4-7 October 2015. Cape Town, South Africa. 3600 delegates from 82 countries attended the South African International Renewable Energy Conference.
A study released by IRENA found there were opportunities to quadruple the share of renewables in energy consumption in Africa, from the current 5 percent to 22 percent by 2030.
The uptake of renewable energy innovations is surpassing expectations globally, and said this could be replicated in Africa. Africa has the capacity, the capability and political will to become a world leader in renewable energy technologies” Christine Lins, Executive secretary of REN21
rapidly, the following elements are crucial:
SAIREC 2015 composed of parallel sessions, side events, a trade show and site visits. The full programme can be accessed here.
Extract of the program:
5 October 2015. A REN21 and UNIDO side event showcased the achievements of regional cooperation in promoting market-based uptake of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies and services. The event outlined who the players are, what has been done, and the future potential of such collaborations.
The SADC Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report was launched at this event. The report presents a comprehensive regional perspective on the renewable energy and energy efficiency market and industry developments in the SADC region. See a.o. TABLE 11: Selected actors in distributed renewable energy in the SADC region (page 46)
The AfDB has been particularly active in the renewable energy field, both through its own funding mechanisms and through various specialised funds such as the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) and the Climate Investment Funds, in particular the Clean Technology Fund (CTF). The AfDB together with the World Bank are strong players in the Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries Program (SREP), for which Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia have been selected as second phase pilot countries. (p.13)
For – solar, wind and biomass – feed-in tariffs (FITs) or a competitive tendering system are the most common option, and financing typically is driven by a combination of public and private sector actors. FIT programmes have been introduced in Namibia (for wind, solar and biomass projects less than 5 MW) and in Tanzania (for small hydro less than 10 MW), and they soon will be introduced in Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The experience of South Africa in deciding against a proposed FIT and moving instead to competitive tendering for utility-scale projects has provided a useful alternative, allowing other countries to compare the risks as well as potential rewards ofthese two approaches to renewable energy financing. (p.25)
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In June 2014, 25 masons who were trained in biodigester construction and maintenance. |
Development of mini-grids is progressing rapidly in the SADC region, as utilities increasingly recognise their practicality in bringing modern energy services to rural and marginal urban populations. For many countries, mini-grids already exist in the form of small local grids supporting diesel generation, but the concept of hybrid or renewable energy-only mini-grids is now gaining traction throughout the region. (p. 45)
The Domestic Biogas Programme, launched by SNV in 2013, evolved into the Biogas Milk Chilling project in 2014. In line with this change, SNV trained 17 masons in biogas construction and maintenance in 2013 in partnership with Lusaka Vocational Training Centre. SNV works with the private sector to pilot a milk chiller that runs on biogas that will enable these dairy farmers to cool and store their milk they can supply to market. This economic incentive increases the production of marketable milk and increases incomes of small scale dairy farmers. For dairy farmers, who mostly live and farm in rural areas, the loss in earnings caused by the lack of energy is up to 50%.
An example of improved cookstoves in Malawi is the Hestian Rural Innovation project, which promotes both so-called rocket barns for the tobacco industry – a re-designed curing barn with a commercial-sized rocket stove replacing the traditional inefficient curing furnace – and an artisanal clay stove based on the ProBEC model for households. The project had distributed 105,000 improved cookstoves to rural Malawi households by the beginning of 2015. It also claims a 70% reduction in wood consumption for tobacco barns and an 80% reduction for cookstoves. (p. 34)
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