Addressing Africa’s power challenges – POWER-GEN Africa and DistribuTECH Africa set for 2014 event
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
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Top power industry players and government officials from
across Africa and abroad are set to converge in Cape Town from 17 – 19 March
2014, for the second POWER-GEN Africa and inaugural DistribuTECH Africa
exhibition and conference.
Presented by PennWell International, POWER-GEN Africa 2014
and DistribuTECH Africa feature the best of the international POWER-GEN and
DistribuTECH events, combined with an in-depth focus on Africa’s unique
challenges and opportunities.
Key developments changing the face of the power sector in
sub-Saharan Africa are ongoing challenges with stability and growing demand; US
President Barack Obama’s new $7 billion Power Africa initiative; and new
solutions making larger scale renewable energy generation a more attractive
option for utilities, says PennWell. In addition, new smart metering and grid
management present a range of potential benefits for African utilities grappling
with the need to expand their grids on restricted budgets.
Aiming to address the challenges and analyse the trends,
high-level panels and expert speakers will examine power policies, strategies
and technologies in dedicated tracks. Among the topics to be addressed during
POWER-GEN Africa will be emissions control, renewable energy policy and finance,
gas turbines and combined cycle, a wind powered Africa, harnessing Africa’s
hydropower potential, and bioenergies and waste to energy.
The DistribuTECH conference will include sessions covering
smart grid development and communication, smart metering, data intelligence,
substation automation and smart grid cyber security.
Over 100 exhibitors are set to participate in the events.
For more information or to book a seat, go to http://www.powergenafrica.com/index.html
or http://www.distributechafrica.com/index.html.
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