Day 1: Tuesday 14 May
Project Development
10:30 | Bifacial Photovoltaic Module Technology Riaan Meyer |
11:00 | Lessons from large scale wind and solar hybrid projects in Australia and South Africa Peter Venn, CEO, WindLab, South Africa |
11:30 | Finance innovation for small to medium scale solar in grid and off-grid settings Abe Cambridge, Co-founder and CEO, Sun Exchange, South Africa |
12:00 | How FMCG factories can generate their own energy and save water from their waste Mike Smith, Project Financial Director, Talbot &Talbot, South Africa |
14:00 | N1 City waste to power installation Lara van Druten, CEO, The Waste Transformers, Netherlands |
14:30 | Early stage financing for Renewable Energy projects EEP Africa |
Day 2: Wednesday 15 May
Maintenance
10:30 | Lessons from 5 years of operations and maintenance of solar PV in South Africa Liam May, Operations and Maintenance Manager, SOLA Future Energy, South Africa |
11:00 | Improving the maintenance of wind power plants Mich Nieuwoudt, CEIO, GAIA, South Africa |
11:30 | Using drone inspection to increase productivity on your solar plant Riaan Meyer, Manager Director, GeoSUN Africa, South Africa |
12:00 | Maintaining the machine that is hydro power Dan Klink, Founder CEO, East African Power, Rwanda |
12:30 | Here comes the Sun with the Power of AI Madhuri Adettiwar, Sr Director Product Management, GE, USA |
14:00 | Developing Africa with renewable technology: replacing fossil fuels with solar thermal Henning Brandt, Greenline Africa, South Africa |
14:25 | Reserved presentation Victor Liang, Manager, JA Solar Investments, China |
14:50 | Containerised solar systems offer ease of installation & maintenance in off-grid areas Tobias Hobbach, Managing Director, Sustain Power, South Africa |
15:20 | South Africa’s Clean Energy Map –Senior representatives, Department of Energy, South Africa -Senior representative, IRENA, |
Day 3: Thursday 16 May
Enabling Environments
10:00 | The developing small-scale generation market Jason Schaffer, Managing Director, Nano Energy, South Africa |
10:20 | Grid compliance: The latest requirements Are van Zyl, Senior Advisor IPP, Eskom, South Africa |
10:40 | Making sure your community investment has a real impact Ric Amansure, South Africa |
11:00 | IRP: What is the impact Benjamin Attia, Research Analyst, Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables, USA |
11:20 | Overview on the renewable energy IPP projects Karen Breytenbach, Head of IPP Office, IPP Office, South Africa |
11:40 | Namibia battery storage Tshegofatso Neeufan, SAEP, Renewable Energy Deputy Lead, SAEP |
12:00 | Decentralisation: The African story Olabode Sowunmi, Power & Gas, National Assembly, Nigeria |
12:20 | Klein River Cheese Inga Magodla, NCPC, SA |