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The Shire Alliance is made up of Iberdrola, Acciona, Signify, the Spanish Cooperation Agency (AECID) and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), and collaborates with UNHCR.
The Shire Alliance is made up of Iberdrola, Acciona, Signify, the Spanish Cooperation Agency (AECID)
and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), and collaborates with UNHCR.
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This project is co-founded by the European Union through the
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This project is co-founded by the European Union through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
Comprehensive approach for electricity and clean cooking access through solar photovoltaic mini grids: The Kobe refugee camp case study
PublicationsThis academic paper, written by members of Alianza Shire and energy access experts, discusses the integration of energy demand from electric pressure cookers (EPCs) into photovoltaic mini-grids (PVMGs) in order to address kitchen electricity needs in displacement situations and their long-term sustainability. The research is based on the recognition that the e-cooking literature lacks […]
Energy transition reaches humanitarian action: Alianza Shire brings clean energy to 55,000 refugees and their host communities in Ethiopia
News, Press releasesAlianza Shire, which was selected as a good practice at the first Global Refugee Forum, has just completed a renewable energy access project in the Kobe and Hilaweyn refugee camps and host communities in Dollo Ado, southern Ethiopia. With a working model based on public-private-social collaboration, a solar mini-grid has been installed that supplies 16 […]
26 February. “Alianza Shire: Ten years of experience in access to energy in humanitarian contexts. Challenges and opportunities”
NewsFollowing the recent conclusion of the energy access project carried out in the refugee camps and host communities of Dollo Ado (Ethiopia), Alianza Shire will hold a meeting on Wednesday 26 February at 9:00 am in the auditorium of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in Madrid. The event will not only be […]
Technical report. Socio-economic data and energy access in households in Hilaweyn refugee camp and host communities
PublicationsIn the spirit of good knowledge management generated by Alianza Shire experience, we published “Socioeconomic and energy access data at household level in Hilaweyn refugee camp and host communities”, a technical report presenting findings on energy access and population profiles through surveys conducted in Hilaweyn refugee camp and host communities in 2022. The surveys highlighted […]
Technical report. Implementing a solar mini-grid in Kobe refugee camp: technical design, management and economic model
PublicationsWe publish the document “Implementing a solar mini-grid in Kobe refugee camp: technical design, management and economic model” to present the methodology used to develop the technical design, management and economic model of a solar mini-grid system to provide energy access to critical community services in Kobe refugee camp and its host community. This report […]
Collaboration beyond traditional spaces. Alianza Shire takes part in the 10th IECAH State Conference
NewsOn Thursday 28 November, Mario Fanjul, Head of Spanish Development Cooperation in Ethiopia, represented Alianza Shire at the 10th State Conference of Institute for Studies on Conflict and Humanitarian Action (IECAH, in Spanish). Under the theme “The value of working together in crisis response: beyond coordination”, the conference aimed to look at initiatives that demonstrate […]
The programme ‘Africa hoy’ on Radio Nacional de España interviews members of Alianza Shire
NewsOn 17 December, four Alianza Shire representatives were interviewed on RNE’s “Africa hoy” programme. Rosario Sánchez, Manager of Sustainable Development and Agenda 2030 at Iberdrola; Macarena Romero, Head of Humanitarian Action Programmes at AECID in Ethiopia; Sonia Ramos, Coordinator of the Shire Alliance Project Office; and Jordi Manrique, Spokesperson for Signify, spoke with journalist Mavi […]
Alianza Shire High Level Forum in Addis Ababa: Renewable Energy for Transforming Humanitarian Contexts
NewsOn 6 November, Addis Ababa witnessed a High-Level Forum promoted by Alianza Shire, an event that marked the culmination of years of work by the alliance partners to provide access to energy in the Kobe and Hilaweyn refugee camps and host communities in Dollo Ado (Ethiopia). The meeting brought together key actors of the project […]
Interview with Sergi Pedra: “We have worked for the refugee population, but above all with them. The ‘with’ has been very important”
NewsA key player in the deployment of the mini-grid which is already supplying community services in the Kobe refugee camp and its host community is the consulting and engineering company Trama TecnoAmbiental (TTA). This is a global company that is a pioneer in the field of mini-grids based on 100% renewable or hybrid energies, and […]
Alianza Shire’s project in Dollo Ado closes with meeting in Addis Ababa
NewsOn Wednesday 6 November, a high-level meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Addis Ababa to hear about the results of the Shire Alliance’s work in Dollo Ado and to discuss key issues of energy access in humanitarian action, such as the cross-cutting impacts of energy and the sustainability of energy interventions […]