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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
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
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This project is co-founded by the European Union through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
Alianza Shire brings ten years of experience to the community of practice in energy access and humanitarian aid
News, PublicationsSharing the knowledge generated by the Alianza Shire members with other actors in the international community has always been one of the alliance’s goals. Indeed, all the Alianza Shire’s manuals and reports are published under the Creative Commons licence. However, until now there has been no single, publicly accessible repository of this documentation. With the […]
TECHNICAL REPORT: Designing a solar street lighting intervention in Kobe refugee camp
News, PublicationsAlianza Shire publishes the technical document ‘Designing a solar street lighting intervention in Kobe refugee camp’ to contribute to the knowledge of the international community of practitioners in the field of energy access in humanitarian contexts. This is a technical report detailing the methodology used to gather information on the state of street lighting in […]
The Kobe refugee camp’s solar mini-grid is up and running: how to make it sustainable over time?
NewsOne of the key components of the Alianza Shire’s intervention in Kobe -the creation of a solar mini-grid capable of providing clean, renewable energy to 16 community services- has finally completed the installation phase, which began in June, and is now fully operational following testing. Thanks to this system, community spaces including schools, health centers, […]
Alianza Shire Showcases Refugee Camp Solar Mini-Grid Management Model at International Conference S-@Access
News, PublicationsOn 6 September, Alianza Shire participated in the 5th International Conference on Solar Technologies and Hybrid Mini-Grids to Improve Energy Access, held in Palma de Mallorca and organized by the University of the Balearic Islands. Sonia Ramos, an international expert in solar energy and energy access, coordinator of Alianza Shire’s Technical Office at itdUPM, and […]
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 13% 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, […]