Resources - LEAP-RE

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We are on a mission to develop renewable energy as a sustainable source of energy for all in Africa. During the 5 years duration of the LEAP-RE programme, partners will create and support innovative research projects, share knowledge, and build a long lasting partnership to support research and innovation for the development of renewable energy in Africa.

Reports presenting the work of LEAP-RE’s partners, action plans, key outcomes from the projects, and other deliverables will be accessible for download in this section as they become available..

Programme Coordination

D1.1 Online collaborative platform

D1.3 Gender Action Plan

D1.4 Programme Annual Workplan Year 1

D1.5 Initial carbon footprint report

D1.6 Final carbon footprint report

D1.7 Terms of reference of the Ethical Advisory Board

D1.8 Terms of reference of the Scientific Advisory Board

D1.9 Final report of the Scientific Advisory Board

D1.10 Final report of the Ethics Advisory Board

D1.11 Data Management Plan

D1.12 Programme Annual Workplan Year 2

D1.13 Programme Annual Workplan Year 3

D1.14 Programme Annual Workplan Year 4

D1.15 Programme Annual Workplan Year 5

Pillar 1 Coordination

D2.1 Pillar 1 Detailed work plan

Pillar 2 Coordination

D3.1 Guidelines for communication, dissemination, scientific publication and exploitation in Pillar 2

D3.2 Measure undertaken in WP9-WP16 to control health or environment issues potentially caused by the researches

D3.3 Mapping of R&I and horizontal skills need and actions in place in Africa for capacity building

D3.4 Scientific programme and syllabus definition of Winter/Summer Schools for PhDs & postdocs

D3.5 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system report of 8 WPs of Pillar 2

Maximising LEAP-RE's Outcomes

D4.1 Knowledge sharing and clustering strategy

D4.2 Results from clustering in LEAP-RE

D4.3 Strategic approach to LEAP-RE Community management

D4.4 Online repository of LEAP-RE Horizontal Training Modules

D4.5 Proceedings from general workshops

D4.6 Updated and Revised Multiannual Roadmaps

D4.7 List of LEAP-RE Dissemination Activities

D4.8 Detailed description of the Innovation Accelerator

D4.9 Analytical Report: Good Practices on Innovation Acceleration

D4.11 LEAP-RE Website

Long-Term Perspective

D5.1 Theory of Change, M&E Approach and MEL Plan

D5.2 Report on Monitoring

D5.3 Report on Evaluation and Learning

D5.4 Proceedings of round tables for research uptake

D5.5 Research briefs based on Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 results for dialogue with external policy and stakeholder partner

D5.6 Funding opportunities to enhance additional activities

D5.7 List of new LEAP-RE community members

D5.8 Report on the analysis about R&I capacities in Africa

D5.9 Report about Twinning & Teaming & Pooling activities

D5.10 Strategy guidelines and plan for the design of the long-term partnership

D5.11 Strategy design workshop for the future platform and documentation of lessons learned from external actors

Building the Partnership

D6.1 Value proposition and adoption drivers of future partnership

D6.2 Detailed description of features of the partnership

D6.3 Governance model of the future partnership, including organisational framework, legal instrument, decisionmaking mechanisms and constituting statutes

D6.4 Financial model of the future partnership

D6.5 Analysis of legal options

Call Management

D7.1 Call text

D7.2 Call documents

D7.3 Electronic submission tool

D7.4 Ranking list from the pre-proposal evaluation of first co-funded call

D7.5 Ranking list from the full proposal evaluation of first co-funded call

D7.6 Joint selection list and report of the projects to be funded of first cofunded call

D7.7 Ranking list from the pre-proposal evaluation of second co-funded call

D7.8 Ranking list from the full proposal evaluation of second co-funded call

D7.9 Joint selection list & report of the projects to be funded of second co-funded call

Monitoring of Call Outputs and Projects

D8.1 Assessment of the first co-fund call and decision on the second co-fund call

D8.2 Mid-term monitoring report of co-funded projects

D8.3 Final monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment report of cofunded projects

Pillar 2: Geothermal Atlas for Africa

D9.1 Presentation of a more detailed Plan of Activities for the whole WP9

D9.2 Final report of task 9.1 on geoscience data collected to be used in the Geothermal Atlas

