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Table of Contents

1. Foreword from the President and Executive Director 3

2. The ‘ARE market’ – Its challenges, present situation and outlook 5

2.1. ARE Mission - Who we are and what we do 5

2.2. Global Energy Access Policy and Business Situation 5

3. Annual Report 2015 7

3.1. ARE – Our Achievements and Challenges 7

3.2. ARE - Projects with Cooperation Partners 7

3.3. ARE Communications & Campaigns 2015 9 3.3.1. Bioenergy campaign (January – June 2015) 9 3.3.2. Productive Use of Energy Campaign (July – December 2015) 10

3.4. Organisation of ARE 11 3.4.1. ARE Board 11 3.4.2. ARE Secretariat 11 3.4.3 Membership development 12

ANNEX 1: Members List 13

ANNEX 2: ARE Financial Report 2015 14

ANNEX 3: Highlights of Events 2015 22

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1. Foreword > From the President and Executive Director

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Dear Members,Dear Friends of the Alliance,

We are happy that the Strategy and Work Programme 2013-2015 of the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) has led to a higher recognition of its members, the association, and the clean off-grid sector as such. Following the earlier trend, 2015 has been the best year for our organisation, both in terms of profiling and growth, as evidenced by all objective figures.

The ARE newsletter has reached nearly 17,000 readers. The ARE website enjoys increasing attention with about 4,000 visitors per month. In addition, we have over 4,000 followers on our social network channels.

In this Annual Report you will find all details that show the huge work that our professional team with the support of the ARE Board and the whole membership has done in 2015.

Last year ARE carried out two successful campaigns to promote rural electrification in the developing and emerging world, namely: bioenergy and productive uses of renewable energy. In this regard, ARE has organised and contributed to a high number of very well attended events and initiatives worldwide.

While the provision of access to energy and services remains the core subject for ARE, we also see promising developments in closely related areas. For example, COP21 in Paris has highlighted again the threat and negative impacts of climate change, both for developed and developing countries. From the ARE

perspective, we hope that the agreement achieved in December 2015 will have positive effects on the ground and will thereby lead to clear and sufficiently resourced plans and roadmaps for clean rural electrification.

Also, the 2nd SE4All Forum in New York in May 2015, where a large number of organisations - including ARE - made specific contributions to the debates on how to advance energy access. One of the main results of this summit was that there clearly still is a strong need to continue with activities that effectively raise awareness and capacity building measures, and that in particular words must be turned into actions, i.e. by providing adequate resources to timely deliver clean energy access in the developing world.

In this regard, a shining example is our partnership with OFID, the first of this kind ever done in ARE. With the OFID grant of USD 1 Mio., ARE is implementing, through a tender, four mini-grid projects until 2017. We consider this initiative as an excellent experience as it has already generated a relevant impact in the market. Moreover, it demonstrates that partnerships among different entities from the public and private sector, as well as non-profits and donors, can be a powerful tool to deliver concrete results.

The growth of ARE has again been significant in 2015. Building on its partnership approach, ARE has been attracting all kind of entities, from smaller companies to larger multinational companies and utilities, originating from developing and developed countries.

Created in 2006 by a number of committed Brussels-based partners, ARE has positioned itself as the business association representing the view of the private sector in order to effectively contribute to sustainable development through clean electrification in rural areas in developing countries.

Building on its strong international reputation, the ARE Strategy 2016-2018 is geared towards maintaining its position as a key international point of contact for the public sector, further mobilising the private sector towards access to clean electricity and related services, and to underlining its capacity and competence to deliver as solution provider for decentralised RETs in developing regions.

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Marcus WiemannExecutive Director

Ernesto Macías President

We promote all renewable technologies and all system sizes, ranging from small pico systems to larger solar home systems and mini-grids. Our members can provide all these solutions and ARE serves as a mirror for its members.

2016 is a special year for the association as we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of ARE. We can proudly say that ARE together with its passionate and highly committed members has made key contributions to electrify rural areas, raise awareness, improve policy and financial market conditions, and make decentralised renewable energy technology solutions competitive in terms of technology, costs and business models.

In full awareness that there are still more than a billion people waiting anxiously for electricity, there is no

alternative for ARE, our members and partners, than to stay fully committed and to make the objectives as defined by SE4All a reality.

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2. The ‘ARE market’ > Its challenges, present situation and outlook

2.1. ARE Mission - Who we are and what we doARE is the international business association representing the decentralised energy sector working towards the integration of renewables into rural electrification markets in developing and emerging countries.

