ETRELA

Economics & finance, Energy efficiency, Photovoltaics, Solar thermal, Wind energy

The project contributes to a sustainable increase of skilled professionals working within the whole value chain of renewable energy technologies and in the area of energy efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay (ETRELA I) and Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Honduras (ETRELA II).

Current

Client

International Climate Initiative IKI

Services

Academic services, Customer-specific programmes, Train-the-trainer programmes

Countries

Colombia, Brazil, Dominican Republic and Honduras

Year

2019 – 2021 (I) and 2023 – 2027 (II)

ETRELA stands for “Improving, increasing and facilitating access to renewable energy (RE) education and training (E&T) in Latin-America (LA). The project contributes to a sustainable increase of skilled professionals working within the whole value chain of renewable energy technologies and in the area of energy efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean:

in Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay (ETRELA I: 2019 – 2022)
and Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Honduras (ETRELA II: 2023 – 2027)

Objectives

Improve education and training in renewable energy and energy efficiency in Latin America.
Increase education and training in renewable energy and energy efficiency in Latin America.
Facilitate access to renewable energy and energy efficiency education in Latin America.

Target groups

Educational institutions

Partners and funding

ETRELA is a project of IKI, International Climate Initiative, funded by the German government, and is carried out under the leadership of OLADE, the Latin American Energy Organization, with its implementing partners Renewables Academy (RENAC) AG, and FACTOR, and the implementing partners of the Latin American universities:
- Argentina: Universidad de Buenos Aires y el Centro de Estudios de la Actividad Regulatoria Energética (CEARE)
- Brazil: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
- Brazil: Instituto Federal da Paraíba (IFPB. João Pessoa)
- Colombia: Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (UTP)
- Dominican Republic: Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
- Honduras: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
- Peru: La Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
- Uruguay: La Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay

Main project activities in ETRELA under the leadership of Renac

Curricula development and training concepts for wind energy, solar thermal, photovoltaics, energy efficiency and cross cutting technologies
Support partner universities in in BRA, COL, DOM, HON, PER, ARG and UGY in the procurement and implementation of practical training centres for renewable energy and energy efficiency
Conduct online trainings as preparation to Train-the-Trainer programs
Execute Train-the-Trainer programs in all ETRELA countries