Our projects
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Client

BSW

Services

Curriculum and Training Design

Target groups

Professionals active in the technical field of solar photovoltaics. Policy makers and managers can also participate if they have basic knowledge of solar PV.

Activities

Project activities included the implementation of a turn-key training center at EARTH University, equipping it with selected technologies and components for training purposes, plus the development of guidelines/manuals for use as well as exercises/experiments. RENAC developed the concepto for three Train-the-Trainer Seminars, five further education seminars on various renewable technologies in Costa Rica, a four-month lecture series on academic agriculture engineering between 2011 and 2013. Additionally, a market study on capacity building in Costa Rica was executed.

Client

KFAS

Services

Capacity Needs Assessment

Target groups

Professionals and decision-makers in energy project development, public policy, infrastructure planning, and finance with a focus on hydrogen or renewable energy systems from Kuwait. , (Young) professionals and decision-makers in energy project development, public policy, infrastructure planning, and finance with a focus on hydrogen or renewable energy systems from Kuwait.

Activities

The center was equipped with: Laptops with planning software for PV systems (PV Sol), PV modules and inverters, IKS Solartrainer Profi, Installed PV system for demonstrations, Instruments for measurement of solar rad, Solar thermal demonstration rig (natural flow system), Solar thermal demonstration rig (pressurized system with forced circulation), Different collector types (vacuum tube, flat plate), Various measuring instruments and components for demonstrations, such as temperature sensors, drain and fill valves, expansion vessel, flow indicators, volume flow meter, insulation materials enter stem radiation and for analysis of shading.

Client

Solar Technology AD

Services

Curriculum and Training Design

Target groups

Advance PV Design: Graduates with prior PV training or professionals already familiar with PV systems who seek to deepen their expertise in advanced simulation, system optimization, and design under specific climatic conditions. O&M: Engineers, technicians, and project managers responsible for the operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of PV plants, focusing on ensuring long-term performance and reliability. BESS: Professionals involved in PV project development, system integration, or energy management who need knowledge of designing, sizing, and operating battery storage solutions alongside PV systems.

Activities

RENAC’s role in the project was to prepare and conduct the in-person trainings in Sofia for SolarPro. The focus of the specific trainings was to conduct advanced PV system simulations with PVsyst, perform shading analysis and loss assessment using 3D modeling and apply performance monitoring tools for PV systems. Additionally, the participants were trained in carrying out preventive and corrective O&M practices and interpreting and evaluating real O&M data. Finally, they also gained knowledge in the design and sizing of battery energy storage systems (BESS), simulating integration of BESS with PV systems for energy management and grid stability.

Client

Federal Foreign Office (AA)

Services

Communication Services

Target groups

Staff of the Foreign Office and its embassies, representatives of ministries and subordinate authorities in charge of finance, economy, labor, energy, environment and climate protection, MPs and their staff, business associations and companies in the energy sector, consultants, energy utilities and grid operators, national and regional energy agencies, financial institutions, national think tanks, universities, and interested media representatives

Activities

The project was based on communication, marketing and public relations strategies, created by RENAC, which presented the status quo and the most recent decisions and developments regarding the continuation of energy transition. The company offered a yearly update on the transition and energy policy, provided helpdesk support and data base maintenance, as well as experts to conduct lectures abroad on demand of the AA to all German Embassies and representations. In the following versions of the project, RENAC provided social media support, design of banners, graphs, video snippets and regular input to Twitter channels of AA departments @GERClimatEnergy and @GERonEconomy.

Client

IKI - International Climate Initiative

Services

Capacity Needs Assessment, Communication Services, Customized Courses, Curriculum and Training Design, Study & Delegation Tours, Train-the-Trainer

Target groups

Finance institutions, financing institutions

Client

German Government – GIZ Egypt

Services

Customized Courses, Study & Delegation Tours

Target groups

Female professionals from Egypt with relevant educational background.

Client

GIZ

Services

Capacity Needs Assessment, Curriculum and Training Design, Train-the-Trainer

Target groups

Energy agencies

Activities

The project provided Tunisian experts support in their efforts to improve the EE of a wide range of technical applications in industry, transport and the building sector, for which RENAC provided a workshop with the technical committee of the project and representatives for the RE-ACTIVATE project. The company developed the curriculum, teaching and learning materials and a methodological guide for the implementation of a trainers’ cycle training courses.

Client

IKI - International Climate Initiative

Services

Capacity Needs Assessment, Customized Courses, Curriculum and Training Design, Study & Delegation Tours

Target groups

Ministries, administrations, universities, development corporations, energy agencies, finance institutions

Client

GIZ

Services

Capacity Needs Assessment, Curriculum and Training Design

Target groups

Ministries, project developers, installation operation, engineers and technicians, grid operators, energy agencies

Activities

The project incorporated the Capacity WORKS approach, which referred to a five-stage project implementation plan, based on the information that was gathered, there was a project launch, followed by the hypothesis formation, which included a deep analysis of existing information and documents, with this RENAC prepared the concepts, strategies and plans for the intervention and provided the presentation of deliverables after the project was executed.

