Partners
Financial partners
The LIGHTEN-IO project is funded by the European Union under the INTERREG VI Indian Ocean 2021-2027 programme (Action Sheet 1.3), with the Région Réunion acting as Managing Authority. Europe is committed in Réunion through ERDF funding, complemented by a matching contribution from the Région Réunion.
Academic partners
- Université des Mascareignes (UdM) — Mauritius: expertise in renewable energies (solar, wind), energy efficiency and dynamical downscaling. Previous SWIO-Energy partner (2020-2023).
- University of Mauritius (UoM) — Mauritius: expertise in renewable energies and both dynamical and statistical downscaling. Previous SWIO-Energy partner (2020-2023).
- Institut Supérieur de Technologie d’Antananarivo (IST-T) — Madagascar: expertise in renewable energy systems and energy transition in Madagascar; gateway to local energy professionals.
- University of Nairobi (UoN) — Kenya: expertise in hydrogen production pathways and artificial-intelligence methods applied to statistical downscaling.
- Université des Comores (UC) — Comoros: gateway to academic and professional energy stakeholders in the Comoros. Previous IOS-net partner (2019-2022).
Institutional partners
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (IEK-3) — Germany: expertise in renewable potential assessment tools (GLAES, RESkit) and associated training.
- Météo-France — Réunion Island: access to regional meteorological data.
- Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) — Seychelles: provision of SMA station data and expertise on South-West Indian Ocean climate. Previous IOS-net partner (2019-2022).
