Off-Grid Power Forum - Intersolar 2015

Off-Grid Power Forum at Intersolar 2014 in Munich

Off-gird power supply by solar energy offers good international business opportunities for German solar companies. There is international demand for technical and economic solutions from German suppliers.

At the Off-Grid Power Forum at the Intersolar Europe 2014 trade fair service & technology suppliers informed potential customers & users, experts and foreign government representatives on solar off-grid power markets, case studies, project experiences and technical solutions. The forum took place at the booth of the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar). It was well attended and participating companies reported direct business contacts.

The presentations of the three-days programme can be downloaded below (click on the blue links) or from the website of BSW-Solar.

The “Off-Grid Power Forum” was presented from June 4 to 6, 2014 by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) in the framework of the “renewables - Made in Germany” initiative.. It was organised by BSW-Solar and theDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and supported by the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), Intersolar Europe and Energypedia.

Program

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Documentation

Wednesday, June 10

13.00 - 13.10	Welcoming Remarks Jörg Mayer, Managing Director, German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar)
13.10 - 13.30	Keynote:Trends for Off-Grid Application Prof. Peter Adelmann, Chairman OTTI Symposium, University of Applied Sciences Ulm
13.30 - 13.50	Sustainable Energy - Key to Development Michael Köberlein, Desk Officer for Energy, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ, Germany
Off-Grid Case Studies and Opportunities in Asia
14.30 - 14.45	PV-hybrid Serge Remy & Dr. Karl Reinhard Kolmsee, Head of Sales & Marketing, Studer Innotec SA & Founder and CEO Smart Hydro Power
14.45 - 15.00	Large Off-Grid Energy Solutions with the new SMA Multicluster-Technology 2.0  Dr. Frank Thim, Senior Product Manager, SMA Solar Technology AG
15:00 - 15.15	Battery Selection for Different Micro-grid Requirements Romina Arcamone Garcia, Market Manager for Renewable Energy and Backup, Trojan Battery Company
15.15 - 15.30	SunEdison Outdoor Microstation: Reliable Off-grid Power Using BAE Batteries Tomás García, General Manager, Rural Electrification EMEA SunEdison, SunEdison in cooperation with BAE Batterien GmbH
15.45 - 16.00	Photovoltaic Drives Solutions for Pump Applications by IBC SOLAR & Siemens Dieter Miener,Technical Application Engineer, IBC Solar AG
16.00- 16.15	Pakistan: The Opportunity to Replace Diesel Powered Water Pumps by Solar Asjad Imtiaz Ali, Pakistan
16.15 - 16.30	SMART Solar Solution for 1 Billion Unlighted Munawar Misbah Moin,Managing Director, Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd
16.30 - 16.45	Promoting Energy Innovations in Agriculture: The case of Solar Powered Irrigation Systems Caspar Priesemann, Powering Agriculture, HERA, Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ, Germany

