Date: 28 September 2021
Location: Amsterdam
Description: Floating Solar Conference will take place on 28 September 2021 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and virtual. More information about the event will follow soon.
Date: 22 – 23 September 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: Ethiopia has set an ambitious target (National Electrification Program-NEP) to supply 100% of its domestic energy demand through renewable energy by 2030, with off-grid solutions for 35% of the population. The government has taken considerable steps to attract private sector investment into the power sector to support its ambitious pipeline of renewable projects and is actively moving from public generation investments to IPPs projects.
The country is working to increase electrification coverage from its current 4,280 MW electricity generation capacity to 17,300 MW by 2025, including power generation projects in solar, hydro, wind, geothermal and biomass sectors. Ethiopia has also embarked on massive energy projects across the country with a view to make it the regional power hub for the Horn of Africa by 2025.
Uganda is richly endowed with abundant energy resources, which are fairly distributed throughout the country. These include solar, hydropower, biomass, geothermal, peat and fossil fuels. The overall renewable energy power generation potential is estimated to be 5,300 MW – an average of 5.1 kWh/m2 of solar energy, an estimated 2,000 MW of hydropower, 450 MW of geothermal amongst others. With only 28% of the population having access to electricity, Uganda presents a huge market potential for alternative technologies such as solar PV systems.
Both countries are heavily promoting decentralized power and appropriate systems such as solar off-grid and mini-grids solutions to address the electricity access deficit.
Date: 21 – 22 September 2021
Location: Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo
Description: Africa Oil & Power (AOP) – in partnership with the African Energy Chamber (AEC) – is launching the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first-ever DRC Energy & Infrastructure Investment Summit. With unrealized potential across all areas of the economy, the DRC’s development requires massive investment. AOP welcomes American, Chinese, European and African energy, mining, construction and power companies to the country.
Date: 21 - 23 September 2021
Location: Landmark Centre, Lagos
Description: Nigeria Energy exhibition and conference is the leading energy event in West Africa. After eight successful annual editions, Nigeria Energy has been rebranded, from Power Nigeria, to reflect the transformation currently sweeping through West Africa’s rapidly growing power sector. Held under the patronage of Nigeria’s Ministry of Power, the exhibition and conference attracts hundreds of local and international suppliers and thousands of professional visitors.
Nigeria Energy caters to the entire value chain, from manufacturers and global industry experts to governments and power industry professionals. Public utilities can meet with consultants, EPC contractors and technology providers to form partnerships and provide solutions for the challenges facing the region’s energy sector.
The event provides a unique platform for exhibitors from around the world to showcase cutting-edge products and services. The exhibition provides an opportunity for buyers and sellers from across the globe to develop international relationships and for investors to discover the opportunities available in the region. Exhibitors and attendees can network and learn through the content-rich conference programme about technology, trends and emerging themes from the public and private sector. An increasing drive for clean energy to supplement the growing demand for conventional power capacity is emerging as a key theme across Africa’s utilities sectors.
Date: 14 - 15 September 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: West Africa’s power sector faces numerous challenges with consistent demand growth, high tariff for industries, affordability and reliability, the question of alternative generation capacities has been brought to the fore.
Bringing electricity to more households and businesses, improving reliability, and harnessing the region’s substantial renewable energy resources—day or night—will help accelerate West Africa’s economic and social transformation.
Over the past decade, the World Bank has financed close to $2.3 billion of investments in infrastructure and reforms in support of the West African Power Pool. Financing and moving towards renewables is considered the key to achieving universal access to electricity by 2030 in the 15 ECOWAS countries.
Future Energy Nigeria will be continuing with its tradition of delivering interactive discussions, podcasts and articles geared towards the entire West Africa region.
Date: 14 - 15 September 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: The East African region is presently experiencing various challenges which must be adequately addressed if the envisioned fully integrated regional power market is to be realised.
It is not only insufficient power generation that stands in the way of the region’s progress but the absence of interconnectors to wheel power across borders as well. The need for investment in power generation facilities and high voltage power lines cannot be overstated. To overcome these challenges, the region must establish itself as a favourable destination for investment and financing.
It is now more important than ever for the East African utility and energy industry to gather and share information, best practices and, most critically, continue doing business. With Future Energy East Africa being well recognised for its contribution to the East African power sector, we will be continuing with this by delivering an East Africa Focus week with content geared towards the region through podcasts, webinars and articles.
Date: 14 September 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: The Solar Show MENA co-located with The Wind Show MENA, is the region’s leading virtual conference and exhibition for renewable energy.
There’s never been a better time for the region’s enewable energy leaders to come together to share their expertise and navigate the new normal.
We just can’t do that in person right now. Solar MENA will bring you insights from 35 of the world’s expert leaders across a series of live presentations, live interviews and live panel debates. Join in live from wherever you are, or watch the sessions on-demand.
Date: 8 - 9 September 2021
Location: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Description: DRC Power, Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition the first international major power, oil & gas conference and exhibition to be held in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year, will be launched in Kinshasa from 8 -9 Sep 2021. This is the first time a major international expo has been held in the DRC capital of Kinshasa to shine the spotlight on the whole spectrum of this sector. Topics include oil and gas upstream to downstream developments, renewable energy such as hydropower and solar power, utilities and smart electricity solutions. Held under the auspices of the DRC President's Office, this inaugural event aims to be the region’s most prominent power and oil & gas event to attract regional and global industry stakeholders, investors, banks, equipment and service providers to invest in the country and region.