Client

GIZ

Services

Capacity Needs Assessment, Customized Courses, Curriculum and Training Design

Target groups

Ministries

Activities

RENAC was commissioned to offer the capacity building program included, for which it developed a capacity Needs Assessment to create the curriculum and training material necessary to provide a 5-day-in-person workshop and a online training program for the participants to do as a self-paced learning program. The company designed, developed and executed the workshop and evaluation of CNA.

Client

GFA Consulting Group GmbH

Services

Customized Courses, Curriculum and Training Design

Target groups

Public and private training institutions, vocational training institutions, policy makers, trainers

Activities

RENAC was commissioned to offer for four synchronic Lives sessions focusing on Green TVET occupations including Hydrogen/PtX Occupations, Curricula and Training Centers and, asynchrony format of the Green TVET school Hamburg, for which it designed and developed the curriculum and training material necessary, training videos and overall didactic material and their translations to French; as well as the implementation and moderation of the seminar. The company executed all marketing efforts to ensure a proper engagement with the participants.

Client

IFC Green Banking Academy / The Republic Bank in the Caribbean

Services

Customized Courses, Curriculum and Training Design

Target groups

Finance institutions, investors, financing institutions

Activities

The project was based on the design, development and execution of the virtual seminar, which included an assessment of participants background for the training to gain insights on how best provide the seminar to their particular needs, where they were given material and interactive discussions to provide a deepened education in Finance RE and EE.

Client

University of Trier

Services

Communication Services, Curriculum and Training Design

Target groups

Installation operation, engineers and technicians, grid operators

Activities

In order to provide a know-how on basic Renewable Energies Technologies, the company prepared and provided a two day four hour lecture on providing not only an overview on renewable energy but also energy conversion on technologies for power generation and energy systems such as PV, batteries, Biogas and biomass.

Client

Punjab Reform Management Programme

Services

Curriculum and Training Design, Study & Delegation Tours

Target groups

Administrators, project developers, installers and operators, engineers, grid operators, trainers

Activities

The project included a seminar design, speaker selection, and practical sessions on wind and solar thermal energy. Marketing was handled via social media, with participant enrollment and pre-seminar courses offered on Moodle. Tasks also involve registration, seminar moderation, organizing a field trip to Feldheim and Solar Park Finow, issuing attendance certificates, and conducting a final evaluation.

Client

GIZ - ISA

Services

Capacity Needs Assessment, Customized Courses, Curriculum and Training Design

Target groups

Ministries, installation operation, engineers and technicians, grid operators, universities

Activities

RENAC offered the online capacity building training seminar, for which it developed a capacity needs assessment to create the curriculum and training material necessary. The company executed a marketing strategy with ISA’s social platforms and provided the seminars on PV technologies, as well as the provision of an online platform in Moodle through the Renewables Online Academy for additional learning material reference.

Client

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)

Services

Curriculum and Training Design, Study & Delegation Tours

Target groups

Universities

Activities

The project was based on the concept design and content development of the seminars, which included the development of the course program and the conduction of the seminar. RENAC developed the teaching material and presentation on Energy Transition as well as the delivery of training materials for all seminars executed.

Client

GIZ

Services

Curriculum and Training Design, Study & Delegation Tours

Target groups

Policy makers

Activities

RENAC developed a study tour program combined with training workshops for the participants joining from BAPPENAS, the ministry of National Development and Planning. The program included, field trips to RE plants (PV and wind installations), visits to technology companies and RE service providers, demonstration and pilot projects of EnEff initiatives, research institutions, grid operators and utilities, industry associations and consulting bodies. These gave participants the chance to talk to practitioners, owners and operators to experience the whole value chain of the technologies and their different perspectives. RENAC provided material with relevant information for each visit.

Client

GIZ Nigeria

Services

Target groups

Project developers

Activities

RENAC provided a five-day training on-site in Nigeria, for which it developed the methodology and content for a green hydrogen project developer workshop week. The execution of the training workshop week in Lagos, Nigeria, included the organization of the training regarding to location, catering, invitation management, selection of participants; the acquisition of industry players that joined individual sessions and; the development and evaluation of participants.

Client

ISA

Services

Target groups

Public and private training institutions, vocational training institutions, energy agencies, NGOs

Activities

The project provided an analysis in consultation with stakeholders in all three countries, developed a detailed project report for setting up STAR Centres and a business plan for their long-term sustenance for Cote D’Ivoire, Uganda and Somalia, and established the specifications for procurement of hardware and software. In order to achieve this, a market research on the solar market in each country was conducted as well as a detailed capacity needs assessment. The methodology used was composed by desktop research, face-to-face and virtual interviews.

Client

GIZ Senegal

Services

Study & Delegation Tours

Target groups

Energy agencies

Activities

The project was based on a five-day study tour program in Germany on renewable energy for state actors working in the energy sector of Seneal, for which RENAC conducted short training setions on relevant topicsrelated to the study tour, identified points of interest, organized the visits, created the tour program with relevant informaiton materials, documented everything and presented the outcomes which strengthen the engagment of the participants to the objective of the training allowing them to see and learn from the vast German experience of implementation of RE projects.