Thursday, June 11

PV Hybrid Systems for Commercial/Industrial Applications and Village Electrification
10.00 - 10.15	Solar Water Desalination Dr. Joachim Koschikowski, Head of Group, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
10.15 - 10.30	Solar Powered Drinking Water Treatment using Inline Electrolysis - Best Practice from Egypt‘s Deserts Philipp Otter & Dr. Hubert Aulich Project , Coordinator & Business Development, AUTARCON GmbH, SC Sustainable Concepts GmbH
11.00 - 11.15	Village Electrification in Africa using PV Mini-Grids - A Case Study from Senegal Olivier Drücke Vice President, SOLAR23 GmbH
11.15 - 11.30	Business Opportunities with Solar Systems (BOSS) in Rural Ethiopia, Lessons learned from the 1st run of AEE-Programme Tobias Zwirner, Managing Director, Phaesun GmbH
11.30 - 11.45	Solar Energy Development: develoPPP.de Cooperation Projects Sylvia Buhl, Project Manager, develoPPP.de
11.45 - 12.00	EDA Approach for Tariff and Management Antoine Graillot, Project Manager, Trama TecnoAmbiental S.L.
12.00- 12.15	IRENA Project Navigator - Off-Grid Systems Roland Roesch, Senior Program Officer, IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency
Off-Grid Case Studies and Opportunities in Africa
14.00 - 14.15	Storage Solutions in Developing Countries: A Case Study on the Market Potential for Battery Storage in Tanzania Stefanie Werler, Project Manager, Renewable Energy Project Development Programme (PDP), GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
14.15 - 14.30	BAE Batteries for Solar & Stationary Applications in Africa Wajdi Abid, Area Sales Manager, BAE Batterien GmbH
14.30 - 14.45	Advanced Lead-acid Batteries with Smart Carbon for Partial State of Charge Applications: Case Studies from Africa Joachim Wacker, Project Manager International, Kirchner Solar Group, Germany
14.45 - 15.00	Battery Analytics for Off-Grid Solar Installations with Customer BBOXX in Sub-Saharan Africa Tamara Giltsoff, VP Business Development, Product Health Ltd
15.00 - 15.15	Energy Storage and Power Electronics in Residential and Small Commercial Systems Gord Petroski, Director of International Business Development, Alpha Technologies / OutBack Power
15.30 - 15.45	The Off-grid Market of Telecom Base Stations Fabrice Poulin, Managing Director, Infinergia Consulting LLC
15.45 - 16.00	Solar Street Light for Climbing the Energy ladder Thomas Samuel, CEO, Sunna Design SA
16.00 - 16.15	Solar Power for Mobile Communication and Street Lights - General Aspects Chayun Budiono, Indonesia

Friday, June 12

PV Systems and Storage Solutions
10.00 - 10.20	PV-Systems and Storage for Off -Grid Solutions Business Models, Financing and Distribution Models Tobias Zwirner & Paul Bertheau, Board Member and Member, Alliance for Rural Electrification ARE, Germany
10.20 - 10.40	Off-Grid Opportunities in Ghana’s Rural North: Rising Demand for High-Quality Applications Frank Adabre Akasoba, Chief Executive Officer, NorthLite Solar Limited, Ghana
10.40 - 11.00	Energy Efficiency in Off-Grid Application Andreas Rupp, Sales Director Renewable Energy, Hoppeke Batterien, Germany
11.00 - 11.20	Modular, Decentralized Storage System Topologies for Rural Electrification Dr. Stratis Tapanlis, Head of Strategic Product Management Hybrid & Storage, SMA Solar Technology, Germany
11.20 - 11.40	Productive Use of Solar in Developing Countries Monika Rammeit Manager, Programme for Poverty-Oiented Basic Energy Services (HERA), GIZ, Germany
11.40 - 12.00	PV Solar Chillers for Milk Cooling Victor Torres Toledo, Researcher, University of Hohenheim, Germany
12.00- 12.20	Support Instruments of the Federal Ministry for Development (BMZ) for Private Sector Investments Joscha Rosenbusch, International Cooperation Officer, German Solar Industry Association BSW-Solar, Germany
Off-Grid Case Studies and Opportunities in Latin America
13.30 - 13.50	PV Off-Grid Market Trends and Business Opportunities in Latin America Henrik Uehlecke, "renewables - Made in Germany" Initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy BMWi, Germany
13.50 - 14.10	Solar beats Diesel - Solar Smart Grid in Tabarre, Haiti Hannes Schröder, Representative Biohaus Foundation, Germany
14.10 - 14.30	Electrification of Rural Communities with up to 40 Houses, Medical Center and School in Venezuela Juande Bornay, Chief Executive Officer, Bornay, Spain
14.30 - 14.50	Implementation of Solar PV on Fernando de Noronha, Brazil Bastian Teig, Solar Consultant, Germany
14.50 - 15.10	Simulation of Diesel Savings of PV Hybridized Mini-Grids - Brazil Alexander Schies, Project Manager, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany