Date: 2007 – 2009 Client: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Location: Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa and Kenya Outcome: The IREU investigated the feasibility, practicalities and requirements of establishing integrated models for energy service delivery in rural areas. Rural areas are notoriously difficult to service, being characterised by scattered settlements, high unemployment, poor infrastructure, […]

Date: 2008 Client: ESKOM Location: South Africa Outcome: Restio Energy was contracted by Eskom, the national electricity utility, to assess the impacts of the utility’s loadshedding activities on households in the country. Socio-economic research was carried out in 2 major metropolitan areas of the country, which informed a communication strategy as well as technical intervention […]

Date: 2008 Client: Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment Location: South Africa Outcome: Restio Energy was a sub-contractor on the GDACE funded project which targeted alternative energy interventions in township residential, commercial and public facilities. Restio Energy was responsible for profiling the socio-economic and demographic status quo as well as the current energy supply […]

Date: 2007 Client: Western Cape Provincial Government Location: South Africa Outcome: Restio Energy worked with Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA), Insight and Nano Energy to undertake an investigation of the potential for renewable energy to contribute to meeting the energy needs of the Western Cape. Our focus was on province level resource potential and the development […]

Date: 2010 Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation Location: Tanzania Outcome: The project focused on identifying opportunities for reducing the carbon footprint associated with agro-processing industries in Tanzania. Agriculture and agro-processing are key economic sectors in Tanzania and are major contributors to the country’s carbon footprint. Work included surveys of current energy usage, carbon footprint […]

This UNIDO project, completed in partnership with Integrated Energy Solutions, started in early 2010 and looked at reducing the carbon footrpint of Tanzania’s agro-processing sector. Through interviews, site visits and desktop reviews, we were able to calculate the carbon footprint of some of Tanzania’s most prominent agro-processing industries, analysing the energy use involved with each. We […]