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Record
Bring renewable energy project information together, including technology, location, capacity, and installation details where available.
Renewable Energy Log
Our mission · Africa's energy transition
Making Africa's renewable energy transition visible.
Renewable energy projects are transforming communities across Africa. REL exists to help document that progress, map where it is happening, and make project information more useful to the people shaping the continent's energy future.
The challenge
Progress is happening. But is it being seen?
Across Africa, renewable energy deployment takes many forms: rooftop solar systems, rural mini-grids, hybrid installations, wind farms, hydropower, and biomass projects.
Yet information about these installations can be scattered across organizations, project reports, and local records. Without a clearer picture of where systems are located and how deployment is evolving, understanding the bigger picture becomes more difficult.
The opportunity
A clearer picture of renewable energy deployment.
Better-organized project information and geospatial visibility can help researchers, planners, developers, and investors understand where renewable energy is being deployed and where further investigation is needed.
Renewable Energy Log
Documenting the systems shaping Africa's energy future.
About REL
A geographic view of the clean energy transition.
Renewable Energy Log (REL) is a geospatial platform designed to document, map, and organize information about renewable energy projects across Africa.
From a small solar home system in rural Cameroon to a community mini-grid in Nigeria, REL aims to bring individual installations into a broader geographic picture.
By connecting project information with location data, the platform helps users explore renewable energy deployment beyond individual projects and better understand regional patterns.
Every project tells a story. Together, those stories reveal a bigger picture.
How REL works
From individual installations to a bigger picture.
REL connects project information with geographic context to make renewable energy deployment easier to explore.
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Map
Put project locations into geographic context to make renewable energy deployment easier to explore and understand.
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Understand
Use organized project information and geospatial analysis to investigate deployment patterns and potential opportunities.
Why it matters
Better information can support better energy decisions.
Renewable energy data has value beyond the individual installation. When project information can be explored geographically, it becomes easier to investigate trends, compare locations, and identify questions that deserve further attention.
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Greater visibility
Make renewable energy projects easier to discover and understand in their geographic context.
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Geographic insight
Explore where projects are located and how deployment varies across regions.
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Informed research
Support the investigation of energy access, technology adoption, and deployment trends.
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Better planning
Provide geographic context for planning and development discussions.
Who REL serves
One platform. Different perspectives. A shared energy future.
Renewable energy information can support the people installing systems, studying deployment, and planning future energy infrastructure.
Project visibility01
Installers & Energy Companies
Showcase renewable energy projects, document installations, and increase the visibility of your work to potential clients and partners.
Research & analysis02
Researchers & Analysts
Explore the geographic distribution of renewable energy systems and investigate deployment patterns across different regions.
Evidence-informed planning03
Policymakers & Development Partners
Use geographic context and renewable energy project information to inform planning, research, and development initiatives.
Our mission
Built with Africa's energy realities in mind.
REL recognizes the diversity of Africa's energy landscape: from standalone solar and rural mini-grids to wind, hydropower, biomass, and hybrid systems. Our mission is to make renewable energy deployment more visible through project information and geospatial intelligence, helping build a clearer picture of the continent's evolving energy future.
We believe that a better understanding of where renewable energy systems exist is an important step toward more informed research, planning, and investment.
Be part of the bigger picture
Help make renewable energy deployment more visible.
Explore the platform and discover how geospatial information can provide a clearer view of renewable energy projects across Africa.