Date: 4 October 2022

Organizer: African Energy

Description: Join Ajay Ubhi and other African Energy analysts for a webinar on the latest trends in Africa's renewable power generation. The webinar will start wit a presentation of the latest data from African Energy Live Data, the most comprehensive database of power generation plants and projects across the continent.

The webinar includes an exclusive Q&A session on the data with African Energy analysts.

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Date & Time: 4 October 2022 at 11 am CEST

Organizer: ATA Insights

Description: Join this webinar to analyze the initial design parameters that PV project designers need to consider to achieve long-term system bankability: 

• Understand what the key points in the design of the photovoltaic plant are that affect the economic viability of a solar project;
• Learn how the integration of adequate inputs and the automation of processes improves the LCOE of the installation;
• Hear about using simulators as an engineering tool, allowing the prompt refining of the design, and optimizing design changes in any project phase.

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Date & Time: 22 September 2022 at 10 am GMT

Organizer: ICLEI Africa

Description: While local and national governments have a mandate of improving sustainable energy access for their citizens, the private sector has the potential to play a pivotal role in supporting local and national governments in delivering their mandates as it relates to improving energy access that leads to job creation, poverty alleviation, and improved well-being of urban dwellers.

Join ICLEI Africa and Energy 4 Impact for a webinar with leaders from local governments and experts to share lessons learnt through the Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT) project, and discuss possibilities of improving end-user financing and ways in which the private sector can work with national and local governments to improve access to affordable and sustainable clean cooking solutions for the urban poor living and working in African urban informal settlements.

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Date & Time: 15 September 2022 at 2 pm BST

Organizer: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Description: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre are delighted to be joined once again by Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Chair of The Elders) who will host their discussion.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Mali Ole Kaunga, Executive Director, IMPACT (Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement & Conflict Transformation).

Mali Ole Kaunga is a Laikipia Maasai and pioneered strategic litigation for Indigenous Peoples in a case against the British Government for using Maasai and Samburu lands for military training. He and has been involved in lobbying for and advancing the interests of Indigenous Peoples affected by the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project and the Isiolo Mega Dam at national and international levels.

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Date & Time: 24 August 2022 at 2 pm CEST

Organizers: ARE and Green People’s Energy (GBE) 

Description: In its 6th event under the PWCET series, ARE and Green People’s Energy (GBE) are organising discussion on ‘Carbon Financing in the Decentralised Renewable Energy Sector’ on 24th August 2022 at 14:00 – 15:30 CEST.

With only 3% of climate finance directed toward decentralised renewable energy (DRE), the discussion will focus on carbon financing as an innovative mechanism complimenting the conventional funding mechanisms to power DRE projects. The webinar will explore the challenges faced by the private sector in securing funds for DRE projects and how carbon finance can be used to compliment the finance mix. 

Join the discussion and hear from the experts and companies who have tapped into carbon financing to raise capital for their DRE projects. The interventions will be followed by a moderated panel discussion including interaction with audience.

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Date & Time: 6 September 2022 at 9 am GMT

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: As the world is still trying to recover from the pandemic, another threat emerged coming from Eastern Europe and affecting the entire world. The war in Ukraine combined to the consequences of COVID19 are impacting strongly the logistic chain, raw materials costs and expenditures, legal contracts, deliveries schedules among others.

All players being big or small need to work on solutions and constantly adapt to the geo politique and sanitary situation.

In this webinar, we will try to understand how the solar industry players are impacted and how they can overcome the uncertainty of this period.

We will also try to see if the solar industry will be deeply changed and reinforced by the need of energy autonomy from different states.

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Date & Time: 18 August 2022 at 2 pm SAST

Organizer: ESI Africa

Description: The energy sector continues to thrive in South Africa and plays a significant role in growing the economy. However, there is poor participation by black professionals, especially black women at a strategic and commercial level. BEPA was established to address the aspirations of black industry participants. BEPA represents the specific interest of black people with the aim to achieve transparent broad participation in all the energy sectors. BEPA actively tries to create solutions and solve problems facing black professionals who are either involved or keen to play a role in the sector. Given the aforementioned; the objective of the webinar is to, among others, reflect on energy transition and facilitate a conversation amongst leaders in the energy industry as their share their knowledge and answer the question: “Energy Security: What is likely to be the impact of the Energy Transition on job creation, energy, water, and food security?’’

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Date & Time: 18 August 2022 at 9 am GMT

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: From conception to implementation, from financial structuration to monitoring and maintenance, digital solutions are supporting players of the industry at each stage of a solar project.

Automation through a digital system allows for more flexibility and hence scaling up energy access. Being able to monitor a project on a single platform or anticipate a challenge can benefit the entire value chain.

In this webinar it will be:

- discuss and present the latest innovations in the sector but also explore the benefits and the challenges that a user can face.

- discuss the financial implication of it: how the flexibility to structure a deal or to manage the operation can in the end, reduce costs.

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Date: 19 July 2022

Organizer: African Energy

Description: From Morocco in the west to Egypt in the east, governments and investors are wondering whether they stand on the threshold of a new era of energy exploitation.

Reliable winds, high solar irradiation, abundant land, and close proximity to the European market mean these countries are uniquely positioned to take advantage of emerging green energy technologies. This could open a timely fresh chapter for a region whose flagging hydrocarbons resources can no longer deliver economic momentum and security.

