event 15 Apr 2021 time 09:45 UTC+3

Webinar // Enhanced collaboration between energy and water planners in the Nile region

The Nile Basin Development Forum is organised by the Nile Basin Initiative. This session is co-convened by the the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) and will address two leading questions: (1) What are the shared challenges and opportunities of Africa’s power pools? and; (2) How can they better align hydropower with new opportunities like variable renewables?

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April 15, 2021 9:45-12:00 UTC+3

Forum Description

The virtual webinars of the 6th Nile Basin Development Forum, organised by the Nile Basin Initiative and partners, launched on the 9th of March and will continue until the 29th of April 2021. This year’s theme is “Rethinking regional investments in the Nile Basin : Water | Energy | Food | Environment | Climate Change”.

Event Description

This session will address two leading questions: (1) What are the shared challenges and opportunities of Africa’s power pools? and; (2) How can they better align hydropower with new opportunities like variable renewables?

Speakers

  • Yohannes Gebretsadik
  • Alloyce Odour
  • Zelalem Gebrehiwot, Haitham Ahmed Hashim or Patrice Manirakiza
  • Alison Chikova
  • Bruno KORGO
  • Zelalem Gebrehiwot (zgebrehiwot@eappool.org)

Programme

Host: Julien Harou - UoM

Co-Convenors: Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)

Zelalem Gebrehiwot (EAPP) will present the keynote paper titled "Need for, and benefits from, joint implementation by regional member countries of regional /transboundary energy projects: experiences from Africa and beyond"

Paper Presentations

Alison Chikova (SAPP): The South African power pool and water-energy planning

Bruno KORGO (WASCAL): Hydropower and the West African Power Pool

Haitham Ahmed Hashim or Patrice Manirakiza: New opportunities and challenges for the East African Power Pool

Alloyce Odour (NBI-NELSAP): NELSAP’s Power Sector Program: key achievements and challenges of financing and implementing regional power projects in the NEL region

Yohannes Gebretsadik (NBI): Optimizing reservoir operation to increase in the wind power in the Zambezi

Panel Discussion

Panelists:

Zelalem Gebrehiwot - EAPP (alt. Haitham Ahmed Hashim or Patrice Manirakiza)

Azeb Mersha – NBI-ENTRO

Mathaios Panteli – UoM

Abdulkarim Seid – IWMI

Maro Tola – NBI-NELSAP

Registration

Register for the webinar on zoom here

Further Information

Session summaries will be uploaded on the event page here after the conclusion of session. Visit the Nile Basin Development Forum website here for more information on all sessions.

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