Intersolar Europe: Off-Grid Power Conference

The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) and the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar) are the exclusive off-grid partners of Intersolar Europe. Together, we are organising the Off-Grid Power Conference.

Partnering with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), this year's conference is an opportunity for high-ranking delegations, policymakers, investors and international press members. The Off-Grid Power Conference is the focal point to learn about the latest trends on future markets, technological solutions and smart applications.

The conference will take place at the Intersolar Exhibition in Conference Rooms B.11 & B.12.

To meet the ARE team, visit us at our stand at B2.309.

Preliminary program:

Wednesday 31 May 2017 (Room B.11)

Opening Session	10:30: Welcome and Introduction Off-Grid Conference 2017 Jörg Mayer, Managing Director, German Solar Association (BSW-Solar & Ernesto Macias, President, Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) 10:35: Keynote speech Dr. Tania Rödiger-Vorwerk: Deputy Director General Directorate 31, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany 10:45: Keynote speech Dana Rysankova: Senior Energy Specialist, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), World Bank
Session 1: Hybrid PV	11:00: Introduction to PV-diesel generators for commercial/industrial applications in Afria Olivier Drücke, Vice President, Solar23 GmbH, Germany 11:20: PV-Battery-Diesel Hybrid Solution in the Atacama Desert Dr. Karsten Schulte, Managing Director, Kraftwerk Renewable Power Solutions 11:40: Micro Grids and Productive Use: project examples & lessons learnt Dr. Karl Kolmsee, Smart Hydro Power GmbH, Germany 12:00: Achieving 100% renewable penetration on Hybrid Microgrids Colm Byrne, SVP Community Power, HYbrid Energy Solutions Ltd, Ireland
Session 2: Minigrid, Microgrids & Storage	12:30: SMA Fuel Save Solution - Solar and storage for hybrid grids the easy way Christian Hoehle, Product Manager - SMA Fuel Save Solution, SMA Solar Technology AG 12:50: Mini-Grids in Africa, experience from the field Pablo Munoz, Technical Support Manager, Studer Innotec SA, Switzerland 13:10: Promoting Technical Quality Measures in PV Mini grid Development in Indonesia Amalia Suryani, Team Leader, Energising Development (EnDev), Indonesia 13:30: Batteries for Mini-grids John-Henry Holtzkamp, Technical Sales Engineer, Trojan Battery Company, Germany
Session 3: Off-Grid Solutions for Industries, Telecommunications and Infrastructure	14:00: Lead acid batteries - new applications for Flexibilization of Energy Systems Michael Schiemann, Technical Director, BAE Batterien GmbH, Germany 14:20: Frontier power market outlook: Case of cell towers and agriculture Takehiro Kawahara, Frontier Power Team, Bloomberg New Energy Finance 14:40: Agricultural and Rural developments - demonstrating Small Scale Wind Systems Richard Caldow, General Manager, Kingspan Wind, Scotland 15:00: Off-Grid Power Systems 4.0 - Energy & Water production in the digital world Patrick Cousins, CEO & Co-Funder, Infinite Fingers GmbH, Germany
Session 4: Investing in Off-Grid Solar	16:00: Financing and funding opportunities for renewable energies Dr. Tobias Bidlingmaier, Vice President, DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany 16:20: maxx Blockchain Hub - Social Crowdfunding for off-grid Solutions in Africa Antje Klauss-Vorreiter, Executive Director, maxx-solar energy PTY Ltd. South Africa; Dr. Lutz Mittelstädt, Project Manager, maxx-solar & energie GmbH & Co. KG, Germany 16:40: Financing as key to Solar PAYG expansion Thomas Huth, CEO, Village Power AG, Switzerland 17:00: Investment in PV Mini-grid to Boost Electrification in Remote Rural Areas Maritje Hutapea, Director of Various New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia
Networking	18:00: Social Get-together at our stand (B2.309)

Thursday 1 June 2017 (Room B.12)

Session 5:

Off-Grid Solar PV for Humanitarian Actions

10:00: SOLARKIOSK Solar Infrastructure Solutions
Virginia Taborda, Director of Business Development, SOLARKIOSK AG, Germany
10:20: Access to Energy: The work of Energising Development (EnDev) in the context of migration and humanitarian crises
Inga Buchholz, Advisor, Energising Development (EnDev), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany
10:40: Mini-Grid technology improving the livelihood of hundreds of People
Svet Bajlekov: CTO, E.ON Off Grid Solutions GmbH, Germany
11:00: SUNfarming Food & Energy
Dipl-Ing. Peter Schrum, Founder and Main Shareholder, SunFarming GmbH, Germany

Session 6:

Energy for Agriculture

12:00: Afghanistan Sustainable Energy for Rural Development (ASERD)
Ahmad Shaheer Shariar, Deputy Minister, Afghanistan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD), Afghanistan
12:20: Cost-effective, reliable solar power for agrofood businesses and sustainable development in Africa
Erwin Spolders, CEO, Redavia GmbH, Germany
12:40: Dairy Value Chains Supported by Solar! Field experience in implementing a Small-scale PV Milk Cooling System in Tunisia and Kenya
Victor Torres Toledo, Junior Researcher, University of Hohenheim, Germany
13:00: Innovative Pumping for Irrigation Purposes to rural community farmers
Paul Nkumbula, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Diverse Integrations Ltd., Zambia