Conference Solar Energy Technology in Development Cooperation
Financing, Needs and Markets for Solar Energy in Developing Countries
The initiative “Sustainable Energy for All” (SE4All) released by UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, was the stimulus for an international dialogue on energy in developing countries. SE4All places great emphasis on providing access to affordable, secure, and reliable healthy energy services and energy sources, that is renewable energy sources for people in developing countries.
The need to create energy economies and energy infrastructures in developing countries, the decentralized energy demand in rural areas, and the large solar resource in most of these countries are perfect conditions for implementing new technologies that utilize renewable energy sources. Moreover, the increased use of locally available resources can contribute to many countries’ debt-relief efforts as the importation of energy is one of the contributing factors to high level of debts in developing countries.
Photovoltaics, solar drying, solar cooking and solar thermal systems, can help to build a sustainable energy system in developing countries, and with the appropriate implementation provide local jobs.
Should you be interested to learn more about this please visit the conference “Solar Energy Technology in Development Cooperation”, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, November 6/7, 2014. During the two-day conference participants will learn about, discuss and share knowledge and experiences on realized projects, project financing instruments, and social, political and economic barriers for implementing solar technologies.
The conference offers a forum for know-how transfer and exchange of experiences between international solar experts and people working in the field of development cooperation and development policies.
Should you be interested in individual counseling for develoPPP.de project ideas, you can get it during the conference, too. ( www.develoPPP.de )
Some of the confirmed speakers:
Rana Adib, REN21; Benoit Payard, GIZ Morocco, Dieter Holm, SOLTRAIN; Sebastian Gölz, Fraunhofer ISE; Christoph Menke, University of Applied Sciences Trier; Silvia Kreibiehl, Frankfurt School of Finance; Boris Westphal, Suntrace GmbH; Bernd Hafner, Sonnenenergie für Afrika; Ram Prasad Dhital, Institue for Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Elimar Frank, Institute for Solar Technology SPF; Moeketsi Mpholo, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho; Philipp Otter, Autarcon GmbH; Yvan Yaholnitsky, Bethel Business and Community Development Centre; Zivayi Chiguvare, Politec of Namibia, etc.
Sponsors: develoPPP.de; Austrian Development Cooperation
Supporting Organisations:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany; GIZ; AEE Intec; Afrisolar; Allicance Rural Electrification; BSW Solar; EUREC; green chiller; HSR; ISES; o.Ö. Energiesparverband; SHC IEA; Sun & Wind Energy; REPIC
Gabriele Struthoff-Müller
Conference Manager Department Renewable Energies
Ostbayerisches Technologie-Transfer-Institut e.V. (OTTI)
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