Date & Time: 30 November 2021

Organizers: ALER and AMER

Description: ALER (Lusophone Renewable Energy Association) and AMER (Mozambican Renewable Energy Association), with the support of GET.invest Mozambique - funded by the European Union and Germany, and part of the European programme GET.invest,are organising the "Renewables for Self-consumption in Mozambique" conference on 30th November 2021.

The goal of the event is to present the self-consumption market potential in Mozambique, in particular in the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) sector, characterize its demand and give voice to its clients, while also raising awareness about the potential of renewable energies to tackle consumers’ energy needs.

The programme is divided into four panels. In the morning, the regulatory framework and the advantages and benefits of renewable’s self-consumption projects will be discussed, and in the afternoon relevant case studies and the topic of financing these projects will be presented. 

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Date & Time: 29 November 2021 at 2 pm GMT

Organizers: PV Magazine

Description: An increasing number of people choose to design their PV system so it can be used even when the grid power has gone – as a back-up, so to speak. But there are markets where off-grid PV is not the back-up solution, but it is the primary source of power. There are numerous examples ranging from holiday homes and house boats in the south of Europe, to remote farmhouses, and rural regions in Africa and Asia where people don’t always have grid access.

To this end, the webinar partner Solis has introduced its latest off-grid inverter which kicks into life at a mere 500 V input voltage. That gives the device an advantage during morning and evening hours, when system voltages will drop a bit. And as versatile as the list of possible users for an off-grid inverter is the list of Solis’ functions it has packed into machine.

Webinar content:

• Off-Grid solar different use cases;
• The biggest markets for off-grid solar;
• What functions should off-grid inverters have;
• Q&A. 

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Date & Time: 25 November 2021 at 12 pm GMT

Organizers: ESI Africa

Description: Operational Technology (OT) Leaders continue to face cybersecurity challenges as the shift to work from home due to the pandemic has accelerated IT-OT network convergence.

This accelerated digital transformation puts OT Organizations at increased risk to cyber-attacks.

Join for a high-level discussion around the Future cybersecurity considerations of the energy sector for Africa and how the Fortinet Security Fabric can enable the Energy Sector. 

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Date & Time: 25 November

Organizers: SAPVIA

Description: Considering the energy trends over the last year, it’s clear that solar PV and energy storage is creating an attractive solution to the energy requirement from small-scale residential application all the way through to utility-scale plants. While solar PV and energy storage continues to grow in popularity, we will discuss the possibilities in the south African distributed generation market segment. The future is bright as we look at more opportunities to advance the distributed solar PV (and energy storage) agenda. 

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Date: 16 November 2021

Organizer: ESI Africa

Description: The number of solar PV systems being installed worldwide continues to increase as prices fall and decarbonisation incentives ramp up.  

Field studies show that a significant number of modules fail in the field long before their expected end of lifetime, and often within the first ten years. This shows that the IEC testing is not sufficient to predict the long term durability and reliability of solar PV modules.  

Testing and certification of modules can also play a big part in the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of a solar PV system. But, why do some modules end up costing more than others, even if they all are deemed “tier 1”? 

During this webinar, it will be discuss what these extended reliability tests really mean for the quality, reliability and performance of Solar PV modules. 

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Date & Time: 16 November 2021 at 3 pm CET

Organizers: GOGLA and IFC Lighting Global

Description: Accounting policies play a crucial but often overlooked role in the management of any company. As a relatively new sector operating primarily in emerging markets, the PAYGo solar sector confronts this regularly. PAYGo solar companies have a challenge deciding which accounting policies they can or should use to manage their businesses and present them to the outside world. Investors in turn may find it difficult to understand what accounting standards a PAYGo company is using and how this affects its financial position or compares to its competitors.

The proliferation of accounting practices across PAYGo firms emerged as an important topic during the PAYGo PERFORM initiative–the different practices used could produce substantial impacts on the calculation of the PERFORM KPIs, and in turn make a comparison of the KPIs across companies more difficult. To help address this, IFC Lighting Global and GOGLA commissioned MFR to produce a review of accounting practices in the PAYGo sector, with the goal of increasing awareness and transparency of the different accounting treatments used in PAYGo firms and their impact on financial reporting.

