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Under the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Austrian Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (MFA), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) are co-organizing the High-Level Conference on Sustainable Energy and Development. The Conference will take place on 3rd October 2018 under the guiding theme “Regional Cooperation to Accelerate Sustainable Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries”.


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UNIDO in partnership with ECREEE, RCREEE, EACREEE, SACREEE, PCREEE and CCREEE is organising the workshop "Partnership opportunities in the scope of the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centers (GN-SEC)" as part of the International Sustainable Energy Conference 2018 "Renewable Heating and Cooling in Integrated Urban and Industrial Energy Systems" on 4th October 2018 in Graz, Austria.


26th September 2018 Nuku’alofa, Tonga - The Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency joins the Tonga Department of Energy this week in celebrating Tonga’s first participation in the World Green Building Week.

WGBW is a worldwide annual event and one of the global initiatives of the World Green Building Council Network that motivates and empowers all to deliver greener buildings.


Island countries in the Pacific face very specific challenges when it comes to energy security. With a limited supply of domestic fossil fuels, they have historically depended on imported fuels like diesel for their electricity production and transportation. Add the region’s remoteness and size to that scenario and the result is little access to electricity, high energy prices and global warming.


18 September 2018 Nuku’alofa, Tonga – Biogas generation using agriculture and animal products has promising potential for Tonga and the Pacific Islands, if pursued through a well-defined circular economy strategy.  This was the conclusion of a 4 day visit jointly organised by the Pacific Community’s Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) and the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) of the Trier University of Applied Sciences, Germany earlier in September.


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