D9.3 Final report of task 9.2 on all surface data collected to be used in the Geothermal Atlas

D9.4 Final report on the social analysis and the related data developed in task 9.3 and to be used in the Geothermal Atlas

D9.5 Final version of the Geothermal Atlas for Africa

D9.6 Report about the outcome on scientific collaboration and potential for training

Pillar 2: PURAMS

D10.1 Presentation of a more detailed Plan of Activities for the whole WP10

D10.3 Business model for standalone solar cooking appliance

D10.6 Report on policy, legislative and regulatory environments

D10.7 Report on value chain and social factors

D10.8 Report on field testing of standalone solar cooking appliance

D10.9 Report about the outcome on scientific collaboration WP10

Pillar 2: Geothermal Village

D11.1 Presentation of a detailed Plan of Activities for the whole WP11

D11.2 Report on 3G data acquisition as basic methodology to be used for the three relevant sites selected in the 4 countries and on surface geoscientific studies Geothermal Conceptual Model

D11.3 Socio-anthropological studies for community’s appropriation, case studies synthesis, best practice guide

D11.4 Technology and engineering guidebook for local geothermal fluids production system

D11.5 Research Mobility strategy & capacity building report creation & diffusion of guidebooks;

D11.6 Geothermal Village Project Phase 2

D11.7 Report about the outcome on scientific collaboration of WP11

Pillar 2: RE4AFAGRI

D12.1 Presentation of a more detailed Plan of Activities for the whole WP 12

D12.2 Joint EU-AU report on agreed project vision

D12.3 Integrated platform source code on Github as main

D12.4 User guide for the modelling platform on Github

D12.5 Joint EU-AU report on the platform testing and validation activity

D12.6 Joint EU-AU synthesis report on the business models research

D12.7 Report on the capacity building activities

D12.8 Joint EU-AU policy report on the enabling policy framework

D12.9 Report about the outcome on scientific collaboration of WP12

Pillar 2: SETaDiSMA

D13.1 Presentation of a more detailed Plan of Activities for the whole WP13

D13.2 Report of characterization of the electricity needs and resource assessment methodologies

D13.3 Guidelines & best practices for mini grid optimization in African context

D13.4 Accurate map of digital technologies components and systems for mini grids at technical system and operational levels dedicated to African needs

D13.5 Portfolio of ideas, solutions and business cases using digital technologies in context of mini grid and Community of Practice (Scientist, Innovator, Investor, policy maker) for innovative digital solutions in mini grid

D13.6 Evaluation methodology and selection of Best Practices for business and delivery models of mini grid methodologies

D13.7 Guidelines of the methodology for defining business and delivery models of mini grid

D13.8 Material of online training program

D13.9 Report about the outcome on scientific collaboration WP13

Pillar 2: Energy Village Concept

D14.1 Presentation of a more detailed Plan of Activities for the whole WP 14

D14.2 Report on background analysis for pilot villages as deliverable of task 14.2

D14.3 Four studies on the technical and socioeconomic potentials and challenges of the identified demo villages

D14.4 Four advanced implementation plans, which describe expansion and replication possibilities

D14.5 Business models which consolidate the achievements and allow managing the energy villages after the end of the project

D14.6 Detailed Implementation and Sustainable Action Plans

D14.7 List of the EV African Network members

D14.8 Mapping of policies and initiatives supporting Energy Villages Concept

D14.9 Identification of obstacles to innovation and success factors

D14.10 Identification of relevant inspiring cases

D14.11 Policy Recommendations Guidelines and Roadmap including the outcome on scientific collaboration.

Pillar 2: EURICA

D15.1 Presentation of a more detailed Plan of Activities for the whole WP 15

D15.6 Replication board feedback as deliverable of task 15.6

D15.7 Report about the outcome on scientific collaboration including Sociology and organization analysis

Pillar 2: Leopard

D16.1 Presentation of a more detailed Plan of Activities for the whole WP 16

D16.2 Production of a feasibility study as deliverable of task 16.2

D16.5 LEOPARD prototypes validation WP16 65 – ARESS Websites, patents filling, etc. Public 21

D16.6 Replication study and mapping of Beninese and Senegalese WP16 62 – UPJV Websites, patents filling, etc. Public 36

Publications

Publications related to the work of LEAP-RE are added to this page as they become available.