Join on November 16 at 3:00 pm CET where GOGLA and IFC Lighting Global will officially launch this Accounting Brief. The webinar will introduce the participants to the brief, share an overview of the accounting policies used by PAYGo solar companies, and review the impacts this can have on financial reporting and the PERFORM KPIs, using data collected from a group of PAYGo companies that devoted valuable time to share their practices. 

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Date: 9 November 2021

Organizer: ESI Africa

Description: Digitisation is playing an important role in achieving NetZero, especially in support of the intermittency, reduced fault levels and network capacity issues resulting from the growth in distributed energy resources.

The distributed nature of renewable energy sources requires intelligence to be implemented in unmanned substations. As smart switchgear and other nodes are becoming an integral part of network designs, it is essential they are suitably robust for the environment and contribute to increasing the reliability of the networks.  

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Date: 27 October 2021

Organizer: ESI Africa

Description: Wind + solar with a slice of energy storage = reliable, dispatchable power that up to now has always been the preserve of fossil fuel generation. One site, one interconnection, many MW of clean, grid-friendly energy. That is the promise of the minigrid system. 

The experience of mines in Africa, who are building minigrids for their mining operations, though could point the way towards decarbonisation of energy systems. The need for a reliable own generation has become the mother of invention when it comes to bringing renewable energy to mining companies through minigrids.

What then are the lessons mines are learning about creating their own renewable energy systems.  

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Date & Time: 26 October 2021 at 2:30 pm GMT

Organizer: ESI Africa

Description: The energy industry is on the threshold of the energy revolution where innovation has become a critical need: the energy transition requires rapid, cost-effective and scalable solutions to ensure a sustainable ecosystem that is Environmental Social Governance (ESG).

In this live webinar, we have called on experts to help us better navigate these overwhelming concepts and understand how to approach the many barriers which can fundamentally be supported by flexible, and intelligent IT systems and models.  

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Date: 20 October 2021

Organizer: AEEP

Description: Africa and Europe are powerful partners that share the goal of realising access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. Aligning Energies for a Green and Prosperous Africa, the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) is holding its Forum on 20 October 2021 to discuss shared priorities in achieving that goal. To make SDG7 a reality requires concerted efforts across the broadest possible range of stakeholders. It will rely on innovations and insights from business, civil society and research. And it will need the engagement of thought leaders and practitioners across all sectors and society groups. Learning about and aligning these perspectives is the first step in engendering joint action.  

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Date: 14 October 2021

Organizer: ALER

Description: The second edition of the ALER Talks will take place on October 14th at 10am (GMT+1), and will have as its theme, the "Role of National Banks in Financing the Renewable Energy Sector". 

The reason for choosing this theme is that investments in renewable energy in Portuguese-speaking countries, like the rest of Africa, are mostly for independent energy producers (IPP) with origin in multilateral entities or Financial Institutions for Development (DFI), due to the favorable conditions that this type of entities can offer, in a project model Finance, in foreign capital and foreign currency.  

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Date & Time: 13 October 2021 at 2 pm CEST

Organizers: Alliance for Rural Electrification and Green People’s Energy

Description: The Alliance for Rural Electrification and Green People’s Energy are organising the third webinar titled "Regulation & Policies to Achieve a Clean Energy Transition with Decentralised Renewable Energy" at 14.00-15.30 CEST on 13 October 2021 under their joint PWCET Series initiative.

Fuelled by decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions, the energy sector is evolving rapidly and undergoing a disruptive transformation. This ongoing energy transition is a central building block to a secure, environmentally-friendly, and economically successful supply of universal access to modern energy services. It is crucial that their integration is timely to achieve other interlinked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as healthcare, livelihoods, water and education.

The objective of this webinar is to bring together experts from Germany and different regions from Africa to discuss effective regulatory and policy development mechanisms and the shortcomings that are relevant for the wider rollout of DRE solutions to ensure a just and clean energy transition.  

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Date & Time: 13 October 2021 at 11 am EAT

Organizer: Solar Quarter Webinars

Description: SolarRoofs Eastern Africa is an exclusive event for the East African Nations - Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. With a gathering of top professionals from the industry. Attendees of this event include CEOs and other senior company officials driving the rapid growth of this sector.