ARE enables improved energy access through business development support for more than 90 members along the whole value chain for off-grid technologies by targeted advocacy and facilitating access to international and regional funding.

ARE is a global platform for sharing knowledge and best practices to provide for rapid implementation of available and advanced RE technologies and services.

2.2. Global Energy Access Policy and Business Situation

Energy is central to almost every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. Be it for jobs, security, climate change, food production or increasing incomes, universal access to energy is essential. It is estimated that about 2.9 billion people have

no access to modern energy services and over 1.1 billion have no electricity 1.

The year 2015 has been marked by great strides in the global development and energy community, which has never been more determined to tackle these problems and create a real path to universal access to clean energy.

First, the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative, of which ARE is the only business association partner, has intensified its efforts to reach its 2030 targets, which include ensuring universal access to modern energy services. Indeed, the 2nd SE4All Forum in May 2015 in New York generated great momentum to steer the global energy debate towards the SE4All objectives, featured the launch of the new Global Tracking Framework, and resulted in a great number of pledges from stakeholders

the world over, including from ARE President Ernesto Macías and ARE Members.

Moreover, on the country level, SE4All is actively pursuing its exchanges with developing country governments and development stakeholders, working out Action Agendas and Investment Prospectuses, in order to achieve a realistic yet ambitious and concrete path for the individual country to realise its energy access commitments. Furthermore, SE4All has provided an excellent platform for stakeholders to cooperate and make progress on specific topics. In this vein, High Impact Opportunities (HIO) were established, and ARE is one of the leaders of the HIO dealing with Clean Energy Mini-grids.

Second, building on the SE4All momentum, the global community put universal access to clean energy at the pinnacle of its development and energy priorities, by adopting UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (“SDG 7”), which aims to “ensure

access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” 2.

Third, the COP21 Paris Agreement reaffirmed the strong linkage between climate mitigation and adaptation efforts and sustainable development, expressly acknowledging “the need to promote universal access to sustainable energy

in developing countries, in particular in Africa, through the enhanced deployment of renewable energy”3 – reflecting our expectations as outlined in the ARE Call for Action.

Importantly, during COP21, many big new initiatives were announced, including the European Commission’s ‘Electrification Financing Initiative’ (ElectriFI), the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, the Climate Aggregation Platform, and in the context of the ADB’s Clean Technology Fund and the Green Climate Fund.

1 For further information please see http://www.se4all.org/sdg72 The subtargets of SDG 7 are available on http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/energy/3 Summary analysis shared via weekly overview to ARE members, available for members upon request.

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Off-Grid Markets - Market Developments, Business and Technology Trends

As already experienced mainly in recent years ARE expects also for the future:

• Cost decreases for all components of off-grid RE technologies, in particular for solar photovoltaic panels, thanks to scale and steep learning curves;

• Improvements in storage technology – due to the development of all technologies including lithium batteries and new developments;

• Improvement of the management of all off grid technologies, from pico and small SHS’s to large mini-grids;

• The spread of mobile payment systems enabling access through pay-as-you-go;

• More cross-sector engagements and

• Most importantly, need for implementation of de-risking and self-sustainable renewable energy technology based business and finance models

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3. Annual Report 2015

3.1. ARE - Our Achievements and ChallengesThroughout 2015, ARE has continued to grow and become ever more the global contact point for the renewable energies off-grid sector. The below sections will look at specific achievements of ARE in 2015, namely with regard to projects with cooperation partners. communications and campaigns as well as membership development.

3.2. ARE - Projects with Cooperation PartnersARE works on a daily basis with key partner organisations to promote and to advance the development of rural electrification markets. Consequently, ARE helps to close the gap between private sector interests and governments, international institutions and NGOs.

ARE’s partnerships vary in nature and can generally be divided into four categories, which reflect the overall vision and mission of the Alliance:

Firstly, ARE engaged in partnerships with key organisations such the Africa EU Energy Partnership,

and IRENA, which aim to improve policy and regulation frameworks for renewable off-grid electrification solutions. These partnerships are essential because they raise awareness of rural electrification while enabling more favourable conditions to scale the off-grid market.

Given the fundamental importance of access to financing, secondly ARE also engaged in a series of partnerships focused on project implementation, investment and financing for rural electrification.

Among this type of partnership of ARE are: the European Commission, the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Program (RECP), the Rockefeller Foundation and the GIZ.

