African Utility Week and Powergen Africa Press Office:

MUNICIPAL LEADERS FORUM INTERVIEW: Our promise to clients is ‘If there is money, we will find it for you’

10 Mar 2020

The Municipal Leaders Forum is a peer-to-peer learning platform that will launch for the first time at African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa from 12 -14 May 2020

TAIWAN PAVILION INTERVIEW: “Taiwan is now the world’s second-biggest photovoltaic cell producer, thanks to its R&D-focused approach”

10 Mar 2020
TAITRA is organising the Taiwan country pavilion at African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa in Cape Town in May.

Hydro4Africa INTERVIEW: “I clearly see an increasing interest from the investor community in smaller scale projects”

10 Mar 2020

Exclusive interview with Wim Jonker Klunne, renewable expert, hydropower pioneer and founder of Hydro4Africa.

HYDRO INNOVATION INTERVIEW: “We need to be bold and dare to explore innovative technologies and develop skills”

05 Mar 2020

Carole Rosenlund is Head of Africa at the International Centre for Hydropower in Norway and an expert panellist at the upcoming African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa.

SMALL HYDRO INTERVIEW: “The potential in Africa is massive and the need is great for small scale off-grid development for rural communities”

04 Mar 2020

This year’s Energy Revolution Africa Knowledge Hub will feature a discussion on ”Advances in hydro powered mini-grids”.

The clock is ticking for pre-paid meter users: here’s why

04 Mar 2020 Annemarie Roodbol

“The date 24/11/2024 is approaching fast, utilities have very little time left”

TID ROLLOVER INTERVIEW: “The date 24/12/2024 is approaching fast, utilities have very little time left”

02 Mar 2020

There are an estimated 7 million meters in South Africa alone and this is expected to reach 8 million by 2024. Globally this could be between 60 and 70 million.

HYDROPOWER INTERVIEW: “I am very optimistic about a combination of intermittent wind and solar with hydropower providing the baseline and storage”

02 Mar 2020

Exclusive interview with hydropower pioneer Bo Barta.

REA INTERVIEW: “My message to investors is: Look to Africa, the mini-grid market is competitive.”

02 Mar 2020

Nigeria has several mini-grids largely due to the efforts at developing a legal and institutional framework for mini grids by the Regulator and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

Calling all energy sector technology disruptors and start-ups to African Utility Week’s Initiate! forum 27 Feb 2020 Celebrating 2020 by introducing 20 SMMEs @ 20th edition! Read More

HYDROPOWER INTERVIEW: “This is a golden opportunity for the development of sustainable hydropower in Africa” 27 Feb 2020 Hydropower expert Anton-Louis Olivier, MD of the REH Group, is part of a panel discussion on ”A guide to developing a small hydro plant” at the upcoming African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa. Read More