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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)
Alianza Shire lights up the lives of 38,000 refugees in Ethiopia with the installation of 200 solar luminaires
Press releasesThe luminaires installed harness solar energy to light the roads of Kobe in Dollo Ado (Ethiopia). This improves security in an area without access to the electricity grid. Thanks to this action, the percentage of public spaces lit in the Kobe refugee camp and its host community has increased from 5.6% of the territory to […]
Technical report. Designing a mini-grid in Kobe refugee camp
PublicationsWith the aim of adding value to the international community of practice on energy access in humanitarian contexts, Alianza Shire has published the document “Designing a mini-grid in kobe refugee camp. Input data and level of energy Access in Communal Services”. This is a technical report detailing the methodology used to develop a baseline for […]
Alianza Shire begins deploying solar mini-grid in Kobe refugee camp
NewsWork began this June on the installation of the solar mini-grid that will supply clean, renewable energy to 16 community services in the Kobe refugee camp and its host community, including schools and health centres. A stand-alone solar mini-grid is a small-scale electricity generation and distribution system that uses renewable energy resources; in this […]
Solar street lighting installation begins in Kobe refugee camp
NewsAt the end of May, after several months of preliminary work, we began the process of installing solar luminaires in the Kobe refugee camp and the host community. Both the technical decision on the most viable, sustainable and appropriate solution for solar street lighting in the Kobe refugee camp and the agreement on the location […]
A local energy cooperative: the key to the sustainability of Alianza Shire’s home energy access model
NewsWhen Alianza Shire first became active in the Dollo Ado area (on the border with Somalia), one of the first actions undertaken was to identify which organisations were already working in the five refugee camps in the area. There were five energy cooperatives among the organisations operating on the ground, with one in each camp. […]
Spanish humanitarian initiative ‘Alianza Shire’ brings clean energy to more than 6,000 refugees in Ethiopia
Press releasesAlianza Shire, which was selected as a good practice in the first Global Refugee Forum, will bring access to electricity to about 55,000 persons in refugee communities and host communities at Dollo Ado, in the south of Somali region in Ethiopia. The project is carried out by a multi-actor partnership formed by AECID, itdUPM, acciona.org, […]
Solar mini-grids improves learning conditions in schools for refugee children in Ethiopia’s Somali region
NewsSomali students at the Kobe Primary Refugee School in Kobe, Ethiopia, have benefited from the solar mini-grids that have been installed. ©UNHCR/Victorine van Beuningen. Ifrah Ismail (13), Somali student, is one of the students who benefitted from the solar mini grids implemented in two schools at Kobe refugee settlement in Ethiopia. The solar mini-grids have […]
Training and accompaniment essential to energy access for 2,000 households in Hilaweyn
NewsAlianza Shire is in the process of distributing 2,000 photovoltaic home systems to provide access to basic electricity to 13,500 people in the Hilaweyn refugee camp. These 12Vdc systems consist of a photovoltaic panel, battery and controller integrated into a single unit, LED lamps and connectors for charging and operating compatible electrical appliances. With this […]
Ensuring household access to affordable, safe, sustainable and modern energy in refugee camps
NewsAt Alianza Shire, we are making it possible for 2,000 households in the Hilaweyn refugee camp to have sustainable, long-lasting and affordable household access to electricity.
How? With an innovative energy delivery model based on the previous experience of the acciona.org Foundation, an Alianza Shire member specialising in bringing energy access to difficult environments.
Alianza Shire presents insights at international S-@access conference
NewsLast April, Alianza Shire contributed to the 4th International Conference on Solar Technologies and Hybrid Mini-grids to Improve Energy Access with two interventions, organised by the University of the Balearic Islands from 26 to 28 April in Palma de Mallorca. Sonia Ramos, a member of the itdUPM team, was in charge of presenting the two […]