The Eastern Africa region has been hailed as a prime location for solar energy development and support the region’s transition to a low-carbon growth path as it experiences very high levels of solar irradiation throughout the whole year. Some areas of East Africa have irradiation concentrations reaching over 2,400 kilowatt-hours per square metre and are among the highest levels in the world. The solar power potential of the East African Community (EAC) is estimated at 73.1 trillion kilowatt hours per year using PV technologies. Investment activity is already evident in the East African region, Global investment in off-grid solar reportedly reached a record USD 276 Million out of which approximately half was raised by companies entering into or expanding their activities in, the EAC region. The countries show great potential, but still have a long way to go in terms of solar energy development. The IEA predicts that, by 2040, renewables will potentially provide more than 40% of all power generation capacity in the region.

In this event, it will be discuss Eastern Africa's solar rooftop mission, key challenges, and opportunities in pv rooftop segment, technology advancements, and investors perspective in commercial, industrial, and residential space.  

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Date: 30 September 2021

Organizer: SAPVIA

Description: Constructing solar PV plants is a multifaceted undertaking involving considerable amounts of time, money, and expertise. Applying the regulatory hurdles associated with distributed generation projects creates a level of complexity that needs to be better understood. This session will focus on the various stages of building a distributed solar PV project. Each stage brings new relevant information, contributing to the performance, output, and costs of the solar PV plant.

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Date: 30 September 2021

Organizer: ASAER

Description: On September 30th, the event “ASAER and the promotion of renewable energy in Angola” will take place, with the purpose to introduce the new Association and encourage the promotion of renewable energy in Angola.

The event, organized by ASAER, in partnership with ALER and, with the support of Get.Invest and the British Embassy, will take place in the Auditorium of the Kilamba Building, in Marginal, from 9am to 1pm and will have online transmission. The panel of speakers will be composed by several members, from government representatives to companies, funding institutions and promoters, who play an important role in promoting renewable energy in Angola.

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Date: 29 September 2021

Organizer: IRENA

Description: This event will serve as a forum for continental discussions on how NDCs are driving energy transformation and inclusive development. IRENA will showcase the existing renewable energy technology and innovation options available to African governments to help implement mitigation and adaptation measures in line with net-zero by midcentury commitments under the Paris Agreement. Participants will hear from representatives from international organisations on support and advise rendered to countries on implementation of NDCs. In addition, representatives from governments will provide insights into the work done to achieve climate action and sustainable development goals through prioritization of renewable energy development.

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Date: 28 September 2021

Organizer: EnAccess Foundation

Description: Why do people and companies in Energy Access make the conscious decision to use open source materials? This time around, the panelists will dive into a conversation about Open Source from the adopters point of view. If you have been considering using open source materials in your own work and want to hear how and why others choose to do the same, you’ll definitely want to join.

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Date: 28 September 2021

Organizer: Rolls-Royce

Description: Rolls-Royce SMR would like to invite you to an intimate panel discussion with speakers representing the African public sector, private industry players and Rolls-Royce’s nuclear technology experts.

It will be discuss the role of nuclear in the energy transition to a low carbon future; hear from young nuclear rising stars about the future capability of nuclear in their country; and debate on policy and resource mobilisation required today to make nuclear a viable solution across Africa tomorrow.

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Date: 23 September 2021

Organizer: IRENA

Description: Renewable-based district heating and cooling systems can be a key component of smart energy systems and at the same time play a major role in the reduction of carbon intensity in the building sector. Geothermal is one of the renewable energy resources which can be integrated into district energy systems to decarbonise the building sector through the supply of space heating and/or cooling and domestic hot water.

Though widely available, geothermal resources remain largely underutilised due to challenges related to public perception, policies, financing, regulations and capacity. Therefore, the establishment of enabling frameworks as well as development of innovative tools and methodologies could support the accelerated deployment of geothermal energy into district energy systems. In this regard, more effort is required by different stakeholders to promote the increased development and utilisation of geothermal resources, including in district heating networks.

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Date: 20 September 2021

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: Think you know the African solar industry?

Come and test your knowledge during this fun 1-hour quiz that will cover all corners of the continent and highlight the latest African solar news.

This is a team event, so we warmly invite you to make a team with your colleagues to represent your company and showcase your skills and knowledge of the African solar industry.

And if you do not have a team, no problem, we will find you teammates!

Nothing to win this time, except for the pride of the eternal recognition from your peers and the pleasure of testing your knowledge and networking with fellow solar professionals in Africa.

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