ECA NEWS

The Ministry of Mines and Energy in Namibia has awarded ECA a contract to prepare a new national integrated resource plan for the electricity sector. The work will use Wairoa, ECA’s power system dispatch model. Wairoa is a New Zealand Maori word meaning waterfall.

ECA is supporting the Ethiopian generation utility update their least cost development plan including forecasting demand for electricity, assessing tariff requirements and cashflow in the new investment plan and training in forecast modelling.

Lockdown measures in countries affected by the novel coronavirus have become near-universal. The economic impacts are devastating, particularly for the poorest. Lost jobs, eroded savings and continued restrictions mean many will continue to suffer even after the...

ECA has been selected to develop template and guidelines to be used in regional water supply and PPP scheme in water supply in Indonesia. This work follows on previous work where we developed the overall framework for regional water supply and PPP scheme for water....

Following adoption of the new primary Law on Energy Efficiency, North Macedonia is developing its end-use energy efficiency policy in compliance with Article 7 of Energy Efficiency Directive for Contracting Parties to the Energy Community.  ECA has been contracted by...

ECA Director Peter Robinson, and Senior Consultant Tatiana Tumenggung, recently made a presentation in the World Bank’s Indonesia Sustainable Development and Infrastructure Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) Series. The presentation focused on the results and findings from ECA’s...

ECA was commissioned by the Gambian Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to deliver a two week-long training course covering policies, regulations and socio- economic issues associated with the development of green mini-grids. The training is part of a larger African...

ECA was recently engaged by the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) to investigate the approaches used in 20 of its Member Organisations for regulating the revenue of electricity transmission and distribution system operators. This was a wide-ranging review...

ECA has been appointed by the Greek energy regulator, RAE, to review and update the allowed revenue methodology for the Greek electricity distribution network to ensure that it is ‘fit for purpose’, that is, it operates as intended, it is internally consistent and...

ECA has been contracted by the Energy Community Secretariat to provide capacity building training for the Ukrainian authorities on transposition of Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive and design of an Energy Efficiency Obligation scheme. The work builds on...

Conventional load forecasting techniques start from the premise that the current demand of customers connected to the power grid is accurately reflected by their levels of electricity consumption. Unfortunately, in many developing countries load shedding is the norm...

ECA was very pleased to lead a workshop on Centralised Energy Efficiency Financing Mechanisms for the Energy Community’s Energy Efficiency Coordination Group (EECG) in Vienna. The workshop discussed the Policy Guidelines currently being developed by ECA on the subject...

ECA is assisting the Ministry of Energy in Mongolia, under Asian Development Bank funding, to develop a strategy to deliver clean heating to peri-urban (ger) areas in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia’s harsh winter climate, with temperatures regularly below -20C,...

With the Brexit transition phase due to end on 31st December 2020, what will happen to energy trades with Ireland and Continental Europe. Electricity, in particular, relies on a common set of rules and agreements for cross-border trade to continue. If nothing is in...

We are delighted to see that the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia has adopted an ambitious Law on Energy Efficiency, that we together with Karanovic and Partners helped to develop, under the REEP Plus Programme - see the Energy Community newslink here

Following ECA's appointment by the Regulating Authorities, we are pleased to announce the publication of the backtested and validated forward-looking SEM PLEXOS model (2019-2025) and its accompanying report. This is the first backast since I-SEM launch in October...

We are happy to announce that ECA with the support of ecosphereplus is offsetting 300 tonnes of double-verified (VCS and CCB standards) carbon credits from the Sumatra Merang Peatland Project to balance the impact of our operations last year. The Sumatra Merang...

In East Africa, major investments in hydropower, geothermal and other forms of generation are taking place, together with the development of interconnectors. Low cost, clean energy is to be available in the next few years for EAPP countries to import via the...

Jan, 2020 - For regulated entities, lumpy investments in electricity and gas infrastructure lead to a sudden expansion in the asset. This increase is not always matched with a commensurate rise in transported electricity or gas volumes. Demand may take time to grow in...

Energy Efficiency Funds and financing mechanisms may be structured in various ways dependent on their funding source, objectives, institutional arrangements, and market context. ECA has been contracted by the EBRD under its framework agreement for Energy Efficiency...

ECA, in partnership with SMEC, has been contracted by the Pacific Power Association to prepare investment plans for power utilities in Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tuvalu to improve their resilience to climate change.