Market players and enablers, in renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) in the SADC Region, face numerous constraints, chief among them being limited capacities to identify, develop, and implement innovative renewable energy projects.
SACREEE activities in this area include the following
In particular, the region lacks conditions and infrastructure to support clean technology innovations by SMEs. There are very few platforms to identify innovators, develop their ideas and provide them with skills and knowledge and ultimately link them to financing so that new technologies could be developed, scaled, and become mainstream. Therefore SACREEE launched a specific SADC Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility