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The conference, held in Tunis from 2nd until 4th December, was organized by Desertec University Network (DUN) e.V. in order to explore and foster the use of RE in the agriculture sector.<br/>[[File:Dun-reagri-2014-conference-booklet.pdf|thumb|center|180px|Conference Booklet]]<br/>
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The conference, held in Tunis from 2nd until 4th December, was organized by Desertec University Network (DUN) e.V. in order to explore and foster the use of RE in the agriculture sector.<br/><br/>[[File:Dun-reagri-2014-conference-booklet.pdf|thumb|center|180px|Conference Booklet]]<br/>
  
On the second day of the conference, three GIZ projects organized a workshop on the use of renewable energy in agriculture and food processing. The documentation of the presentation can be downloaded directly below.
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On the second day of the conference, three GIZ projects organized a workshop on the use of renewable energy in agriculture and food processing. The presentations can be downloaded directly below.
  
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== Workshop: Sustainable Energy Use in the Agriculture and Food Industry ==
 
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The workshop was organized by three projects of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH:
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*1. [http://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/24251.html DMS:] The project “Developing the solar energy market”, who coordinated the workshop, outlined the business potentials in the developing solar energy market in Tunisia.
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*2. [http://www.giz.de/expertise/html/2769.html HERA]: The programme"Poverty-oriented Basic Energy Services" presented worldwide potentials and challenges of smallholder agriculture.
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*3. [http://poweringag.org PAEGC]: Supported by the GIZ, the programme "Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development" presented its [http://www.poweringag.org/call-innovations Second Global Innovation Call] which is designed to source innovative technologies and business models at the intersection of clean energy and agriculture and incited the audience to profit from knowledge sharing on [[Powering_Agriculture|Energypedia].
 
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[[File:1b Hichem.pdf|thumb|center|250px|Existing/planned projects in Tunisia ( Prof. Hichem M’saad, Volta-PV)]]
  

Revision as of 14:12, 22 December 2014

Context

The conference, held in Tunis from 2nd until 4th December, was organized by Desertec University Network (DUN) e.V. in order to explore and foster the use of RE in the agriculture sector.

Conference Booklet


On the second day of the conference, three GIZ projects organized a workshop on the use of renewable energy in agriculture and food processing. The presentations can be downloaded directly below.

Workshop: Sustainable Energy Use in the Agriculture and Food Industry


The workshop was organized by three projects of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH:

  • 1. DMS: The project “Developing the solar energy market”, who coordinated the workshop, outlined the business potentials in the developing solar energy market in Tunisia.
  • 2. HERA: The programme"Poverty-oriented Basic Energy Services" presented worldwide potentials and challenges of smallholder agriculture.
  • 3. PAEGC: Supported by the GIZ, the programme "Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development" presented its Second Global Innovation Call which is designed to source innovative technologies and business models at the intersection of clean energy and agriculture and incited the audience to profit from knowledge sharing on [[Powering_Agriculture|Energypedia].



08:30-10:45 Introduction and Presentations

1. Market development of solar energy in Tunisia

RE&AGR Economics & business models in Tunisia (Mr Christopher Gross, GIZ)

Existing/planned projects in Tunisia ( Prof. Hichem M’saad, Volta-PV)


2. Basis Energy Services (GIZ/HERA)

Modern Energy services for modern Agriculture – Sustainable Value Chains in Agriculture (Ms Dorothea Otremba, GIZ)


3. Powering Agriculture (GIZ/USAID/SIDA/OPIC/DukeEnergy)

Powering Agriculture - An Energy grand challenge (Ms Maria Weitz, GIZ)


Network and Powering Agriculture wiki portal (Mr Carsten Schüttel, GIZ)


10:45-13:00 Discussion at the three information desks



Further Information