News
June 7th, 2010
South region: opening of an new Solar Center in Sodo.
May 18th, 2010
The Solarlamp ST 2, an innovation of the Solar Energy Foundation received the "Lighting Africa Outstanding Product Award".
Lighting Africa is a World Bank Group (WBG) initiative which supports the private sector to develop, accelerate, and sustain the market for modern off-grid lighting technologies tailored to the needs of consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa. More ...
May 10th, 2010
Oromia region: opening of an new Solar Center in Bedele.
May 6th, 2010
South region: opening of an new Solar Center in Hawassa.
April 16th, 2010
Final ceremony of the third course “Rural Solar Energy Technician" in Rema.
March 2010
The new issue of our magazine "SunConnect" is published.
November 2009
The next rural Solar-Center for selling, installation and maintenance of solar systems is opened now in Melka Soda (South).
November 2009
In Rema starts the next training course "Rural Solar Energy Technician". 25 students will be trained now for six months in rural electrification with photovoltaics and also in business management.
October 2009
The course "Rural Solar Energy Technician" of our International Solar Energy School gets the official accreditation from Ethiopian government.
July 2009
The International Solar Energy School of Stiftung Solarenergie organised a one week training for Departement heads for electrical engineering of 10 Ethiopian universities. Partner of Stiftung Solarenergie is ecbp Addis.
June 11th, 2009
Solar Energy Foundation gets the world’s leading green energy prize awarded £20,000 and the Ashden Award for electrification of rural areas. HRH the Prince of Wales presented the Award for setting up the biggest solar energy programme in Ethiopia.
May 2009
A new solar lamp, designed from Solar Energy Foundation, is available on the market: SunTransfer 2. The lamp can be used either as torch light or as fixed installed lamp. Furthermore its possible to charge mobile phones. More see webpage of SunTransfer GmbH - the daughter company of the Solar Energy Foundation.
April 2009
Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation concludes an agreement with the foundation Menschen für Menschen to install 1,500 Solar-Home-Systems for light in 144 Ethiopian schools. Start of this installation is september 2009.
March 2009
Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation publishs a handbook for solar energy technicians with all necessary information for solar energy in developping countries. More...
February 18th, 2009
Final ceremony of the second course “Rural Solar Energy Technician" in Rema.
November 2008
Start of the first four Solar-Centers. More...
September 1st to 25th, 2008
Trainig for 25 members of Regional Energy Bureaus in Ethiopia about solar energy in rural electrification at the "International Solar Energy School" of our foundation.
July 31th, 2008
During his visit to Ethiopia, the former American President, Bill Clinton, visits the solar village Rema to gather information about the Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation and its achievements. More...
July 2008
Again a village in Ethiopia gets 1,000 Solar-Home-Systems from our foundation: Rema-ena-Dire. More...
June 2008
Rema is provided with a solar water pump. In Rema the people often have to walk several hours in order to reach a water source. The path from the mountainous plateau to the valley is steep. Together with their cooperation partner “Menschen für Menschen” [People for People], the Solar Energy Foundation has installed a solar water pumping system in the village of Rema. With the aid of the power provided by the sun, the women and the children no longer have to endure this long journey on foot into the valley. The time they have saved can be put to better use: The children, for example, can now go to school during the day.
April 2008
Rema becomes part of a worldwide project with the title “One laptop per child”. The teachers in Rema are provided with detailed training in the use of a small computer. The power for the laptops in Rema comes, of course, from the sun.
12th March 2008
The project “Light for Education III” begins: The contract with the district of Rema ena Dire is signed. In the following months, in the first expansion step, approximately 1,500 huts will be provided with solar light. Up until now it is the largest solar project in East Africa. The installation work is carried out by the Ethiopian employees of the Solar Energy Foundation. More...
4. december 2007
Start of the course “Rural Solar Energy Technician", which is directed at electrical engineers. This training programme, which is unique in this form in Africa, consists of three modules: solar technology, management and practical application. The aim of this training programme, which is especially orientated towards the needs of rural electrification, is to enable the participants to start up their own small solar businesses in the countryside. More...
27. november 2007
Public panel discussion about solar energy in Ethiopia, organised from "International Solar Energy School".