Thirdly, ARE established cooperations with industry organisations such as ALER to promote renewable energies in Portuguese speaking countries and GOGLA to promote the use of off-grid lighting applications. These partnerships are important as they enable market access and allow for appropriate technology transfer to key players in the sector.

Finally, to enable sharing of best practices and capacity building, ARE engaged in a long range of partnerships aimed at sharing market information on rural electrification.

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Overview of ARE partnerships

POLICY & REGULATION - RAISING AWARENESS

AEEP – African EU Energy Partnership > Custodian Workstream Energy Access > Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa

CLUB-ER – Club des Agences et Structures Nationales en charge de l’Electrification Rurale > Rural electrification in Africa

DFID – UK Department for International Development > UK Africa Campaign Launch

EUEI PDF – EU Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility > Workstream Energy Access> Mini-grid Policy Toolkit

IRENA – International Renewable Energy Agency > Coalition of Action

Power For All > Energy Sector Working Group

RECP – Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Program > Mini-grid Policy Toolkit

SE4All – Sustainable Energy for All > Clean Energy Mini-grids High Impact Opportunity

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION- INVESTMENT & FINANCE

AFDB – The African Development Bank > GMG market development program

European Commission > ElectriFI

GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit > Risk Mitigation Study together with HNU> CEMG HIO - Mapping Exercise

IRENA – International Renewable Energy Agency > Marketplace> Project Navigator OFID – The OPEC Fund for International Development > Clean Energy Mini-grids

RECP – Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Program > Finance Facilitator

Rockefeller Foundation > CEMG HIO - Mapping Exercise

PRIVATE SECTOR COOPERATION – MARKET ACCESS & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CAPACITY BUILDING / MARKET INFORMATION

ALER – Assosciao Lusofona de Energias Renovais > Decentralised renewable energy solutions in Portuguese-speaking developing and emerging countries

EBTC – European Business and Technology Centre > India Off-grid Market Study - Technology Transfer, India

Intersolar, BSW, ARE & Otti > Off-Grid Power Forum

IRENA – International Renewable Energy Agency > IOREC

GESA – Global Energy Storage Alliance > Advance education, collaboration, knowledge

GOGLA – Global Off-Grid Lighting Association > Promotion of the use of off-grid lighting applications

IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission > Standards> AFSEC - Standards for Rural Electrification in Africa Collaboration Pledge

RECP – Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Program > Private Sector Cooperation Partner & Stakeholder mobilisation partner

T9 – International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme Task 9 > IEA-PVPS T9 Information Exchange

Berkeley University > Colombia Off-grid Market Study> Peru Off-grid Market Study Bloomberg/Climatescope > Bloomberg New Energy Finance Cambridge & Oxford University > Smart Villages initiative IEA – International Energy Agency > World Energy Outlook

REN21 – Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century > Global Status Report> Mini-grid Policy Toolkit> SAIREC USAID > Hybrid Mini-grids Study UNF – United Nations Foundation > Energy Practitioners Network

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3.3. ARE Communications & Campaigns 2015As part of its 3-year strategy concept and under its broad technological mandate, ARE produced - also in cooperation with its partners – a number of publications. The objective was to not only grow its international reputation but, in particular, to also attract stakeholders to first consult with the association and its membership for all questions related to off-grid markets and clean technologies.

ARE has gained significant visibility in the rural electrification arena over the course of 2015 underpinnned by a high number of incoming members and by a steadily growing readership on its website as well as of the ARE newsletter and social media channels. ARE has also become a well-recognised partner for conferences, experiencing a peak in speaker requests and event endorsements.

Overview of ARE Communication Highlights

ARE STATISTICS

• Steady increase of the ARE newsletter readership to 17,000

• High-level editorials from the European Commission, OFID, RECP, BSW Solar and NEPAD

• ARE website traffic solidly growing to 3,000-4,000 per month

• 32 event partnership agreements, where ARE Members receive 10- 20% discount and complimentary passes

• Over 4,000 Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin followers

ARE PUBLICATIONS

• The Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa

• Risk Management for Mini-grids

• Relevance and Implementation Possibilities for Bioenergy Technologies in Rural Electrification Markets

• SE4All High Impact Opportunity Clean Energy Mini-grids: Mapping of clean energy mini-grid support providers and programmes

• The India Off-grid Electricity Market

ARE CONTRIBUTIONS

• REN21 Renewables Global Status Report

• Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Climatescope

To ensure the highest impact of its activities with the given resources, both the Policy & Business Development Department as well as the Communications & Marketing Department, worked in parallel in order to develop the content of the campaign and disseminate it. In 2015, ARE carried out two half-year campaigns, focusing on bioenergy and productive use of energy.

