Date & Time: 24 March 2020 at 16:00 CET (Check your local time)

Organizer: ATA Insights

Description: PV margins are getting thinner and the industry is more competitive than ever, making it essential for developers to optimize every attribute of the design, construction and operation of their solar projects.

In this webinar, we are going to focus on those aspects that will increase the performance of your solar project like reducing the number of critical elements or guaranteeing robustness and structural integrity.

• Understand the effect on performance of the two most common tracker configurations on the market, one-in-portrait (1P) and two-in-portrait (2P);
• Discover the impact of wind speed, soil and topography to understand what configuration works best for your PV project;
• Learn how to improve the cleaning and maintenance of your solar plant based on the tracker lay out.

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Date & Time: 17 March 2020 at 16:00 CET (Check your local time)

Organizer: ATA Insights

Description: Bifacial PV projects are becoming mainstream with more and more GW’s being installed. The site configuration and surface albedo can have a great effect in helping deliver the extra energy gains promised by this technology.

This webinar looks at how projects need to be planned, designed, built and maintained to be optimized for bifacial technology:

• Understand the main characteristics of bifacial projects that you need to consider in your design, from size, height of the modules, picking the right location and avoiding shadowing;
• The economics of bifacial PV – consider how to design your system to optimize the 20%+ extra LCOE keeping CAPEX and OPEX as low as possible;
• Hear the various methods to treat ground albedo to maximize back reflectivity of the panel and what other factors you should consider to optimize rear irradiance.

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Date & Time: Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 9:00 AM - 9:35 AM GMT

Organizer: IRENA insights

Description: The webinar hosted by the Grid Integration team will explore the importance of assessing the integration of higher shares of variable renewables into the grid, in particular the grids of small island developing states, in order to overcome technical constraints. It will share best practices to mitigate technical challenges, considering system specificities, available resources to ensure secure and reliable power system. 

Featured speakers: 

• Manuel Coxe, Head of Renewable Energy Grid Integration team

• Gayathri Nair, Renewable Energy Grid Integration team 

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Date & Time: Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 11 am EST/10 am CST/8 am PST

Organizer: International Trade Administration

Description: Join the U.S. Commercial Service South Africa, Power Africa, and Clarion Events for a one-hour webinar highlighting African energy opportunities for U.S. firms interested in expanding into or increasing market share in Africa.

Objectives: U.S. participants will hear from the experts on energy opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Event Information: 

• Participants will receive an overview of the current energy market in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from the United States Energy Association.
• Learn about power projects throughout SSA from US Agency for International Development's (USAID) POWER AFRICA.
• Clarion Events and US Commercial Service South Africa will provide participants with insight into engaging the African energy market.

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Date & Time: Tue, Feb 4, 2020 9:00 AM - 9:35 AM GMT

Organizer: IRENA insights

Description: The webinar hosted by the Quality and Standards team within the Innovation team will explore how patents support policy makers and investors in assessing the technology solutions for a broader uptake of renewable energy technologies and in turn foster further innovation.

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Date & Time: Tuesday, 21st January 2020 at 11:00 CET

Organizer: ata insights

Description: Morocco is arguably the North African country that has made the most effort towards creating a national solar energy industry. Morocco has no fossil fuel reserves, so it is almost entirely reliant on imports. This webinar looks into the next steps for the country as it continues to develop its renewable energy strategy.

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Date & Time: 8 January 2020 at 15:00 CET/ 17:00 EAT (Check your local time)

Organizer: ATA Insights

Description: Ethiopia is one Africa’s rising stars, growing at 9.9% per year between 2008 and 2018. However, 70% of its inhabitants currently live without electricity. In this webinar, you will learn more about Ethiopia’s plans to deploy minigrids as part of its plan to achieve universal electricity access by 2025 and also its ambitious strategy to enhance gender equality in the energy sector.

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Date & Time: Tuesday, 7 January 2020 at 9:00 AM - 9:35 AM GMT

Organizer: IRENA Insights

Description: The webinar hosted by Renewable Energy Roadmaps team (REmap) will explore the prominent role of wind and solar PV technologies in accelerating the global energy transition to 2050 based on IRENA’s climate-resilient pathway (REmap Case). In particular, it will outline the growth in wind and solar PV power deployments needed in the next three decades to achieve the Paris climate goals, and will offer further insights on cost-reduction opportunities, technology trends and the need to prepare electricity grids for rising shared of wind and solar PV power.