Geothermal Atlas For Africa

Khairy et al., “Sensitivity of oil shale particle surface to the applied load in ball mill”, 2021, Int. J. Coal Prep. Util., vol 1 n.1 (scientific journal publication). Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/19392699.2021.1946801
B. Sanjuan, “Auxiliary chemical geothermometers applied to waters from some East African Rift geothermal areas (Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya) for geothermal exploration” for the 9th African Rift Geothermal (ARGeo) ARGeo Conference in the Republic of Djibouti, November 4 to 6, 2022 (conference submit). Available at: https://theargeo.org/
“Development of simplified models for the individuation of the proper exploitation method for African Geothermal resources” for ECOS 2022 35th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (conference submit). Available at: https://ecos2022.dtu.dk/
Mtabazi, De Bresser, Beekman, Van Wees, Boniface, 2021 (abstract). 2D and 3D lithosphere model of the SW Tanzania rift system, from geological and gravity data. Tanzanian Geological Society Annual Conference, October 2021.
Mtabazi, Beekman, De Bresser, Van Wees, Boniface, 2022 (abstract & extended abstract). 3D forward temperature modelling of the lithosphere in SW Tanzania – Implications for geothermal resources exploration. ARGeo-C9 – 9th African Rift Geothermal Conference. Djibouti, November 2022.
Maddaloni, Braitenberg, Kaban, Tesauro, Delvaux, 2020. The Congo Basin: subsurface structure interpreted using potential field data and constrained by seismic data. Global and Planetary Change 205.
Delvaux, Maddaloni, Tesauro, Braitenberg, 2021. The Congo Basin: stratigraphy and subsurface structure defined by seismic reflection, refraction and well data. Global and Planetary Change 198.
Jones, D.J.R. (2020). A summary of the East Africa Rift Temperature and Heat flow Model (EARTH). British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/20/006. 24pp. Plus dataset.
Jones, D.J.R. (2022). Trans-African Regional Geo-data for the Energy Transition (TARGET) model. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset).

LEDSOL

I. Mocanu, O. Cramariuc, K. Bierwirth, H. Lebik, B. Kodom, M. Mecklin, FOSTERING TRANSNATIONAL RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND EDUCATION THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL EUROPE AND AFRICA COLLABORATION PROJECT, In Proceedings of ICERI 2022, pages 5190-5194, Sevilla (Spania), 7-8 November, 2022.
E. S. Lohan et al., “Standalone Solutions for Clean and Sustainable Water Access in Africa Through Smart UV/LED Disinfection, Solar Energy Utilization, and Wireless Positioning Support,” in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 81882-81899, 2023, DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3300206.
E.S. Lohan et al., “Design and testing of LEDSOL components for sustainable access to clean water in Africa”, submitted at 34th FRUCT conference, in evaluation

LEOPARD

S. Sanfilippo; J. J. Hernández Cabrera; J. Évora; C. M. F. Kébé; E. Kremers; B. Péchiné; J. S. Cardot; A. Rachid; A. K. Tossa; J. Lekoto, Microgrid design optimization in Benin within the LEOPARD project: evaluating the impact of inaccurate load profile estimation, Published in: 2023 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME)

PURAMS

Online article “LNEG is part of the LEAP-RE Consortium on two projects deadling with energy, sustainability and development in Africa“, March 2022. Available at: https://www.lneg.pt/en/lneg-is-part-of-the-leap-re-consortium-on-two-projects-dealing-with-energy-sustainability-and-development-in-africa/

RE4AFAGRI

Falchetta, A., “Research Agenda for Planning and Financing Nexus Development Objectives in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa” (scientific journal submit). Available at
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4024065
Falchetta et al., “M-LED: multi-sectoral latent electricity demand assessment for energy access planning“, 2021, Environ. Res. Letters, vol 16 n.7 (scientific journal
publication). Available at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac0cab
Falchetta, A., “Energy access investment, agricultural profitability, and rural development: time for an integrated approach“, 2021, Envion. Res.: Infrastructure
and Sustainability, vol 1 n.3 (scientific journal publication). Available at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2634-4505/ac3017
Falchetta et al, 2023, “Solar irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: economic feasibility and development potential”, Environmental Research Letters, Vol18, N°9. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/acefe5

