Created in the wake of the 1992 Rio Summit, the e8 is a non-profit international organization, composed of nine leading electricity companies from the G8 countries, which promotes sustainable energy development through electricity sector projects and human capacity building activities in developing nations worldwide.
Implementing sustainable energy development within the international framework on climate change, the e8, in partnership with UN experts and local partners, develops renewable energy projects and human capacity building activities across regions, contributing to bringing energy to some of the two billion people around the world still without access to this essential resource while mitigating the effects of green house gas emissions on climate.
The e8 San Cristobal Wind Project, Ecuador’s and the Galapagos Islands’ first wind park, was officially inaugurated by partners at a Dedication Ceremony on San Cristobal, Galapagos, on March 18, 2008.
[e8 San Cristobal Wind and Solar Project Publication]
The e8 inaugurated the first grid-connected solar power system of the Pacific Island of Tuvalu on February 21, 2008.
The e8 San Cristobal Wind Project: A first step in Ecuador’s strategy to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in the Galapagos Archipelago by 2015.
Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa, on the Project Site on February 18, 2008
[Press Release]
The e8 at the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, December 3-14, 2007
e8 Exhibit and Side Event under the theme:
Transfer of technological expertise for climate change mitigation: The e8 experience
[More Info & Side Event Presentations]
NEW
e8 Policy Position Paper:
The Importance of Large Hydro, Clean Coal and Nuclear Technologies within a Future Framework on Climate Change
e8 Publication
Energy in Action - The e8’s sustainable energy projects and human capacity building activities worldwide
Major global environmental and social issues that affect the electric utility industry are considered to be the top priorities of the e8.
The issues of sustainable development, climate change, social trust, and internationalisation are the focus of the e8's actions.