SATURDAY 5 JUNE:
GRID, MINI-GRID AND LONG-TERM OFF-GRID DES OPTIONS
9:30 Demand-side projects and distributed electricity service provision
Panel chair: Frank Hochmuth, MEPC
・Marketing of energy services strategies for energy services delivery to rural communities in South Africa: The role of energy efficiency
- Lwazikazi Tyani, EDRC
・Employing energy efficient lighting programs in transitional economies: Replicating experiences of Poland in South Africa
- Steve Ryder, Princeton University
10:30 Coffee
10:45 The potential for wind as a distributed electricity services technology
Panel chair: James Nowicki (Chair of SA Wind Association)
・From costs to prices: how to determine tariffs to secure a private development of wind power
- Bernard Chabot, ADEME, France
・Overview of wind projects in South Africa
- Steve Sczwek, CSIR, South Africa
・Mini-grid wind projects in Zimbabwe
- Duncan Kerridge
12:00 Lunch
13:00 The potential for micro-hydro as a distributed electricity services technology
Panel chair: Arne Jacobsen, UC Berkeley
Micro-hydro in India
- Deepak Malghan, Princeton University
Lessons and experiences from Nyafaru micro-hydro scheme
- Tinashe D. Nhete, ITDG Zimbabwe
14:00 Coffee
14:15 The long-term potential for fuel cells in distributed applications in Africa
Panel chair: Richard Duke, Princeton
・The feasibility of sub-kilowatt fuel cells for distributed power generation in developing countries
- Drew Ronneberg, Princeton University
・Techno-economic potential of micro-scale fuel cells
- Samantha Smith, RPI and Plugpower, Inc
15:15 Discussion of draft summary for policy makers and ideas for future collaboration
18:30 Farewell dinner
SUNDAY, JUNE 6:
Participants depart
In Memoriam
University of Nairobi student Douglas Agot Odhiambo, who should have been with us this week, has passed away after a brief bout of typhoid. He was pursuing his Masters program in Physics under the guidance of Dr. Kefa Rabah and was only weeks away from completing his degree with distinction. We wish to honor Agot's contribution to the Forum and mourn his passing.
