VI. Forum Schedule
SYLFF Forum on distributed electricity services provision in Africa
Hosted by the Energy & Development Research Centre and Princeton University at Breakwater Lodge, Cape Town: 2 - 5 June 1999
SCHEDULE
TUESDAY JUNE 1: ARRIVAL
Forum participants arrive throughout day. Shuttle service arranged at airport.
19:30-21:00 Registration and welcome dinner (informal buffet)
WEDNESDAY 2 JUNE: TOUR
9:30 Drive to Cape Point, stopping at Hout Bay & Boulders Beach (meet on time in the lobby)
13:00 Lunch at Black Marlin
18:30 Dinner
THURSDAY 3 JUNE: OVERVIEW
9:00 Welcome - Anton Eberhard
9:15 Introduction and overview - Mark Davis and Dan Kammen
9:45 Environmental and economic impacts of DES
Panel chair: Randall Spalding-Fecher, EDRC
・DES: Economically sound or environmentally benign?
- Jason Schaffler, EDRC
・The role of SHS markets in global carbon abatement and photovoltaics market transformation efforts
- Richard Duke, Princeton University
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Deregulation and distributed electricity services
Panel chair: Mark Davis, EDRC
・Prospects for mini-grids and grid-connected distributed generation in developing countries
- Jason Mariyappan, Imperial College, London
・Implications for DES of deregulating Kenya's energy sector
- Johnstone Summit, University of Nairobi
・Progressive infrastructure technologies
- Bikash Pandey, Winrock
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Field trip to local PV manufacturer and electrification site
18:30 Dinner
