BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week, with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office, public and private representatives from Tajikistan's energy sector dealing with renewable energy and energy efficiency met educational specialists from Germany's Renewables Academy (RENAC) in Dushanbe to define training needs along the value chains. The bilateral talks and workshops formed part of RENAC's accomplished "TREE - Transfer Renewable Energy & Efficiency" international training program, whose aim is to develop national strategies for training specialists in the development of sustainable energy supplies.
On the moment Tajikistan generates almost 98 percent of its electricity from hydropower plants, but it could satisfy as much as 10-20 percent of national energy demands with solar energy. Moreover, Tajikistan could generate almost 20 times more energy from its hydro resources than it does at the moment. This would enable the country to satisfy domestic consumption and, furthermore, to benefit from electricity exports to neighboring countries. However, one of the biggest challenges is the training of personnel with appropriate skills. In addition suitable political and economic conditions must be created.
During the Tajik-German talks and workshops, the requirements and conditions for a training program on renewable energy and energy efficiency issues in the country’s educational institutions and for different professional groups were defined, and strategies developed for their implementation in practice. To follow this up, RENAC is planning a series of training courses for policy makers, to be held next year, on creating effective policy frameworks for the development of renewable energies, together with other courses dealing with the implementation of the technologies in practice.
RENAC, based in Berlin (Germany), has already been supporting the development of the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector on an international scale over the last 3 years through its internationally recognized TREE education project. To date, with the support of the German Federal Environment Ministry, courses have been undertaken with participants from more than 50 countries. In November the German Federal Foreign Office took over promotion of the project. Tajikistan has been included in the list of target countries, together with others such as Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine. The TREE project has already won acclaim, both nationally and internationally, through a number of awards.
About RENAC: RENAC, based in Berlin, is an international provider of education and training and other services related to professional education in renewable energies and energy efficiency. Its range of services includes open and in-house courses, e-learning, consultancy and support of third parties in course design - from drawing up of curricula through to setting up training centers.
Further Information: www.renac.de and www.tree-project.de
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