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AfriWEA will continue to update this page with conferences relevant to the wind energy industry in Africa that may be of interest to members. In future, AfriWEA plans to organise training courses and workshops on aspects of the wind energy industry in Africa. To announce conferences, please contact the webmaster webmaster@afriwea.org.

Recent information

• 2006/02/16 Natural Resources Canada's RETScreen International Clean Energy Decision Support Tools Free access to more that 700 files with wind and climate data, software tools, etc. click here
• 2005/10/05 Extension for Expression of Interest (Eritrea) Ext.pdf
• 2005/09/22 Invitation for Expression of Interest (Eritrea) Wind_Ene.pdf
• 2005/08/06 AFRICA'S RENEWABLE ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES InWEnt download report as PDF (265 kB)
• 2005/08/01 press release - second-hand wind turbine installations in Morocco download press release PDF (129 kB)
• 2005/07/28 New WWEA position paper "Functioning of the EU electricity directive"
• 2005/07/20 Initiative for the future of AfriWEA / Initiative pour l'avenir d'AfriWEA
• 2005/07/11 G8 Climate Change
• 2005/06/30 Practical training experience - InWEnt course for African paticipants in Germany
• 2005/06/21 The UNDP Facility - Activities and Opportunities in Africa
• 2005/05/04 Application for the position of "AfriWEA country representative" read
• 2005/04/28 Africa Energy Forum, Barcelona more
• 2005/04/13 Windhoek enters 'dark age' Power rations kick in www.namibian.com.na
• 2005/04 InWENT training »Wind turbines for decentralised power supply and grid connected wind farms« more
• 2005/04/06 HANNOVER FAIR 2005 (11 – 15 April) in Germany www.hannovermesse.de
  One representative of AfriWEA will support the World Wind Energy Association, please visit hall 13, stand B46
• 2005/03/02 First local wind farm gets to the nod www.busrep.co.za
• 2005/03/02 After four years, green light is given for wind energy farm
• 2005/03/23 Statements on German grid study
• »Within the framework of the TERNA wind energy programm of GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ GmbH) a site selection mission was carried out in Ethiopia. The project in Ethiopia is executed jointly with EEPCo - Ethiopian Electric Power Company and co-finanzed by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).
  By end of February 2005, 11 wind measuring stations were installed at suitable sites for a wind park of approx. 50 MW. Both 10 m and 30 m towers were used; the first results are promising. After 6 months the best three sites will be selected for further studies.«
  reported by B. Jargstorf, Factor 4 Energy Projects GmbH
• The press release and conference resolution of the 3rd World Wind Energy Conference 2004 in Beijing, China are available as PDF-file: press release conference resolution
• In November 2003, AfriWEA hosted the World Wind Energy Association Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa more.
• 2007/04/02 Update: 2nd conference and Exhibition on Renewable Energy 18-20 June 2007 in Algiers – Algeria www.ceer-algeria.com
• 2007/04/02 Hannover Fair – Energy Germany 16-20 April 2007 www.hannovermesse.de
• 2007/04/02 World Wind Energy Conference 2007 in Argentina 2-4 October 2007 www.wwindea.org

Africa Energy Forum 2005

June 22-24 2005 in Barceona, Spain
»Ten African energy ministers and twenty state utilities and government officials have confirmed their participation. Erkki Nghimtina, Minister of Mines & Energy, Namibia has confirmed since the publication of the programme. For conference details see the AEF 2005 website.« Download the programme.

Windpower 2005 Conference and Exhibition

May 15-18, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA www.awea.org

World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC2005)

May 22-27, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK www.wrec2005aberdeen.co.uk

Husum Wind

September 20th - 24th 2005, wind technology fair, Husum, Germany www.husumwind.de

4th World Wind Energy Conference 2005

November 2nd - 5th, Melbourne, Australia wwec2005.com

An international Conference on making renewable energy a reality

November 21-27th 2004, Port Harcourt/Calabar, Nigeria www.onesky.ca

LIBYA ENERGY WEEK

September 14-17th 2004, Tripoli International Fair Ground, Tripoli, Libya www.african-events.com

AFRICON 2004

Conference on Technology innovation, IEEE Region 8, Gaberone International Conference Centre, Botswana (15 - 17 September 2004) http://eerc.up.ac.za/~ieee/?home

POWER AFRICA

The most comprehensive power event in Africa 7-10 June 2004 web, Flyer (656 kB)

2nd World Wind Energy Conference 2003

November 23-26th 2003, Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa more