Webinar Series: Status Quo and Market Potential of Off-grid Renewables in Mozambique

Versão em portugues

• Mozambique Off-grid Knowledge Hub
• Mozambique Off-grid Practitioners Group
• All Mozambique Articles

In 2019, only 30% of the total population of Mozambique had electricity access while 5% had access to clean cooking fuels and technologies. However, Mozambique has a huge RE potential i.e. 23,000 GW of solar energy, 12,000 MW of hydro energy, 4.5 GW of wind potential and 2 GW of biomass energy. Thus, off-grid renewable solutions have the potential to bridge the energy access gap and achieve country-wide electrification and access to clean cooking.  

Against this background, energypedia is organizing a series of webinars on selected RE technologies such as solar home systems, improved cookstoves, mini/nano grid and solar powered irrigation. Based on demand and interest from the Mozambican energy sector, the webinar series will/can be expanded to include other productive uses of energy.  

The aim of this webinar series is twofold: promote knowledge creation and sharing on selected RE technologies (mentioned above) and highlight the experiences (both success and failure case stories and learnings) from the sector to prevent duplication and inventing of the wheel. The case studies featured during the webinars will also feed into the “Mozambique Off-grid Knowledge Hub”.

• Clean Cooking Energy in Mozambique
• Solar Powered Irrigation in Mozambique
• Solar Home System (SHS) in Mozambique

Webinar Part 2: Cozinha limpa em Moçambique - Oportunidades de financiamento

This webinar presents an overview of the main financing opportunities available to ICS companies and a panel discussion with key ICS companies on what the financing landscape looks like in Mozambique.

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Webinar Part 1: Clean Cooking in Mozambique: Market Status and Opportunities for the Private Sector

This webinar highlights the status of clean cooking energy technologies in Mozambique with key insights into the stakeholders involved, market size, challenges as well as the opportunity for the sector. We will provide insights into the Mozambican clean cooking sector with focus on stakeholders involved, challenges as well as opportunities for the private sector. The webinar features a round table discussion with invited private sector representatives who revolve around topics such as access to finance, reaching end consumers and quality clean cooking solutions.

This webinar is part of a series focusing on off-grid technologies in Mozambique. It is organized by energypedia UG in collaboration with AMER. The aim of the webinar series is twofold: promote knowledge creation and sharing on selected RE technologies, and highlight the experiences from the sector to prevent duplication and re-inventing of the wheel. The information featured during the webinars will also feed into the “Mozambique Off-grid Knowledge Hub”.

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Webinar Q&A

• Link to the Q&A page (you have to login to energypedia to view this page, click here to create an account)

Speakers

Florência Saide, Sogepal

Florência Saide, Founding Partner of SOGEPAL, is currently Director of Projects and Human Resources of one of the main companies for the production and commercialization of improved stoves in the southern region of Mozambique. She has an accumulated professional experience in the renewable energy sector of about 9 years, having participated in the research and implementation of activities for the dissemination and commercialization of improved cookstoves in the local market. She started her career in 2011, in SOGEPAL in the Department of Human Resources and Public Relations, accumulating 6 years of experience. Between 2013 and 2015, she was part of the leadership of the Marketing activities in the dissemination of the use of improved stoves in communities in Maputo province, in the EnDev project led by SNV - Dutch Organization for Development, making an added experience of 2 years in the area of Marketing. She is also a Founding Partner (2014) of UNIMETAL, a subsidiary of SOGEPAL, which operates in various sectors of activities in the manufacture of products that have metal as raw material, including the production of improved cookstoves, cookware, and other small metal derivatives.

Norato Xerinda, MozCarbon

Norato Xerinda has been working for more than 10 years on carbon projects in clean cooking and forestry. He is currently the Monitoring and Certification Manager at Mozambique Carbon Initiatives LDA (MozCarbon). He leads the project monitoring, audit and certification processes for cookstove projects in Mozambique and correspondent generation of carbon credits. He was responsible for the introduction of the cookstove component into MozCarbon’s business portfolio and for the first issuance of carbon credits for MozCarbon by the Gold Standard certification body. He has performed various roles in cookstove project development including partnerships, fundraising, sales management, stove testing among others. His expertise includes Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation of Energy Projects and Programs, Carbon Assets Development (with focus on cookstoves) and Forestry. Currently he is a Doctoral Candidate in Social Sustainability and Development at Universidade Aberta, Portugal. He also holds a Postgraduate Degree in Rural Development and a BSc degree in Forestry from the Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique.

