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Waste management in Colombia, Energy efficiency in Somaliland and mobility solutions in China – these are just a few examples of projects that have started as a result of Smart City Sweden. The visit platform works to demonstrate sustainable city solutions from Sweden and welcomes delegations from all over the world. The result is over 20 projects on four different continents.
Since 2017, Smart City Sweden has welcomed decision-makers and stakeholders from all over the world who are interested in finding sustainable city solutions that fit the needs of their local context. The platform demonstrates solutions in mobility, urban planning, social sustainability, energy and climate. During the years, Smart City Sweden has welcomed thousands of people and hundreds of delegations from 79 countries.
Studies on four continents
In 2020, Smart City Sweden welcomed 1700 visitors, mostly online, from 55 different countries. The visits from the last years have resulted in about 20 pre-feasibility studies being conducted in countries all around the world, where it is investigated if the sustainable solutions from Sweden can be implemented in that specific context.
– Sweden has a lot of experience and solutions when it comes to sustainability. All countries that are part of the Paris agreement need to implement sustainable solutions to reach the Global Goals, and Sweden, and Swedish companies, can play a part in that transition, says Gina Aspelin Hedbring, Project Manager at Smart City Sweden.
From visits to implementation
Swedish companies have participated in delivering the technical solutions, as well as the know-how while conducting the studies and several of the studies are already becoming a reality. In Somaliland, four studies were conducted, and streetlights run by solar power have already been installed. In Rugao, China, biogas buses are now rolling, and in Karu, Nigeria, a project to improve waste management has started.
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The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEC), the state agency in charge of generating electricity, Ethiopia will start selling electricity to the neighboring Kenya as of next November.
This is indicated by Hiwot Eshetu, acting head of Marketing and Business Development at EEC, who indicated that Ethiopia will sell electricity for Kenya for the coming 25 years. The energy deal between the two countries has three phases.
During the first phase which is the first three years, Ethiopia will be selling between 25 megawatts to 200 megawatts depending on pick hours and down hours. During the second three years period the volume of energy Ethiopia will supply to Kenya will be increased up to 400 megawatts starting from 150 megawatts.
During the third phase after the first six years, Kenya will be purchasing 400 megawatts of electricity from Ethiopia annually on average, according to Mr. Hiwot, who indicated that Ethiopia will be charging Kenya 6.5 US cents for a kilowatt-hour energy.
He indicated that after five years there will be new negotiations about the tariff of the energy Ethiopia will be selling to Kenya. It is recalled that Ethiopia is at the moment earning over $100 million dollars annually from selling electricity to neighboring Djibouti and Sudan.
By expanding its market, Ethiopia has also inked memorandum of understanding with South Sudan, Somaliland, and Tanzania to supply electricity from renewable energy sources mainly hydropower.
It is recalled that the African Development Bank has financed the highway and electricity power transmission line connecting Ethiopia with Kenya. Though the electricity linkage between the two countries was delayed, initially it was anticipated to commence in 2018.
In addition to Kenya, other East African countries were supposed to benefit by importing cheaper power from Ethiopia. Initially, businesses and industries were also anticipated to benefit by AfDB, with around 3,100 GWh of additional energy by 2018, and was planned to increase to around 5,100 GWh by 2022.
Likewise, in July 2021 the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved two grants worth $83.6 million to boost cross-border trade in electricity between Ethiopia and Djibouti and to deepen integration in the Horn of Africa sub-region.
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