19. - 23. november 2007
Start of the "International Solar Energy School" with a "Train of Trainer"-course for teachers of Ethiopian universities. More information about the school here...
July 2007
Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation is official registrated as NGO in Ethiopia.
March 2007
Final of the biggest solar project in Ethiopia: electrification with more than 1,100 solar home systems in the village Rema. Final report here...
October 2006: Start of the Rema project
In Rema (approx. 150 km north of Addis Ababa) more than 1,000 huts as well as a health post, school and public administration buildings will be supplied with solar energy from October onwards. Planned date of completion: Spring 2007. More...
September 2006: Establishment of the Solar Competence Center in Addis Ababa
It is decided that in the future the branch office of the Stiftung Solarenergie together with Ethiopian assistants shall install solar systems and ensure that they are kept in good working order. In addition, the Solar Competence Center will carry out training measures on behalf of the foundation. More...
August 2006: Establishment of the foundation “Stiftung Solarenergie”
The Förderverein Stiftung Solarenergie e.V. (Association for the Promotion of Solar Energy) and Harald Schützeichel as a private benefactor establish the foundation “Stiftung Solarenergie”. The new foundation takes over the solar projects of the association.
April 2006: Project development in Rema in the region of Mida
The village of Rema decides against the gift of a diesel generator and declares itself in favour of solar energy instead. In response, the Stiftung Solarenergie develops a plan for a decentralised power supply serving a village with approx. 6,000 inhabitants.
In addition, further health posts are provided with solar cooling units in the same month.
September 2005: Tour of inspection to Mida
The solar systems are working perfectly without any technical problems and are being made use of by an enthusiastic population. “It’s like a new life”, said one of the users. More...
March/April 2005: Pilot project in Mida (Ethiopia)
30 tukuls and 2 schools are provided with solar light, 5 health posts are supplied with solar refrigerators in order to cool the supplies of medicine.
Our new co-operation partner: Karlheinz Böhm’s foundation “Menschen für Menschen”. More...
February 2005: Start of the “Donate the Sun” (Sonne stiften) campaign
www.sonne-stiften.org
December 2004: Establishment of the Förderverein Stiftung Solarenergie e.V. (Association for the Promotion of Solar Energy)
South region: opening of an new Solar Center in Sodo.
May 18th, 2010
The Solarlamp ST 2, an innovation of the Solar Energy Foundation received the "Lighting Africa Outstanding Product Award".
Lighting Africa is a World Bank Group (WBG) initiative which supports the private sector to develop, accelerate, and sustain the market for modern off-grid lighting technologies tailored to the needs of consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa. More ...
May 10th, 2010
Oromia region: opening of an new Solar Center in Bedele.
May 6th, 2010
South region: opening of an new Solar Center in Hawassa.
April 16th, 2010
Final ceremony of the third course “Rural Solar Energy Technician" in Rema.
March 2010
The new issue of our magazine "SunConnect" is published.
November 2009
The next rural Solar-Center for selling, installation and maintenance of solar systems is opened now in Melka Soda (South).
November 2009
In Rema starts the next training course "Rural Solar Energy Technician". 25 students will be trained now for six months in rural electrification with photovoltaics and also in business management.
October 2009
The course "Rural Solar Energy Technician" of our International Solar Energy School gets the official accreditation from Ethiopian government.
July 2009
The International Solar Energy School of Stiftung Solarenergie organised a one week training for Departement heads for electrical engineering of 10 Ethiopian universities. Partner of Stiftung Solarenergie is ecbp Addis.
June 11th, 2009
Solar Energy Foundation gets the world’s leading green energy prize awarded £20,000 and the Ashden Award for electrification of rural areas. HRH the Prince of Wales presented the Award for setting up the biggest solar energy programme in Ethiopia.
May 2009
A new solar lamp, designed from Solar Energy Foundation, is available on the market: SunTransfer 2. The lamp can be used either as torch light or as fixed installed lamp. Furthermore its possible to charge mobile phones. More see webpage of SunTransfer GmbH - the daughter company of the Solar Energy Foundation.
April 2009
Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation concludes an agreement with the foundation Menschen für Menschen to install 1,500 Solar-Home-Systems for light in 144 Ethiopian schools. Start of this installation is september 2009.
March 2009
Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation publishs a handbook for solar energy technicians with all necessary information for solar energy in developping countries. More...
