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Africa Energy Outlook
A focus on energy prospects in sub-Saharan Africa
Information from the International Energy Agency
Inadequate energy infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa restricts urgently needed improvements in living standards. Although the region is rich in energy resources, it is very poor in energy supply.
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Maria van der Heever
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Access to reliable and affordable energy is critical to the development of a region which accounts for 13% of the world's population. Speaking at the launch of the agency's latest report "Africa Energy Outlook: A focus on energy prospects in sub-Saharan Africa" in London on 13 October 2014, Maria van der Hoeven, the agency's executive director, said that this report is the most comprehensive study of the sub-Saharan energy sector ever undertaken by the IEA. Thanks are due, she added, to the many African governments, institutions and companies for their cooperation in compiling this report. The data gathered for this special report - the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive picture of today's sub-Saharan energy sector and its future prospects in a global context - underlines the acute scarcity of modern energy services in many countries. The picture varies widely across the region, but, in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole, only 290-million out of 915-million people have access to electricity and the total number without access is rising. Efforts to promote electrification are gaining momentum, but are outpaced by population growth. Although investment in new energy supply is on the rise, $2 out of every $3 put into the sub-Saharan energy sector since 2000 have been committed to the development of resources for export... ( more)
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2nd FFF Electricity Conference
Confidence crisis - can SA plan for growth, or is this end of the industrial economy?
The Fossil Fuel Foundation Foundation (FFF) cordially invites you, your friends, colleagues and all interested persons to attend the 2nd FFF Electricity Conference with the theme:
"A confidence crisis - can SA plan for growth, or is this the end of the industrialised economy?"DATE: 20 November 2014 TIME: 07h30 to 17h00 VENUE: Glenhove Conferencing, 52 Glenhove Road, Melrose, Joburg The conference focuses on the electricity supply industry in South Africa. The first explored the various generation options available to the country and successfully reviewed the merits of each. This conference swings to the demand side of the equation by exploring the confidence of industry and organised business to embark on growth projects in the context of the current constraints and midterm outlook for electricity supply. With over six years of constrained supply behind it, the country potentially faces many more years of tight reserve margins. This is having a direct impact on the confidence in the economy. This conference will explore what is holding back investor confidence, and what would need to change in order to restore it. Download the registration form Download the announcement Download the programme
PRESENTERS
The confirmed line-up of presenters includes: - Brian Dames, CEO, African Rainbow Minerals
- Brian Day, CENNERGI
- Ronald Chauke, NERSA
- Lance Greyling, DA shadow minister of Energy
- James Lorimer, DA shadow minister of Mineral Resources
- Rob Adam, group executive nuclear, Aveng
- Rob Jeffrey, Econometrix
- Mike Rossouw, energy consultant to Eskom
- Themba Mkwanazi, CEO, Anglo Coal SA
- Roger Baxter, Chamber of Mines
A open panel discussion will be chaired by: - Chris Yelland, EE Publishers
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
- Explore the probable electricity supply situation based on official plans and industry expert opinion, with respect to pricing, availability and timing
- Define the magnitude and nature of the 'confidence crisis'
- Understand the concerns of key sectors of the economy with regard to electricity supply prospects
- Clarify the factors that are inhibiting confidence that would need to be addressed in order to restore it
- Quantify the expected growth that may result of confidence were to return
- Send a strong message to leaders in the electricity supply industry as to what needs to be done to ensure electricity is not a restraint to sustained GDP growth.
TOPICS Topics covered will include: - The electricity supply and demand outlook for South Africa to 2030, focussing on pricing, availability and timing
- Concerns of key economic sectors regarding the electricity industry stifling investment
- Pent up investment opportunities that could be released by electricity sector certainty
- Imperatives for electricity leaders to understand and get right
REGISTRATION AND FURTHER INFORMATIONDownload the registration form Download the announcement Download the programme For further information, contact Michelle Stegen, FFF events secretariate, Tel 011 483-1861, Fax 086 773-2442, Email events@rca.co.za, or visit the FFF website
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