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NRECA International
Non-profit Organizations
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We power communities and empower people to improve their quality of life
About us
Since 1962, NRECA International has empowered more than 160 million people worldwide to improve their quality of life by providing them access to safe, reliable and affordable electricity. This is accomplished by a diverse team of engineers, rural electrification experts, financial analysts and more, who design and implement successful rural electrification programs that bring power to communities. We have helped establish more than 250 electric utilities and electric cooperatives in 48 countries. For the millions of people who have benefitted from our work, we remain committed to improving education, healthcare, and economic opportunities through sustainable electrification.
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http://www.nrecainternational.coop
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- 51-200 employees
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- Arlington, Virginia
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1962
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- renewable energy, rural electrification, electrification strategy and planning, electric cooperative development, off grid utility design, smart grid planning, and geospatial electrification design
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Our team members travel the world to share their skills and knowledge with our partners. Meet Rakibul Islam Roni, our GIS Manager based in our Bangladesh office who recently spent time in Zambia to support our Zambia Electric Cooperative Development Program, which is funded by USAID in partnership with Rural Electrification Authority Zambia. #ItStartsWithPower - but it takes good people to make good things happen. Thank you, Rakibul.
Over the past two weeks (4–15 November 2024), I had the privilege of conducting a workshop in Zambia with the dedicated team from the Rural Electrification Authority (REA). The training, held under the Rural Electrification Master Plan (REMP), focused on electrification planning, geospatial modeling, and web visualization platforms. This initiative, a part of the Zambia Electric Cooperative Development Programme (ZECDP), highlights the crucial collaboration between REA and NRECA International to enhance rural electricity access. It was an honor to contribute to building capacity in geospatial tools that will support informed decision-making and effective implementation strategies for rural electrification. #ElectrificationPlanning #GeospatialModeling #Zambia #REA #NRECA #ElectrificationMasterPlan
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NEWS ALERT! Our team sent this update from Ntatumbila where we are helping establish the Ntatumbila Power Electric Cooperative -- through our Zambia Electric Cooperative Development Program, funded by USAID in partnership with Rural Electrification Authority Zambia. Today, after weeks of hard work, the crew connected the distribution feeders to the powerhouse -- one of the final steps to begin testing the system! Thank you Aaron Mineen, Brandon Simons and Frank Bergh, P.E. for the live updates. And for your hard work! #ItStartsWithPower.
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"The coming of electricity will change our lives. You’ll find big shops, big salons, big barber shops. A lot of things will mushroom in our area. After a year, this community will change" - Caswell Silavwe, Ntatumbila Power Electric Cooperative Chairman. Read a story about the commitment of our Zambia Electric Cooperative Development Program team to help establish two electric #cooperatives in #Zambia. This program is funded by USAID and in partnership with Rural Electrification Authority Zambia. #ItStartsWithPower https://lnkd.in/eqSmewhQ
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"The work we do, it's about changing people's lives. It's about that grandmother in the village and also the young child in the classroom, what changes would, will electricity bring?" - Doreen Chipika Bwalya, our ZECDP program manager in Zambia. Spend some time watching this story of the collaborative work our team in Zambia is doing to help rural communities establish electric #cooperatives to improve their lives. The Zambia Electric Cooperative Development Program is funded by the USAID's Cooperative Development Program, in partnership with the Rural Electrification Authority Zambia. #ItStartsWithPower
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⚡️🔌 In Malawi, the USAID-funded Cooperative Development Program partners with NRECA International to provide rural communities with reliable and affordable electricity access. Through this partnership, USAID supports the development of community-led electric cooperatives that deliver sustainable energy access. 💡 Learn more about this partnership during #NationalCoopMonth! #WorkWithUSAID #ElectricCoops
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Our team in Malawi led by Ben Smith is implementing the Clean Energy Cooperatives Program (CECP), funded by USAID. They're off to a strong start to establish five electric co-ops in the next four years, with a lot of cooperation and support from the government of Malawi. Read about the recent Cooperative Development Forum attended by many stakeholders including Ministry of Energy-Malawi, and a trip to the Philipppines that followed. The team has been busy! https://lnkd.in/d7_yYdFr #ItStartsWithPower
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Check out this opportunity to be part of our electric #cooperative development work in #Zambia! Our Zambia Electric Cooperative Development Program team in #Lusaka is looking for a mid-term evaluation consultant. Deadline for applications is October 31 -- Learn more👇🏽 👇🏽 👇🏽 https://lnkd.in/gYFj4qZJ #ItStartsWithPower
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We look forward to working with USTDA and Weza Power to lay the foundation for increasing energy access in Burundi that will ultimately improve lives. #ItStartsWithPower
Today, USTDA announced that it has awarded a feasibility study grant to Burundi-based Weza Power SURL to help develop a rural electric utility with the capacity to connect nine million people to the national grid. Weza Power selected Washington, D.C.-based non-profit NRECA International to conduct the study. Details: https://lnkd.in/eHQG5MZT Access to electricity in Burundi is less than 2% for rural communities and 11% nationally; full implementation of the project is expected to increase access to 70% and 76%, respectively. The USTDA-funded study will help lay the groundwork for the creation of the utility and recommend pathways for unlocking additional financing and deploying innovative U.S.-made technologies and services. By adding a U.S. commercial nexus to the project, USTDA’s work will complement development assistance provided by USAID, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and U.S. government-led Power Africa initiative. Prosper Africa #Burundi #Electricity #Connectivity #GlobalClimatePartnership
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Watch this recording of a panel discussion held earlier this year at NRECA's #PowerXchange24 in San Antonio, where panelists talked about why the electric co-op model is the solution to bring energy access to Zambia's rural communities. We were privileged to have insights from Linus Chanda, CEO of the Rural Electrification Authority Zambia, Doreen Chipika Bwalya, our program manager for the USAID-funded Zambia Electric Cooperative Development Program, Miles Kuschel, Board Chair of Todd-Wadena Electric Co-op, and our vice president, Nicholas Allen. Zuraidah Hoffman moderated the discussion. #ItStartsWithPower https://lnkd.in/dtNfzJYU
Supporting Electric Cooperative Development in Zambia
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