3.3.1. Bioenergy campaign

(January – June 2015)

The Bioenergy Campaign was established with PANGEA to address the need for more information and guidance on bioenergy. The cornerstone of the campaign was a position paper, entitled “Relevance and Implementation Possibilities for Bioenergy Technologies in Rural Electrification Markets,” with a geographical focus on Africa.

The publication delivered positive results with regard to (i) raising awareness and disseminating best practices amongst decision-makers and practitioners on the potential of bioenergy technologies for electrification purposes, (ii) contributing to the deployment of bioenergy and (iii) strengthening the visibility of the bioenergy sector.

The information paper was originally launched at the 2nd SE4All Forum in New York in May and subsequently disseminated at other relevant events.

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DATE EVENT / ACTIVITY

18 May 2nd SE4All Forum, United States

27-28 May World Agroforestry Centre conference and workshop, Kenya

28-29 May International Conference on Alternative Energy in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies, Thailand

2 Jun SE4All Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, Switzerland

16 Jun FO Light Sugar & Ethanol Africa, South Africa

Overview of Events to promote bioenergy

In parallel, the Communications & Marketing Department widely disseminated the main messages of the ARE information paper to the SE4All Sustainable Bioenergy High-Impact Opportunity, PANGEA, WBA and HNU networks. In February 2015, ARE also published a newsletter focusing on bioenergy.

3.3.2. Productive Use of Energy

Campaign (July – December 2015)

This ARE campaign was established as a result of requests from cooperation partners to share lessons learnt and experiences on the key role productive use of renewable energy (“PURE”) can and should play for the future growth path of Africa.

The position paper “The Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Africa”, which was launched together with AEEP at SAIREC in Cape Town in October last year, addressed the need for reliable energy access for businesses to enable the productive use of clean energies. Energy

security from private sector perspective means that present and future access to energy is guaranteed at affordable prices. It focuses on the benefits of PURE, highlights lessons learnt and challenges, and formulates recommendations to stimulate its spread and better realise its potential.

In addition, the paper presented nine case studies in African countries to show promising ways to successfully and sustainably engage in rural developing areas for entrepreneurs, NGOs, investors and policymakers. These examples can also be used as showcase examples in other parts of the developing world.

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3.4. Organisation of ARE

3.4.1. ARE Board

The ARE statutes allow for up to 10 positions of the Board, including the role of ARE President and two Vice-Presidents.

NAME AFFILIATION, COUNTRY (TERM) FUNCTIONMacías, Ernesto SFC Business Partners, Spain (2014-2018) President

Nijland, Caroline FRES, the Netherlands (2014-2018) Vice President

Wollny, Michael Wollny Consulting, Germany (2014-2018) Vice President

Collares Pereira, Guilherme EDP, Portugal (2014-2018) Board Member

Duveau, Thomas Mobisol, Germany (2015-2019) Board Member

Ighodaro, Anthony KXN Nigeria, Nigeria (2014-2018) Board Member

Kolmsee, Karl Smart Hydro Power, Germany (2015-2019) Board Member

Vendeirinho, Vivian RVE.SOL, Portugal (2015-2019) Board Member

della Volta, Matteo Siemens, Belgium (2014-2018) Board Member

Zwirner, Tobias Phaesun, Germany (2014-2018) Board Member

In March 2015, the ARE Board for the term 2015 – 2019 was elected by the ARE General Assembly. The Alliance thanked Claude Ruchet, Studer Innotec (Switzerland) and Xavier Vallvé, Trama TecnoAmbiental (Spain) for their strong support to bring ARE to its present situation.

3.4.2. ARE Secretariat

To serve Members’ and stakeholder interests, the Alliance had two full-time employees and one part-time employee in 2015.

