Vision

Our Vision

Our vision is that universities shall be active partners in the renewable energy transition by providing the relevant research and technology development together with the required human resources.

Our vision is that collaboration and sharing of resources and results shall strengthen each partner in their efforts to contribute to the development of renewable energy technology for a better world.

Our vision is that graduates from the UNETAfrica partners shall have strong technical and scientific training and an outlook for implementation of the results. Our aim is that UNETAfrica, as a Network of Excellence, shall be instrumental in the fulfilment of these visions.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to provide a platform for collaboration and dissemination of renewable energy research and education. The platform will share results and knowledge and inspire partners to take joint project initiatives on both the research and the implementation of the results. Innovation and entrepreneurship is encouraged throughout UNETAfrica.

Renewable energy technology is a quite broad area. The particular area of small scale thermal energy technology has been a strong point of the group in the past, and will be an area where UNETAfrica will excel. Systems to generate and to store thermal energy for cooking and cooling are needed on both household and industrial scales. This calls for innovative solutions of hybrid systems with electrical energy, thermal energy and bioenergy.

Our Objectives

The main goal of the network is to strengthen cooperation, sustainable research and innovation in renewable energy, and build capacity of young researchers among participating institutions.

The specific objectives of the network include:

• Strengthen research collaboration in renewable energy among the partner institution, with particular emphasis on thermal energy systems.
• Joint research and supervision of PhD students in the field of renewable energy; allowing students to benefit from experience of experts from other partner institutions.
• Joint development/review of curriculum in renewable energy; greatly improving the renewable energy courses taught in the partner institutions.
• Promote mobility of students and staffs among partner universities.
• Promotion of female students to pursue higher education and research in renewable energy.
• Sharing of resources such as laboratory facilities and equipment. Each institution builds laboratory facilities in a particular field, hence avoiding duplication of expensive equipment.