About Geothermal power summit

Increasing demand for electricity across the East African region has put pressure on existing hydro resources. Ongoing drought in the region, and the resulting unavailability of hydropower resources has meant an ever increasing search for alternative sources of reliable, sustainable electricity. Geothermal power is increasingly being promoted by governments and multilateral agencies as a resource which could and should be exploited for energy production.

High geothermal resource reliability, sustainability and operational efficiency make it easy to understand why more and more countries are exploiting geothermal resources if they have them. Despite heavy start up costs for geothermal power plants, countries such as Iceland and Japan are investing heavily in the technology and building in overseas territories. Japan has just recently invested some $320 million in Kenyan geothermal potential and more and more technology companies are offering geothermal development packages aimed at developing countries.

Why attend?

As both a renewable energy and economically feasible generation option, Geothermal has been highlighted as a “must have” for East Africa’s power sector. The Africa Geothermal Power Summit will be the meeting place for government ,investors, utilities, regulators and vendors to take an in-depth look on how to encourage investment in geothermal, planning and up skilling the correct resources and planning a geothermal facility from feasibility through financing to completion.

• Meet with the key stakeholders of the East African region and discuss how to further the development of the geothermal industry of this key region.
• Get an update on existing projects and potential areas of development.
• Get insight into managing and developing a geothermal project.
• Understand the finance options available for geothermal development

Topics to be discusses

• Geothermal Expansion:
  Government commitment & Ministerial policy in the East African region
  Current and planned projects in the East African region
• Geothermal resource assessment and optimisation for East Africa
• Access to Finance – the Risk Mitigation Fund
  PPPs and private sector participation
• The skills gap: expertise and know-how
  New and emerging geothermal technologies
• Legal and regulatory framework development
  Budgetary allocation & tariffs
• Kenya Geothermal Development – Lessons learnt

Who you will meet

Industry representation

• Utilites
• Government
• Private companies
• Financial institutes
• Academics

Job functions

• Powerplant managers
• Technical managers
• Geological specialist
• Geothermal project engineers
• Energy and minerals resources engineers

Should you be interested in presenting a paper on Geothermal power summit Michelle Fanus
d: (+44) 7817 701 413 | t: (+44) 207 241 2341

Deadline for submission of abstract is Tuesday 31 January 2012