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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Date: 5 May 2022

Organizer: GBCSA

Description: The webinar will focus on the overall Solar PV energy landscape in South Africa, and how buildings are increasingly incorporating renewable energy solutions. With a special focus on rooftop solar, we will also unpack how renewables fit into the current national energy landscape and discuss where the energy sector is headed. We will also look at practical examples of the ongoing measuring of Solar PV projects, different building types and their performance.

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Date: 3 - 5 May 2022

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: Solar energy and storage are growingly interlinked in the African context. Thanks to technological improvements and a sharp reduction in prices, the combination of both solutions are now getting more and more interest from individuals and companies looking for cheap and reliable electricity throughout the continent.

Energy storage solutions are evolving fast and it is sometimes difficult to keep track with all latest developments in this exciting industry. This e-conference aims at bringing together the best experts of the industry to provide a full overview of the latest updates on energy storage. It will also offer an opportunity to showcase their most innovative solutions and projects, so stakeholders from all over Africa will learn what solutions are available and deliver results, even in the most demanding environments.

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Date & Time: 28 April 2022 at 12 pm GMT

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: Solar power systems are considered a key tool in the energy supply for the present and future generations. Several factors have promoted the development of photovoltaics such as environmental concerns, incentives and tax deductions, a more performing and less expensive technology and the need to replace carbon fossil energy systems with renewables to ensure compliance with the objectives set by the Paris COP to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is a device that converts the sunlight into usable energy. The amount of sunlight that can be converted into electricity is referred to as solar cell efficiency. There are some factors that should be taken into consideration to guarantee the optimal efficiency of the solar panels.

In this Showcase you will hear directly from LONGi’s Technical Support Specialist Kevin Robinson Learn how Company’s range of high efficiency products create increased value for your projects.

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Date & Time: 27 April 2022 at 2 pm CEST

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

Description: In its fifth event under the PWCET series, ARE and Green People’s Energy (GBE) are organising a discussion with various stakeholders on "Understanding the Clean Energy Transition with Community-Driven Decentralised Renewable Energy Projects" on 27 April 2022 at 14:00 CEST. 

The discussion will focus on the necessity and impact of community-driven or community-supported DRE projects to scale up clean energy penetration to countries’ energy mix and thereby achieve clean energy transition.

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Date & Time: 21 April 2022 at 2 pm SAST

Organizer: Black Energy Professionals Association

Description: The Black Energy Professionals Association (BEPA) in partnership with Enlit Africa will be hosting a Webinar on Thursday, 21 April 2022 under the theme “Energy Transition: Is the South African energy sector for a Just Transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and sustainable society?”

The energy sector continues to thrive in South Africa and plays a significant role in growing the economy. 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: “Is the South African energy sector for a Just Transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and sustainable society?”

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Date & Time: 21 April 2022 at 10 am GMT

Organizer: ALER

Description: As part of the recent approval by the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe of NREAP - National Renewable Energy Action Plan and NEEAP - National Energy Efficiency Action Plan, ALER with the support of UNIDO, and within the context of the "São Tomé and Príncipe Electric Sector strategic Program for the Promotion of Investments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency ", financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), developed this webinar with the aim to present and discuss the objectives, strategies and solutions to make the country's energy transition a reality by 2030 and 2050.

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Date & Time: 6 April 2022 at 3 pm CEST

Organizer: ATA Insights

Description: CSP with thermal energy storage is a flexible renewable resource that can be used to generate electricity 24 hours a day, if necessary, and quickly ramp up and down in response to demand and the needs of the grid operator. When ramping down, the output is not wasted; instead, it can be stored as heat in molten salt tanks and deployed hours or even days later.

As more variable renewables such as PV and Wind are deployed, the flexibility provided by CSP with thermal energy storage could hold the key to decarbonizing the power sector, particularly in countries with high levels of direct normal irradiation.

Join this webinar to learn more about the lessons learned in established markets such as Morocco, Spain, UAE and USA, and to better understand emerging opportunities in Botswana, Chile, China and beyond. 

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Date & Time: 6 April 2022 at 9 am WEST

Organizers: energypedia, AMER, Cooperação Alemã and GIZ

Description: This webinar highlights the status of clean cooking energy technologies in Mozambique with key insights into the stakeholders involved, market size, challenges as well as the opportunity for the sector. It will feature a round table discussion with invited private sector representatives who will revolve around topics such as access to finance, reaching end consumers and quality clean cooking solutions. The webinar will be held in Portuguese with the option to watch and participate in English. 

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Date: 29 March 2022

Organizer: African Energy

Description: An online meeting examining the state of the African power sector and its possible future directions, supported by the latest power data release from African Energy Live Data.

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Date: 23 - 24 March 2022

Organizer: AFSIA

Description: Hydrogen has already been used in industrial applications for many years, but there is now an opportunity to produce this hydrogen with very-low or totally carbon-free energy sources thanks to solar and wind energy.  Thanks to cheap renewable energy, experts forecast the cost of hydrogen production falling from $6/kg in 2015 to around $2/kg by 2025.

As a result, green hydrogen has become the hot topic for industrial activity and decarbonization around the globe.

Some African countries are ideally positioned to take part in the global race to produce the cheapest green hydrogen. Several landmark projects have already been announced and started across the continent. Moreover, Africa is in a special position where it could benefit twice from green hydrogen: on one hand it could become a major global production hub for export, and the other hand green hydrogen could also be used for local production of green ammonia and green fertilizers which the continent is currently importing in mass quantities.

In 2021 AFSIA organized its first green hydrogen e-conference and this event attracted more than 1,000 participants.

The market has significantly evolved since then, and this year’s e-conference is expected to attract an even larger crowd to hear about the latest technology, project updates and the players who are positioning on this very promising industry. 

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