Featured speakers:

• Elisa Asmelash, REmap team

• Gayathri Prakash, REmap team

• Maisarah Kadir, REmap team

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Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 October 2019- 10:00 a.m. EDT / 3:00 p.m. CET

Organizer: SE4ALL

Description: The Energizing Finance report series consists of in-depth primary research and analysis by SEforALL and partners that examines supply and demand for finance across two key areas of energy access: electricity and clean cooking. The webinar will highlight key findings from the two reports published this year. It offers valuable insights around financing gaps for energy access.

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Date & Time: Wednesday, 23 October 2019 at 16:00 CEST

Organizer: The Solar Future Nigeria

Description: This Webinar will provide you with the opportunity to learn about the experience of a local team, rich of 100+ installed systems, and how they tackled the common challenges the solar industry faces in Nigeria.

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Date & Time: Thursday, 10th October, 2019 at 3:00 pm (CEST)

Organizer: Solaris Offgrid

Description: Solaris Offgrid is thrilled to invite you to his upcoming webinar taking place on October 10th, 2019 at 3:00 pm (CEST), with the participation of EnAccess Foundation, Efficiency for Access, SolarWorX and Connected Energy.

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Date & Time: Wednesday, 25th September 2019 at 11:00 CEST

Organizer: ata insights

Description: Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is comprised of Botswana, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mauritius. Boasting some of the best solar resources in the World, the Southern African region has immense opportunity for solar development growth since there is local know-how in the technical, legal and financial side of the project. This webinar looks into the opportunities going forward for this region with plentiful solar resources.

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Date & Time: Wednesday,  25th of September 2019 at 16:00 CEST/SAST

Organizer: ata insights

Description: In this webinar, we will present the battery storage program scope and timeline and the opportunities it brings to those wanting to participate in the South African battery market. Although the event will not include live discussion, we will invite the audience to assess the opportunity and ask questions live during the webinar.

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Date & Time: Thursday, 19th of September 2019 at 15:00 CEST

Organizer: ata insights

Description: As the cost of PV goes down over time, the focus on reducing costs will come from operational expenditure (OPEX) as much as, or even more so, from the CAPEX. If you are planning a new project, this webinar analyzes the state-of-the-art technologies and strategies that set you up for the lowest OPEX possible from the design stage.

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Date & Time: Wednesday,  18th of September 2019 at 15:00 CEST

Organizer: ata insights

Description: As renewable energy drives down the cost of electricity generation across the world, companies with large energy expenditures are starting to realize that it is possible to save money and save emissions by concluding RE PPAs.  Sometimes the cheapest RE resource will be in a nearby country, and then the PPA would be “cross-border”

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Date & Time: Wednesday, 11th September 2019 at 15:00 CEST

Organizer: ata insights

Description: Bifacial solar modules promise significant performance improvements and life-cycle costs by capturing electricity on both sides of the module. However, project design approaches need to be adapted to make the most of this technology. This webinar looks at how projects need to be planned, designed, built and maintained to be optimized for bifacial technology.

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Date & Time: Tuesday,10th September 2019, 3:00 PM CEST (2:00 PM WEST) 

Organizer: ESI Africa

Description: It is high time businesses consider generating their own power! However, funding resources for self-generating onsite projects are often a challenge for small enterprise. Fortunately, institutions like the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and the Kenya Climate Innovation Centre have taken the lead to rally behind measures that will ease this barrier.

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Date & Time: Thursday, 29th August 2019, 13 GMT

Organizer: ESI Africa

Description: To date, the global wind industry has realised a total of 51.3GW of new wind energy installations, enabled by market-based mechanisms including auctions, tenders and Green Certificates. To add to this capacity, the African wind market is anticipated to inject 6GW of additional wind capacity between 2019 and 2023.

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Date & Time: Thursday, 15 August 2019 16:00 CEST

Organizer: Solar Plaza

Description: A complimentary webinar with Wood Mackenzie about trends and forecasts for Africa's grid-connected PV markets.

• Data-driven insights into the project development landscape for grid-connected solar PV projects across the continent. 
• Framing the drivers and risks to the growth of the market.
• Identifying the fastest growing countries and market segments.

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Date & Time: Option 1: Wednesday, 7th August 2019 05:30 am GMT

Option 2: Thursday, 8th August 2019, 9:00 am GMT

Organizer: Phocos

Description: Understand how the new Phocos Any-Grid hybrid inverter charger can handle most use-cases for Off-Grid, On-Grid or anything in between. Learn how the Any-Grid operates, how some of its functions work and what you can do for an optimal and cost-efficient installation. This will save you money and installation time while reducing the risk of errors to a minimum.

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