it also describes initial replication opportunities identified in the process.

This report contains five national Implementation Plans, each Implementation Plan has its own delivery team and contextually appropriate demonstration actions. The last section of the report outlines the setup of ‘regional platforms’ as a way to co-develop solutions and build capacity and funding opportunities between SESA activities happening across a wide geographic area.

The SESA project draws upon thematic experts from Europe and Africa from relevant fields of application to provide insights and guidance to the support co-development of the living labs. The implementation plans describe the context, need and implementation activities innovative energy solutions activities across the identified thematic areas in the different living lab locations. The identified thematic areas include:

– Solar energy: Kenya (test), Ghana (validation), South Africa (validation), Morocco (validation), Namibia (replication), Tanzania (replication), Nigeria (replication), Rwanda (replication)

– Clean cooking/ Waste to energy (Biogas for cooking): Ghana (validation), Malawi (validation), Rwanda (replication)

– Second life EV (Li-ion batteries) batteries: Kenya (test), South Africa (validation), Morocco (validation).

The experts involved in the development of the implementation plans will share their specific expertise and experience and provide technical advice related to feasibility, costs and benefits, and monitoring for good performance over the project lifetime. Experts will also support replicability of innovative measures. The direct involvement of international networks and initiatives will ensure a high level of visibility and replication of the innovations tested in this project.