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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Date: 16 September 2021

Organizer: IRENA

Description:The UN High-Level Dialogue on Energy aims to provide transformational action on the energy-related goals of the 2030 Agenda and support the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The world has less than nine years to achieve the goal of ensuring clean energy for all, and we are falling behind. Transformational energy transitions require dramatically upscaling renewable energy and energy efficiency and equally downscaling and phasing out coal and other fossil fuels while innovating for the future, to arrive at the global decarbonization goal required to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Date & Time: 15 September 2021 at 2 pm SAST

Organizer: ESI Africa

Description: Wheeling is a scalable solution to creating a stable electricity supply industry within the southern African region.

While wheeling does not necessarily mean that the electrons entering the transmission network at point A will be used at point B, it is a solution to balancing the energy from the generator with the end-user load.  

Now that South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy will be gazetting the amendment to Schedule 2 of the country’s Electricity Regulation Act that pushes the self-generation threshold up to 100MW, it is timeous to review how wheeling operates and what changes can be anticipated within the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP).

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Date & Time: 14 September 2021 at 1 pm EAT

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: When planning a solar project, we all know how to think about PV panels, inverters and batteries. But there are many more elements that compose a solar projects and which are often overlooked or not considered important.

When planning for a 25-year infrastructure project, all details and all components are however important if you wish for a smooth solar journey. In this webinar, we will shed light on the elements of solar projects which are often overlooked or totally forgotten, and yet which could make or break your project.

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Date: 9 September 2021

Organizers: IRENA and ENEL Foundation

Description: IRENA and ENEL Foundation have reached the 3rd webinar edition organized under the umbrella of the IRENA Youth Talk which will focus on the role of youth in international climate and energy cooperation. This upcoming IRENA Youth Talk will be held as part of the “All4Climate” program set up in the run-up to the COP26. To emphasize the inevitable role of youth in tackling the climate crisis, the webinar will be dedicated to the theme “The importance of international cooperation to address climate change: empowering the role of youth”.

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Date: 9 September 2021

Organizer: ATA Insights

Description: Agrovoltaics, also known as agro-photovoltaics, consists of using the same area of land for both solar energy and agricultural products. Solar panels coexist with crops in the same land.

Designing agrovoltaics projects is a balancing act to optimize energy generation with crop yields, however it can save water and even augment crop production in very hot climates. However, as NIMBYism grows against large-scale PV solar projects, agrovoltaics may prove to be the key to alleviate local opposition to development of projects.

In this webinar it will be analyse the design, construction, operation and maintenance of agrovoltaics projects and the most efficient business model combining solar PV generation systems with the development of agricultural activities.

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Date: 10 September 2021

Organizer: Energy Innovation Network

Description: “Energy efficiency is the workhorse of the clean energy world. Though solar and other renewable energy technologies usually take the spotlight, energy efficiency often works quietly in the background, making huge strides in lowering emissions without the fanfare.” – Kate Zerrenner, Researcher, Harvard Business School

As elsewhere, developing countries in Africa and the Caribbean gain from energy efficiency in multiple ways, including increased energy security, job creation, and environmental mitigation. A focus on energy efficiency in parallel with new sustainable energy supply can help reduce energy intensity, realize energy savings, lower the carbon footprint, create jobs and markets for energy efficiency related products and services, and allow electricity generation expansion to meet increasing demand in a timely, low-cost, and sustainable way. Energy efficiency is a critical tool for financial viability and energy security as energy demand and the pursuit of clean energy options continue to intensify in these developing countries.

Outside the community of energy practitioners, there is very limited awareness of energy efficiency initiatives in African and Caribbean countries. This EIN Webinar will provide insight into the status and effectiveness of energy efficiency initiatives in these countries and will outline ways in which energy efficiency measures can be made more well-known and relevant to the general populace in these countries.

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Date & Time: 7 September 2021 at 3:30 pm CET

Organizers: Energy Peace Partners and Sustainable Energy for All

Description: With over 300 corporations committing to 100% renewable energy globally, there is a significant opportunity to leverage corporate procurement dollars to support high-impact, climate positive energy access projects in regions that struggle to attract traditional climate finance and corporate investment. Microsoft’s recent inclusion of climate equity in its annual sustainability report is a promising development and illustrates how companies are beginning to extend their sustainability commitments to include broader social benefits. This webinar will highlight examples of, and opportunities for, corporate engagement and renewable energy procurement mechanisms for high-impact projects in Africa. We will present on the landscape of renewable energy development in Africa, the acute financing needs to support energy access projects across the continent, and the opportunities to leverage corporate renewable energy and climate commitments to accelerate Africa’s energy transition.

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