Promoting off-grid solar photovoltaic standards: ROGEAP provides training for stakeholders in Chad.
(2 June 2025, N’DJAMENA, Republic of Chad).
Just over thirty participants, mainly from the Ministries of Energy, Industry and Trade and other national bodies such as standardisation agencies, rural electrification organisations, renewable energy organisations, the private sector and consumer associations, met in N’DJAMENA in the Republic of Chad from 2 to 3 June 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 objective of this workshop is to enable the various national stakeholders to gain a thorough understanding of the two standards for off-grid solar photovoltaic products up to 350 Wp (ECOSTAND IEC TS 62257-9-5 and ECOSTAND IEC TS 62257-9-8), with a view to facilitating their implementation at national level.
At the end of the two-day meeting, the various participants will:
- 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 adopted standards 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 speeches, the various representatives from the Ministries of Trade and Energy thanked ECOWAS, through ROGEAP, for helping Chadian stakeholders to implement these standards, and undertook to disseminate them widely at all levels.
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 sub-Saharan Africa.
It is implemented by the ECOWAS Commission through the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation.
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