Date: 7 - 8 September 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: Solar Energy is the energy of the present and of the future and of course, the way to go. This has been globally ascertained. Manufacturing is at its peak and the advanced countries are taking advantage of the trend. Dependence on fossil fuel for energy generation is already becoming something of the past as there are already electric cars, solar street lights, solar homes, micro and mini grids that run entirely on solar energy.
The conference will allow native government officials, technicians, engineers, solar energy experts and entrepreneurs and business developers to interact and exchange information with representatives from leading international solar companies and foreign government agencies. This opportunity will without doubt stimulate and strengthen direct and indirect cooperation within the international technical and commercial communities, which is a prerequisite for much needed support of the development of sustainable solar energy industries in Africa.
Date: 31 August 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: Africa’s energy potential, especially renewable energy, is enormous, yet only a fraction of it is being currently employed with a total capacity of 13GW. With an installed capacity of 37GW, hydropower provides around a fifth of current capacity but not even a tenth of its total potential is being utilised. Utilities Middle East's Africa Power Summit 2021 aims to bring together key stakeholders within the utilities space including investors, government bodies and financial institutions to discuss investment opportunities within the African electric utilities sector and how to penetrate the market.
Date: 24 - 25 August 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: Built on 24 years of history, The Solar Show Africa is about innovation, investment and infrastructure – energy for the people!
It is about the big ideas, market disruptions and keeping our finger on the pulse of trends that can meet our energy demands and change the daily lives of all Africans across the continent.
The show is intentionally designed to inspire and encourage knowledge exchange, project opportunities and to showcase disruptors who promise solutions that are transforming how we generate and supply energy in Africa.
Date: 24 - 25 August 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: Built on 24 years of history, The Solar Show Africa is about innovation, investment and infrastructure – energy for the people!
It is about the big ideas, market disruptions and keeping our finger on the pulse of trends that can meet our energy demands and change the daily lives of all Africans across the continent.
The show is intentionally designed to inspire and encourage knowledge exchange, project opportunities and to showcase disruptors who promise solutions that are transforming how we generate and supply energy in Africa.
Date: 23 – 27 August 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: Join IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES), Industrial Applications Society (IAS) and IEEE Kenya Section for the 8th Annual Power Africa Conference on “Regional Integration, Emerging Trends and Energy Sustainability in Advancing Africa’s Economic Progress” to be held virtually from August 23 to August 27, 2021.
Date: 8 - 9 July 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: The Global Solar Council Virtual Forum is a two-day online event showcasing the enormous potential of solar power to bring about a clean, fair and sustainable future and enable quality employment in all regions of the world, from cities to rural communities.
Through a series of thematic and matchmaking sessions, International institutions, industry associations and other stakeholders of the solar sector cooperate to analyze the integrated actions needed to take up solar PV’s unique opportunity to power a green recovery, accelerate decarbonization trajectories and enable progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
The event has a special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and the role solar power can play in addressing the issue of access to power, deploying clean energy at all scales, and providing a critical assist for more democratic development governance. This session is organised in cooperation with SolarPower Europe, and supported by GET.invest, a European programme which mobilises investments in decentralised renewable energy, supported by the European Union, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria.
Date: 29 - 30 June 2021
Location: Juba, South Sudan & Online
Description: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, South Sudan Oil & Power 2020 has been postponed to June 2021.
South Sudan Oil & Power (SSOP), the nation’s energy conference, returns to Juba for its 4th edition leading the future of investment and development in the country.
Organized under the Ministry of Petroleum and the Ministry of Energy and Dams, SSOP 2021 strives to increase capital investments in hydrocarbons, infrastructure, power generation and technology.
Date: 24 June - 1 July 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: Since the Summit began in 2015, the event has attracted Ministerial and Governmental participation from African countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia.
Each year, these leaders join U.S stakeholders Power Africa, U.S. Exim Bank, U.S International Development Finance Corporation, M.C.C, The World Bank, IFC, USTDA, institutional investors, private capital investors, and private technology and service providers to accelerate investment into Africa’s energy sector.
Date: 23 June 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: The B2B Networking event you don’t want to miss!
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Date: 23 June 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: To provide sustainable energy for all, we urgently need to enhance the efficiency and affordability of high performing appliances. The Efficiency for Access Design Challenge invites teams of university students to create affordable and high-performing off-grid appliances and supportive technologies.
The Grand Final will showcase some of the amazing submissions we have received this year, as well as a prize giving ceremony awarding students with the most innovative designs. Featuring presentations from off-grid industry experts and a panel discussion; ‘how do we truly achieve inclusive energy access?’, it will give you the chance to hear insights into the future of the off-grid industry.
Date: 22 – 24 June 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: The East African Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Efficiency (EACREEE) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) will be co-organising the second edition of the Sustainable Energy Forum for East Africa (SEFEA) on 22-24 June 2021. The event is supported by GET.invest, a European programme supported by the European Union, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria; and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The event will be held in English and French with simultaneous translations.
Date: 22 – 23 June 2021
Location: Virtual
Description: The 2021 edition of Infrastructure Africa will be hosted as a virtual conference to keep sharing information relating to the business opportunity around infrastructure development in Africa. The virtual event will be hosted on 22 – 23 June 2021. Infrastructure Africa will connect industry stakeholders, foster dialogue, provide leading-edge information, promote investment and expansion, as well as facilitate business development around Africa’s growth and infrastructure needs.
Connect with infrastructure professionals at Infrastructure Africa, gain access to leading-edge innovation and knowledge, access infrastructure project opportunities and grow your business.
Join the infrastructure industry meeting, from the comfort of your office or home.
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