February 18th, 2009
Final ceremony of the second course “Rural Solar Energy Technician" in Rema.
November 2008
Start of the first four Solar-Centers. More...
September 1st to 25th, 2008
Trainig for 25 members of Regional Energy Bureaus in Ethiopia about solar energy in rural electrification at the "International Solar Energy School" of our foundation.
July 31th, 2008
During his visit to Ethiopia, the former American President, Bill Clinton, visits the solar village Rema to gather information about the Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation and its achievements. More...
July 2008
Again a village in Ethiopia gets 1,000 Solar-Home-Systems from our foundation: Rema-ena-Dire. More...
June 2008
Rema is provided with a solar water pump. In Rema the people often have to walk several hours in order to reach a water source. The path from the mountainous plateau to the valley is steep. Together with their cooperation partner “Menschen für Menschen” [People for People], the Solar Energy Foundation has installed a solar water pumping system in the village of Rema. With the aid of the power provided by the sun, the women and the children no longer have to endure this long journey on foot into the valley. The time they have saved can be put to better use: The children, for example, can now go to school during the day.
April 2008
Rema becomes part of a worldwide project with the title “One laptop per child”. The teachers in Rema are provided with detailed training in the use of a small computer. The power for the laptops in Rema comes, of course, from the sun.
12th March 2008
The project “Light for Education III” begins: The contract with the district of Rema ena Dire is signed. In the following months, in the first expansion step, approximately 1,500 huts will be provided with solar light. Up until now it is the largest solar project in East Africa. The installation work is carried out by the Ethiopian employees of the Solar Energy Foundation. More...
4. december 2007
Start of the course “Rural Solar Energy Technician", which is directed at electrical engineers. This training programme, which is unique in this form in Africa, consists of three modules: solar technology, management and practical application. The aim of this training programme, which is especially orientated towards the needs of rural electrification, is to enable the participants to start up their own small solar businesses in the countryside. More...
27. november 2007
Public panel discussion about solar energy in Ethiopia, organised from "International Solar Energy School".
19. - 23. november 2007
Start of the "International Solar Energy School" with a "Train of Trainer"-course for teachers of Ethiopian universities. More information about the school here...
July 2007
Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation is official registrated as NGO in Ethiopia.
March 2007
Final of the biggest solar project in Ethiopia: electrification with more than 1,100 solar home systems in the village Rema. Final report here...
October 2006: Start of the Rema project
In Rema (approx. 150 km north of Addis Ababa) more than 1,000 huts as well as a health post, school and public administration buildings will be supplied with solar energy from October onwards. Planned date of completion: Spring 2007. More...
September 2006: Establishment of the Solar Competence Center in Addis Ababa
It is decided that in the future the branch office of the Stiftung Solarenergie together with Ethiopian assistants shall install solar systems and ensure that they are kept in good working order. In addition, the Solar Competence Center will carry out training measures on behalf of the foundation. More...
August 2006: Establishment of the foundation “Stiftung Solarenergie”
The Förderverein Stiftung Solarenergie e.V. (Association for the Promotion of Solar Energy) and Harald Schützeichel as a private benefactor establish the foundation “Stiftung Solarenergie”. The new foundation takes over the solar projects of the association.
April 2006: Project development in Rema in the region of Mida
The village of Rema decides against the gift of a diesel generator and declares itself in favour of solar energy instead. In response, the Stiftung Solarenergie develops a plan for a decentralised power supply serving a village with approx. 6,000 inhabitants.
In addition, further health posts are provided with solar cooling units in the same month.
September 2005: Tour of inspection to Mida
The solar systems are working perfectly without any technical problems and are being made use of by an enthusiastic population. “It’s like a new life”, said one of the users. More...
March/April 2005: Pilot project in Mida (Ethiopia)
30 tukuls and 2 schools are provided with solar light, 5 health posts are supplied with solar refrigerators in order to cool the supplies of medicine.
Our new co-operation partner: Karlheinz Böhm’s foundation “Menschen für Menschen”. More...
February 2005: Start of the “Donate the Sun” (Sonne stiften) campaign
www.sonne-stiften.org
December 2004: Establishment of the Förderverein Stiftung Solarenergie e.V. (Association for the Promotion of Solar Energy)