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Date & Time: 30 June 2022 at 9 am GMT

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: It is estimated that 49% of the entire energy consumption globally is used for producing heat. But 75% of this heat is produced through burning fossil fuels.

Solar energy, when harvested through solar thermal technology (as opposed to the more famous solar photovoltaic), offers a compelling solution to address this need for heat while at the same time significantly reduce gas emissions.

Solar thermal technologies are not always well known. Very often people think this technology is limited to large CSP plants (concentrated solar power) in north and south Africa. But industrial companies as well as individuals can also greatly benefit from solar thermal technologies. 

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Date: 28 June 2022

Organizer: African Energy

Description: The second in a series of three webinars, exploring the diverse experiences of three African countries which have moved to liberalise their power markets. Each country is at a different stage of market reform and has embarked on a different course.

An online panel will assess major structural reforms to the South African power sector and the extent to which the market has been or will be opened for private participants.

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Date: 28 June 2022

Organizer: African Energy

Description: ESG considerations play an ever-increasing role for businesses globally. The impacts of climate change as well as a growing awareness of human and social issues have caused ESG practices to become key considerations for investors, customers and workers.

Join for an engaging discussion where the panel of professionals will address how foreign investors and States should factor ESG considerations with investment projects.

In this webinar, the panel will discuss the following topics:

• the overview of the current legal landscape and reforms in Angola’s mining sector;
• the attractiveness of Angola for foreign investors in the energy and natural resources sector;
• the increased impact of ESG on corporate governance and corporate responsibility – with views from foreign investors, government and state entities in Angola.

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Date: 23 June 2022

Organizer: PV Magazine

Description: In this pv magazine Webinar, PerkinElmer will outline the state of contemporary research into solar innovation and the main challenges faced by the individuals trying to push the resource to its full potential, as well as the analytical solutions that are available and emerging.

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Date: 22 June 2022

Organizer: PV Magazine

Description: Optimizing solar production while ensuring safety and resilience requires powerful, intelligent tracking systems. This webinar will take a tour through the experience of a developer using solar tracking systems empowered by such algorithms, examine logic behind the trackers, and review the verification of optimization parameters.

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Date: 31 May 2022

Organizer: African Energy

Description: The first in a series of three webinars, exploring the diverse experiences of three African countries which have moved to liberalise their power markets. Each country is at a different stage of market reform and has embarked on a different course.

The online panel will discuss the challenges efforts to liberalise the Nigerian power sector, the pitfalls, and where there has been and could be success.

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Date & Time: 26 May 2022 at 9 am GMT

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: Optimization of solar PV plants’ output plays an essential role in not only making “solar cheap” but also ensuring its long and durable life — increasing dependability on the intermittent sunlight.

Intelligent control strategies and optimization methods are utilized in solar energy systems.

Optimizations strategies reduce emissions and costs of system into maximizing reliability. Solar energy systems enhance the output power and minimize the interruptions in the connected load.

In this webinar we will:

- discuss how optimized PV modules will be breakthrough to enhancing your utility and C&I solar investment;

- discuss about the increased reliability that allowed it provide direction to the PV industry;

- Discover how optimizing performance in new utility and C&I solar PV project enhance profitability in Africa.

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Date: 21 June 2022

Organizer: PV Magazine

Description: Questions of safety have followed the solar industry since its inception. How valid are they really? And how many missteps have markets made while trying to mitigate this perceived threat? In this PV Magazine Webinar, it will be examined key facts around PV system safety and the misinformation which has proven tenacious.

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Date & Time: 26 May 2022 at 2 pm SAST

Organizer: Solar Quarter Webinars

Description: This webinar will focus on the Market Outlook of the Southern Africa Region. The event will bring together key decision-makers, project developers, OEMs, EPC contractors, equipment manufacturers, industry experts, financial institutions, and project advisors and will have excellent interactive sessions, Q&A’s and leading keynote presentations. Join for this insightful webinar and grab an overview of the Solar Market In Southern Africa.

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Date & Time: 8 June 2022 at 4 pm CEST

Organizer: ATA Insights

Description: Adverse weather conditions are increasingly frequent and cause millions of dollars in damage to our photovoltaic plants. Understanding the risks from the combination of snow and wind as well as the need for trackers integrated with intelligent monitoring and control to mitigate those risks will be critical for owners and insurers.

Soltec has launched TeamTrack, an engineering control system that employs proprietary algorithms to optimize PV plant performance and protect its integrity in the face of unfavorable weather. This system includes asymmetrical backtracking, diffuse booster and weather control.

Join this webinar to learn how the implementation of this new system will ensure maximum productivity and safety of your photovoltaic plant.

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Date & Time: 24 May 2022 at 1 pm GMT

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: In March 2022, AFSIA partnered with Startup|Energy once again for the 2nd edition of the African leg of Startup|Energy.

Startup|Energy promotes the development of startups in the field of decentralized renewable energy supply and supports their exchange with each other across two regions:

• DA-CH: Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
• East African Community: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.

Startup|Energy is not about the one-sided transfer of knowledge, but about an equal exchange of ideas and solutions for the respective region.

The 2nd edition of the Africa Boot Camp and pitch competition took place in April 2022.

In this session, several of the 5 shortlisted startups will be presenting their initiative.

This includes:

- Worldtech Consult - solar cold rooms in Ghana;

- Second Life Storage - lithium battery repurposing in Rwanda;

- ThinkBikes - e-mobility cargo service in Nigeria;

- SolarPipo - C&I developer in Uganda.

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