IOREC 2012: 1st International off-grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition
About
The first International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC), organized by IRENA along with the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), was held in Accra, Ghana on 1 and 2 November 2012.
IOREC brought together and promoted dialogue among stakeholders from across the rural electrification value chain, in particular between the public and private sector, with a focus on Africa. The conference was attended by over 350 delegates from 80 countries, including representatives from Rural Electrification Agencies and Ministries in charge of renewable energy development from around 30 African countries. The event convened speakers from 23 countries, from public and private sector, including the most successful stories worldwide in terms of off-grid rural electrification through renewables.
Programme Overview
IOREC brought together and promoted dialogue among stakeholders from across the rural electrification value chain, in particular between the public and private sector, with a focus on Africa. The conference was attended by over 350 delegates from 80 countries, including representatives from Rural Electrification Agencies and Ministries in charge of renewable energy development from around 30 African countries.
Presentation
1 November 2012
Key Note: Dipal Chandra Barua , Co-founder, Grameen Bank; Founding Managing Director, Grameen Shakti; Founder and Chairman, Bright Green Energy Foundation
- Mahama Kappiah, Director, ECREEE
- Alassane Agalassou, Director of Rural Electrification,, AMADER, Mali
- Harish Hande, Managing Director, SELCO India
- Henry Gichungi, Off-grid Business Manager, Kenya Power and Lighting Company
- Philip Mann, Senior Project Manager, Africa- EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme
- Daniel Guie, President, Club ER
- Lisa S. Go, ARE Vice President; Investment Promotions Office, Department of Energy, Philippines
- Nico Peterschmidt, Managing Director, INENSUS GmbH
- Pradeep Monga, Director, Energy and Climate Change, UNIDO
- Pablo Carvajal, Energy Advisor, Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Ecuador
- Nazmul Haque, Director and Head of Investment, IDCOL Bangladesh
- Nganga Joseph, Chief Executive Officer, Renewable Energy Venture, Kenya
- Gurbuz Gonul, Senior Energy Economist, Islamic Development Bank
- Gamini Swarnapala, Deputy General Manager, Sarvodaya Economic Enterprises Development Services, Sri Lanka
- Zakou Amadou, Energy Division Manager, African Development Bank
- Godfrey Mwindaare, West Africa Country Head, Acumen Fund
- Juan José Ochoa, Vice President, EMPRENDA Argentina
- Frank Yeboah Dadzie, Project Manager (Solar), ARB Apex Bank, Ghana
2 November 2012
Key note Speaker: Ernesto Macias, ARE President ; Dolf Gielen , Director, IITC, IRENA
- Thomas Meier, Rural water supply system expert,
- Clement Ouedraogo, Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse au Sahel, CILSS
- Jürgen Rheinländer, RE Desalination system expert,
- Tobias März, SolarChill,
- Irene Abagi, We Care Solar,
- Brisa Ortiz, Head of Team, Autonomous Systems and Mini-Grids, Fraunhofer ISE
- Balthasar Klimbie, ARE Vice President, Wind Energy Solutions
- Ashok Chaudhuri, General Manager, Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies
- Pol Arranz-Piera, Polytechnical University of Catalonia,
- Cui Zhenhua, Science Research Center, Hangzhou Regional Center (Asia & Pacific) for SHP
- Michael Muller, Director, Steca
- Claude Ruchet, Deputy Director, Studer Innotec
- Xavier Vallvé, Director, Trama Tecno Ambiental
- Benoît Connes, R&D Manager, Phaesun
- Sandor Szabo, Manager, Scientific and technical projects, EU Joint Research Center
- Andy Walker, Principal Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Dohyun Goh, Global Green Growth Institute,
- Mary Roach, Business Development Manager, Community Power from Mobile, GSMA Mobile for Development
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