Rural Electrification Forum15 – 17 November 2011
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Pre-Conference WorkshopsMonday 15 November 2011
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Knowledge partner
Formador: Dr. Alexandre Rodrigues, Partner, PMO Projects, Mozambique |
09h30 – 12h00 Workshop A – Project Design and Management |
14h00 – 17h00 Workshop B – Theft Management |
Conference Program Day 1Wednesday 16 November 2011
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Opening session Strategies for Electricity and Telecommunications next stage growth in Rural Africa |
09h30 – 10h30 Honourable Minister of Science and Technology of Mozambique, Mr. Venâncio Massingue |
Session 1.0.1 Policy tools and key successful factors to cost-effectively scale-up rural access to electricity |
11h30 – 12h00 EDM Master Plan for Rural Electrification |
12h00 – 12h30 The vertical integrated PV industry to reach GRID PARITY and Democratic Solar Energy Access in Africa Presentation not yet available. Contact Kim Jansen for further queries. |
12h30 – 13h00 Electrification trough consumer cooperatives in Uganda Presentation not yet available. Contact Kim Jansen for further queries. |
Session 1.1.1 How can regulators effectively promote universal access to rural electricity and foster private investors interest on it |
14h00 – 14h30 Overview of the electricity regulation in Mozambique and changes expected to happen in the near future which will make rural electrification projects economically sustainable for private investors |
14h30 – 15h00 Latest legal framework developments – Using PPPs for power generation and power commercialization |
15h00 – 15h30 The role of the user based management business model in rural electrification – The Uganda experience |
15h30 – 16h00 Solar lighting solutions for Africa |
Session 1.2.1 National and international financing and funding |
16h30 – 17h00 O Programa de Desenvolvimento Energético – qual o seu papel como motor do desenvolvimento energético em Moçambique e África Subsaariana Presentation not yet available. Contact Kim Jansen for further queries. |
17h00 – 17h30 Mozambique’s funding structure and mechanisms for Rural Electrification Projects |
17h30 – 18h00 Criteria for off-grid projects to be approved and financed – economic, technical, financial and operational viability Presentation not yet available. Contact Kim Jansen for further queries. |
Conference Program Day 2Thursday 17 November 2011
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Session 2.0.1
Common challenges and issues to rural electrification and rural connectivity |
09h30 – 10h30 Roundtable: Overcoming technical and social challenges and productive uses of electricity and connectivity
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Session 2.1.1 Innovative and cost effective solutions for off grid rural electrification |
11h00 – 11h30 Development strategy for new and renewable energies and its impact on rural electrification in Mozambique |
11h30 – 12h00 Meeting the countries potential for renewables energy generation and knowing the state of the art for solar, wind, hydro, biomass and biodiesel renewable energy projects |
12h00 – 12h30 Mini-grid: the most convenient solution for rural electrification – a 50 villages case study in Mozambique |
Session 2.2.1
Best practices on technology, infrastructures, regulations in order to maximise the productive uses of electricity |
14h00 – 14h30 India’s Energy Outlook and Proposed Solar-PV Electrification Cooperative Model in Madhya Pradesh Presentation not yet available. Contact Kim Jansen for further queries. |
14h30 – 15h00 EDP Distribution experience in Rural Electrification – the case of the Portuguese surface electrification during the 80s Presentation not yet available. Contact Kim Jansen for further queries. |
15h00 – 15h30 One Electron, one Smile – social impacts of power infrastructures on rural communities |
Session 2.3.1
Roundtable |
16h30 – 17h00 Rural Electrification and Rural Connectivity programs as the tipping point for rural sustainable industrial development
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