NAME COUNTRY (TERM) FUNCTION

Wiemann, Marcus Germany (February 2013 - present) Executive Director

Lecoque, David Belgium (November 2013 - present) Policy & Business Development Officer

Ng, Ling UK (January 2014 - present) Communications & Marketing Officer

Hole, Markus Sebastian Norway (March – June 2015) Event & Communications Intern

Brandemann, Victoria Germany (April – June 2015) Event & Communications Intern

Sundaram, Anbu Malar India (July – September 2015) Event & Communications Intern

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3.4.3. Membership development

In 2015, ARE gained 25 new members, making a total of 98, even counting the membership fluctuations typical for associations in the sector. This positive result reflects the added value ARE brings to all stakeholder groups relevant for rural electrification markets. The association is a highly requested contact point to provide supporting services to the public and private sector. Based on

the increased interest of the public sector to effectively provide support to energy access, the role of ARE as point to contact for information, consulting and coordination purposes has risen. At the same time, it has to be noted that the present membership behaviour is still influenced by very challenging business conditions.

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USA8%

Africa10%

Asia12%

Middle East1%

Australia1%

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ANNEX 1: MEMBERS LIST Current regular members (2015 new members in bold)ACCESS-SARL (Mali) MWH (Belgium)

All Power Labs (USA) Novatron (India)

ALSA Solar Systems Ltd (United Arab Emirates) Off-Grid Energy Australia (Australia)

Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies PVT (India) Off-grid Factory (Netherlands)

AORA Solar (Spain) Phaesun (Germany)

Aquanovis (UK) Phocos (Germany)

Benoolend (France) Photalia (France)

Bergey (USA) PHPower (Italy)

Best Brands (Philippines) PlanetEnergy (Spain)

Bornay (Spain) Practical Action (UK)

Clear Resource (Netherlands) PT Surya Utama Putra (Indonesia)

E.ON Off-grid Solutions (Germany) Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy (Bangladesh)

Eauxwell Nigeria Limited (Nigeria) Remergy (Denmark)

EDP - Energias de Portugal (Portugal) RENAC (Germany)

EiR Global (Belgium) RVE.SOL - Soluçoes de Energia Rural Lda (Portugal)

Energiedouce (France) Sader (Congo)

Enersys (Switzerland) Saft (France)

Enfinity Philippines Renewable Resources (Philippines) Schneider Electric (France)

ENGIE Suez Rassembleurs d’Energies (France) SC Sustainable Concepts GmbH (Germany)

Ensol (Tanzania) SFC Business Partners (Spain)

Entrade (Germany) Siemens (Belgium)

FF Solar Energias Renovaveis (Portugal) Smart Hydro Power (Germany)

Foundation Rural Energy Services (FRES) (Netherlands) Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) (USA)

Freqcon (Germany) SOLAR23 GmbH (Germany)

FUNAE - Fundo de Energia (Mozambique) SOLARKIOSK (Germany)

Fundación ACCIONA Microenergia (Spain) Solarland (Wuxi) Electric Power Technology Limited (China)

Gildemeister Energy Storage (Austria) Solarmate Engineering (Nigeria)

Global Sustainable Energy Solutions (USA) Studer Innotec (Switzerland)

Horn Renewable Energy Company (Somalia) Sunalia renovables (Spain)

Iberdrola (Spain) SunEdison (Spain)

Innovation Energie Développement (IED) (France) Sunlabob Renewable Energy (Lao PDR)

Instituto para la diversificación y el ahorro de la energía (IDAE) (Spain) Sunna Design (France)

Intellisol (Belgium) Technolectric (Kenya)

IREM SpA a socio unico (Italy) The Wind Factory (Netherlands)

KXN Nigeria (Nigeria) Trama TecnoAmbiental (Spain)

MARGE (Netherlands) Trojan Battery (USA)

Martifer Solar (Portugal) Village Power (Switzerland)

Mlinda Charitable Trust (India) Virunga Power (Congo)

Mobisol (Germany) Wind Energy Solutions (Netherlands)

MSS Mola Solar Systems (Germany) Wollny Consulting (Germany)

Current associate members (2015 new members in bold)ADER (Mauritania) GSE (Italy)

cdw Stiftungsverbund (Germany) id-eee (Germany)

Energias sin Fronteras (Spain) Reiner Lemoine Institut (Germany)

SolarPower Europe (Belgium) SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (Netherlands)

Eurobat (Belgium) University of Southampton (UK)

Fondazione ACRA-CCS (Italy) University of Ulm (Hochschule Neu-Ulm) (Germany)

Fondazione Madre Agnese (Italy) Plan Internacional Espana (Spain)

Fraunhofer ISE (Germany) Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) (Nepal)

GERES (France) Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) (USA)

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ANNEX 3 : HIGHLIGHTS OF EVENTS 2015 (organised/supported by ARE)

