Off-Grid Power Forum - Intersolar 2015

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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
PV-hybrid Mini-Grids
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
Rural goes Solar I:Irrigation
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
Off-Grid Reception

Thursday, June 11

Water Desalination and Treatment with Solar
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
''Rural goes Solar II: Village Electrification
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
Storage Solutions for the Solar Age
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
Solar Power for Mobile Communication and Street Lights
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

Island Systems with Solare: PV for Islands and Mines
10.00 - 10.15	Global PV Market Potential for Small Island Energy Systems Philipp Blechinger, Teamleader Off-Grid Systems, Reiner Lemoine Institut GmbH
10.15 - 10.30	Integration of Variable Renewables into Island Grids Francisco Gafaro, Programme Officer, IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency
10.30 - 10.45	Solar Energy: A Cost Advantage for the Off-grid Mining Industry Xavier Juin, Sales Manager EMEA, Juwi International GmbH
10.45 - 11.00	PV-Hybrid Systems in Remote Areas – Cost Saving Potential for Islands and Mines Dr. Jens Eiko Birkholz, Head of Strategy & Markets, SMA Solar Technology AG
11.00 - 11.15	Rapid Deployable Plug & Play Energy Storage Solutions for the Integration of High Renewable Shares in Off Grid Applications Busso von Bismarck, Head of Business Development, Qinous GmbH
Secure Energy Supply for Tourism and Hospitals: A Solar Case
11.30 - 11.45	PV Systems for Rural Heath Facilities Georg Bopp, Head of Team: Autonomous Systems and Mini-Grids,  Fraunhofer ISE
11.45 - 12.00	Solar Power Supply for Tourism and Hospitals in Africa: Off-Grid and On-Grid Markus Schwaninger, Project Manager Renewable Energy Project Development Programme (PDP), GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
12.00 - 12.15	PV Development and Grid Access Study for a Club Resort in Indonesia Dr. Matthias Eichelbrönner, Managing Director, E.Quadrat GmbH & Co. Energy Experts KG
Innovation Forum, Award Ceremony & Exhibition in Cooperation with University for Applied Sciences Ulm