Promoting off-grid solar photovoltaic standards: ECOWAS, through ROGEAP, provides training and raises awareness amongst stakeholders in Cameroon.c
(26 May 2025, Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon).
Some thirty participants, mainly from the Ministries of Energy, Industry and Trade and other national bodies such as standardisation agencies, rural electrification organisations, renewable energy bodies, the private sector and consumer associations, met in Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon, from 26 to 27 May 2025, for training and awareness-raising on off-grid solar photovoltaic standards as part of the ‘ROGEAP’ project.
(ECOSTAND IEC TS 62257-9-5 and ECOSTAND IEC TS 62257-9-8).
The main aim of the workshop was to familiarise the various national stakeholders with the two standards for off-grid solar photovoltaic products up to 350Wp (ECOSTAND IEC TS 62257-9-5 and ECOSTAND IEC TS 62257-9-8), thereby facilitating their implementation at national level.
At the end of the two-day meeting, the various participants:
- Have a good understanding of quality standards for off-grid solar products and stand-alone PV kits);
- Familiarise yourself with definitions, quality standards and test methods;
- To be able to provide accurate information to the other stakeholders concerned about the two standards that have been adopted and to raise awareness amongst the general public;
- Understand how the two standards are to be applied in accordance with current legislation;
- Be able to carry out conformity assessment of off-grid solar PV products (in accordance with relevant standards), market surveillance and;
- Disseminate information to the general public.
In their presentations, the various representatives from the Ministries of Trade and Energy thanked ECOWAS for helping Cameroon to implement these standards, and undertook to disseminate them widely at all levels.
After Yaoundé, the standards outreach tour will head to Douala for the same event from the 29th to the 30th.
As a reminder, ‘ROGEAP’ is a project jointly funded by the World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund and the Government of the Netherlands, and covers 19 countries in Saharan Africa.
It is implemented by the ECOWAS Commission through the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation.
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