News for African Renewable Energy Technology Platform, AFRETEP

Writeshop to Support Developing Country Publications from SEI

Dear AFRETEP Members,  I would like to forward you an interesting call for application for ... (read more)

Call for abstracts for the Africa PVSEC conference

Dear AFRETEP Members, From 27 to 29 March 2014, the first Africa Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition will take place in Durban, South Africa. AfricaPVSEC is a new initiative, partnering EU PVSEC and SNEC for promotion and exchange in the photovoltaic solar energy sector and bring together leading experts, researchers, public ... (read more)

Launch of the IRENA's Global Solar and Wind Atlas

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MENASOL 2012: International delegates and government to meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss future for solar in Middle East

CSP Today and PV Insider are delighted to announce the impressive delegate list so far confirmed at MENASOL 2012 (Abu Dhabi, May 16-17)Representatives that have recently joined include leading companies such as GE, Petrogas, Solar Frontier, First Solar, E.ON, Roth and Rau, Qatar Petroleum, Siemens, SkyFiel, Total and ACS Cobra amongst many more. They will be descending on Abu Dhabi ... (read more)

CSP industry meets in Madrid to talk about optimisation

Madrid is ready to hold the only techno-economic event focused in CSP; the 2nd CSP Optimisation Summit, 5-6 June, with more than 150 solar thermal experts set to attend.   With PV hoping to achieve a cost of 0,07 c€/KWh by the end of the decade, cost reduction in CSP is synonymous with getting the maximum yield in existing and future plants. As you can expect, these two ... (read more)

UAE Ministry of Energy in attendance at MENASOL 2012

The future of CSP & PV developments in the UAE will be discussed by key senior level government officials at MENASOL 2012This week it was confirmed that Mr. Abdullah Mohamed Almutawa, Head of Electricity and Water Desalination Department at the UAE Ministry of Energy, will be attending MENASOL 2012 (16th-17th May, Abu Dhabi),  to discuss the future for the solar industry ... (read more)

Differentiating CSP fact from fiction

In a competitive energy market the only technologies that will survive is the one that produces the lowest cost of electricity. In a battlefield based on strict price points the market choices has led to the belief that the cheapest technology will win. Yet when you dig deeper it soon becomes clear that cheap does not mean value and suitability for utilities and grid operators.That ... (read more)

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