Aldina Sindique, Carbonsink

Aldina Sindique is Climate Change Expert working for Carbonsink since 2018. She is the Country Representative responsible for identifying new opportunities, and market segments of carbon projects in the country. Before joining Carbonsink, she has worked for IIAM (Mozambique Agrarian Research Institute) in research activities and socio-economic aspects linking farmers to market; and for APIEX (Agência de Promoção de Investimentos e Exportações) in the analyses of domestic and foreign investment projects. She has substantial experience in Forest Management, Sustainable Agriculture and Energy Efficiency. She holds a MSc in Natural Resources Management for Tropical Rural Development (Land and Water) and Bachelor’s in Forestry Technology.

Celio Jose Barnete, Pamoja

Operations and Financial Manager Celio Barnete is a native of Nampula, graduated in Law from UMBB in Nampula. Currently attending a Master in Renewable Energies. He has experience in capacity building and team management. Celio manages the daily operations of the business and reports on business performance, customer payments and satisfaction. During his 4 years with Pamoja, Celio became a key player in building the local expertise needed to scale the operations.

Webinar Part 1: Solar Powered Irrigation Systems for Small-scale Farmers in Mozambique – Status and Opportunity for the Sector

Webinar Part 2: Solar Irrigation Systems in Mozambique- Deep Dive with Experts

This webinar is the follow up to the first webinar on SPIS and include a experts discussion focusing on maintenance and operation of SPIS.

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• Marion Cuisin: Technical considerations for planning solar powered irrigation systems (SPIS)
• Berry van den Pol: Market insights for small scale solar powered irrigation systems (SPIS) in Mozambique
• Ranisha Basnet: Introduction to Mozambique Off-grid Knowledge Hub on energypedia and overview of tools and resources for SPIS planning

Webinar Q&A

• Link to the Q&A page (you have to login to energypedia to view this page, click here to create an account)

Further Resources

• https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/geospatial-information/climate-information
• Mozambique_Off-grid_Knowledge_Hub
• Mozambique_Productive_Uses_of_Energy_Hub
• Report: Solar Irrigation Market Analysis in Mozambique

Speakers

Berry van den Pol

Berry van den Pol is a farmer-led irrigation specialist who started working with Mozambican farmers about ten years ago. He joined Practica Foundation in 2013 as a project engineer responsable for testing the technical and socio-economic fit of solar irrigation technologies. Berry aims to share lessons learnt and increase sustainable access to technologies. In 2021, Berry realised a market study on solar irrigation pumps in Mozambique funded GIZ, which he will present during the webinar..

Marion Cuisin

Marion studied Agronomy and Rural Development. After her studies she joined the irrigation team of Practica, and now provides technical assistance to several projects in East and West Africa. She helps local partner organisations with the technical design and planning of small-scale irrigation systems (SPIS), monitoring and evaluation, and the access to markets of irrigation technologies. In 2021, Marion designed and prepared trainings on SPIS for technicians, end-users and teachers in Ethiopia and Ghana. With a strong understanding of both farming systems and communication, Marion has developed a range of tools to provide practical and accesible information to farmers and technicians on solar powered irrigation, including decision-making guides, a serious game, and many training exercises. Familiar with the challenges related to the design of SPIS, she will present the technical considerations to take into account for planning SPIS based on the potential of SPIS in Mozambique, presented by her colleague, Berry van den Pol.

Ranisha Basnet

Ranisha has more than 6 years of experience in the renewable energy sector focusing mainly on developing countries. Her expertise lies in energy research, project management and developing knowledge products (webinars, database and knowledge portals). She has also worked as an energy consultant for different international organizations. She has a masters degree in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management and a Bachelor degree in Environmental Studies.

Webinar: State of Play: Solar Home System (SHS) Market in Mozambique

This webinar aims to provide a snapshot of the solar home system (SHS) market in Mozambique and features a panel discussion with the private sector. In the first part, energypedia will launch the new Mozambique Off-grid Energy Hub on energypedia.info. The second part will feature panel discussion with solar companies who will share their experiences, opportunities and challenges for scaling up the SHS sector as well as the way forward.

This webinar is the first of a series focusing on off-grid technologies in Mozambique. It is organized by energypedia UG in collaboration with AMER. The aim of the webinar series is twofold: promote knowledge creation and sharing on selected RE technologies, and highlight the experiences from the sector to prevent duplication and re-inventing of the wheel. The information featured during the webinars will also feed into the “Mozambique Off-grid Knowledge Hub”.

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References

Funding

Funded and developed in collaboration with the GIZ programme Green People’s Energy for Africa to enhance knowledge exchange and sharing among the energy practitioners in Mozambique.