DATE EVENT / ACTIVITY LOCATION Jan – Jun Bioenergy Campaign 17-18 Jan IRENA General Assembly Abu Dhabi, UAE19-22 Jan World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, UAE2 Feb EIB Board of Director Seminar with Civil Society Luxembourg, LU10-11 Feb Towards Universal Energy Access: Tanzania + AEEP Focal Point Meeting, Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, TZ25-26 Feb Methodology for Mainstreaming Appropriate Green Technology Initiatives in Rural Beirut, LB Areas of the Arab Region 5-6 Mar ARE Energy Access Workshop + General Assembly Madrid, ES9-11 Mar Energy Storage Europe 2015 Düsseldorf, DE10-13 Mar Invest’elec Salon Yaoundé, CM11 Mar Technical Workshop on a Quality Assurance Framework for Isolated Mini-Grids Dar Es Salaam, TZ11-13 Mar Green Mini-Grids Africa Action Learning and Exchange (ALE) Program Dar Es Salaam, TZ25-27 Mar HIO Clean Energy Mini-grids Meeting Lake Como, IT13-17 Apr Hannover Messe 2015 Hannover, DE16-17 Apr Latin America Public-Private Partnerships Workshop on Energy Storage Rio de Janeiro, BR for Sustainable Development19 Apr International Conference on Education and Training for Sustainability (ICETS 2015) Cairo, Egypt20-21 Apr Solar & Off-Grid Renewables West Africa Accra, GH23-24 Apr SE4All Energy Access Committee Meeting Vienna, AT27-30 Apr 8th Energy Storage World Forum Rome, IT30 Apr Trilema Energético Bogota, CO4-5 May German-African Energy Forum Hamburg, DE12 May Achieving Universal Access to Sustainable and Modern Energy Services Bonn, DE17-21 May 2nd United Nations SE4All Forum New York, USA27-28 May Africa Future Energy Forum Nairobi, KE27-29 May International Workshop Prospects for Solar-Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) Rome, IT in developing countries3-4 Jun European Development Days (EDD) Brussels, BE9-10 Jun 4th Symposium Small PV Applications Munich, DE9-12 Jun Intersolar Europe + Off-grid Forum Munich, DE17 Jun WAME Milan, IT18-20 Jun Vienna Energy Forum Vienna, AT24-25 Jun 1st Conference Energy for Development CPLP Estoril, PTJul – Oct Productive Use Campaign Africa 1 Jul DFID Energy Roundtable London, UK9 Jul EIB Africa Day Luxembourg, LU6 Aug OLADE: Productive Use of Renewable Energy and its Economic Benefits Latin America Discussion and Best Practices Webinar30 Aug – 1 Sep OFID: Eradication of Energy Poverty: A Key to Reducing Inequality Alpbach, AT16-17 Sep Micro-grid Innovation Forum Barcelona, ES18 Sep 4th Energy Event: Challenges in renewables in Middle East and Africa Brussels, BE21 Sep WAME Workshop: Innovative Finance for Access to Energy Milan, IT25-26 Sep Phaesun Off-Grid Experts Workshop & Award Ceremony Memmingen, DE4-7 Oct South Africa International Renewable Energy Conference 2015 (SAIREC) Cape Town, ZA5-6 Oct Energy Access PPP: Working Session 1 Paris, FR22 Oct DFID Energy Africa Campaign London, UK29 Oct Greening the Islands Malta, MT29 Oct WEC 2015 Executive Assembly, energy Trilemma Summit Addis Ababa, ET3 Nov ewi/F.A.Z.-Energietagung Cologne, DE3-4 Nov Jornadas ENERGIA San Sebastian, ES10 Nov A regional energy-water nexus as a roadmap to sustainable cooperation Brussels, BE in the Middle East12 Nov 22nd BBH Energy Conference Brussels, BE18-19 Nov AidEx 2015 Brussels, BE18-20 Nov 2nd Africa Mini Grid Summit Nairobi, KE 3 Dec EEP Knowledge Exchange Forum Dar Es Salaam, TZ4 Dec COP21: Energy Day Paris, FR

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Alliance for Rural Electrification

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About Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE): ARE is an international business association representing the decentralised

energy sector working towards the integration of renewables into rural electrification markets in developing and emerging countries.

Authors: Marcus Wiemann (Executive Director)

David Lecoque (Policy & Business Development Officer)

Ling Ng (Communications & Marketing Officer)

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Photo credits: Benoolend, E.ON Off-grid Solutions, Energía Sin Fronteras, OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd, African–EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme

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