In Memory of Abeeku Brew-Hammond, Innovator and Campaigner for Sustainable Energy

It is with the greatest sadness that I have to write about the sudden passing of a colleague, co-author, and most importantly, a friend, Abeeku Brew-Hammond, who passed away on March 25, 2013.

Abeeku had an incredibly rich and interdisciplinary career in energy.  At his passing he was an associate professor, and director of The Energy Centre (TEC) at the College of Engineering of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana.

Abeeku was also Board Chairman for the national Energy Commission of Ghana as well as a member of the Technical Group under the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All).  These two roles, impressive as they are individually, together highlight what is most significant about

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