RESTART

Golroudbary SR, Kraslawski A, Wilson BP and Lundström M (2023), “Assessment of environmental sustainability of nickel required for mobility transition.” Front. Chem. Eng. 4:978842. doi: 10.3389/fceng.2022.978842
Towards a closed loop recycling process of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries: Recovery of critical metals and electrochemical performance evaluation of a regenerated LiCoO2 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233341)
Comparative performance analysis of NMC cathodes elaborated from recovered and commercial raw materials: A low-temperature molten salt approach for extracting critical metals from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.106603)
Saeed Rahimpour Golroudbary, Mari Lundström, Benjamin P. Wilson, Synergy of green energy technologies through critical materials circularity, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 191, March 2024, 114180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.114180

SETADISMA

D. Poli (UNIPI), D. Fioriti (UNIPI), R. Mereu (POLIMI), AEIT – Sezione Toscana e Umbria – “Le minigrid ibride come strumento per l’elettrificazione sostenibile
delle aree rurali del mondo Ecosystem” (conference publication). Available at: https://www.aeit.it/aeit/eventi/aeit_20220318ww_598.pdf
UH, “Business Model Evaluation Framework for rural Micro-Grid business ecosystem” Applied Energy Journal IEEE conference EEM22 (conference submit). Available at: https://www.eem22.eu/
“Technological Innovation System of Private Mini-Grids in Kenya”, EEM2022 (conference submit). Available at: https://www.eem22.eu/
POLIMI, “Minigrid sizing and the issue of data-paucity in developing countries. A case study in rural Rwanda” at IEW 2022 conference (conference publication). Available at: https://iew.conexio-pse.de/
o UH, “Analysis of Private Mini-Grid Development for Rural Rwanda“, IEEE PES & IAS PowerAfrica Conference5 (conference
publication). Available at: https://ieee-powerafrica.org/
Fioriti et al., “Multiple design options for sizing off-grid microgrids: A novel singleobjective approach to support multi-criteria decision making“, 2022, Sust. En., vol 30, ISSN 2352-4677, (scientific journal publication). Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2022.100644
Dibaba et al., “Feasibility of rural electrification and connectivity—A methodology and case study“, 2022, Ap. En., vol 315, ISSN 0306-2619, (scientific journal publication). Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119013
Amougou C. et al, “LCOE-Based Optimization for the Design of Small Run-of-River Hydropower Plants“, Energies 2022, 15(20), 7507 (scientific publication). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207507
Nicolò Stevanato et al, “Planning third generation minigrids: Multi-objective optimization and brownfield investment approaches in modelling village-scale on-grid and off-grid energy systems” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, Volume 3, 2023, at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2023.100053.

SOCONEXGEN

EURICA

In Living with Energy PovertyPerspectives from the Global North and South, Edited By Paola Velasco Herrejón, Breffní Lennon, Niall P. Dunphy: 17. Demand-side Flexibility to Address Household Energy Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Burkina Faso and Madagascar by Marine Cornelis, Edmond VII Mballa Elanga, and Luc Richaud: https://www.routledge.com/Living-with-Energy-Poverty-Perspectives-from-the-Global-North-and-South/Herrejon-Lennon-Dunphy/p/book/9781032528199
Produzione e consumo sostenibili tra politiche legislative e prassi adattive a cura di Lucia Ruggeri e Adele Emilia Caterini (Escop4Green): Digitalizzazione dell’energia come strumento di empowerment dei consumatori: opportunità e rischi, by Marine Cornelis https://www.edizioniesi.it/pubblicazioni/libri/diritto_storia_filosofia_e_teoria_del_diritto_-_1/diritto_civile__-_1_-_07/produzione-consumo-sostenibili-politiche-legislative-prassi-adattive.html

Communication materials

Communication materials related to LEAP-RE (press releases, newsletters, promotional materials, etc.) are added to this page as they become available.