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The Virtual Energy Forum is happy to make reegle users aware of a unique event taking place June 10-11, 2008 called the Virtual Energy Forum. The event is focused on how leading companies can adopt better energy management practices to cut cost, while at the same time adopting clean energy alternatives — presenting alternative energy technologies, policies, and best practices in a live, interactive environment. The event is designed to meet the needs of corporate energy executives in a way that is not possible with physical events, webinars or other means.

Register for the Virtual Energy Forum today and experience a unique, online only conference connecting thousands of corporate executives with sustainability experts in energy efficiency and conservation, as well as providers of alternative energy products and services — through a live, interactive environment.The event will feature live Q&A video chat with experts across a wide range of industries. Confirmed speakers to date include senior energy executives from public and private sectors including Nike, Marriott, Unilever, Whole Foods, Raytheon, the U.S. Department of Energy, Whirlpool, HP, Macy’s, Constellation Energy, National Grid, United Technologies, Dell, Arizona State, Boulder Community Hospital, Good Energies, American Wind Energy Association and many others. These experts will be answering questions YOU submit via an easy-to-use chat interface. The Virtual Energy Forum will feature:

• Live video keynote presentations from studios from across the county
• Meet-The-Expert video chat and panel presentations addressing the following topics: Cases in Corporate Sustainability, Green IT, Putting Renewable Energies to Work, Investing in Alterative Energy, Energy Management Best Practices
• Chat among attendees and exhibitors
• Virtual booths featuring solution providers who can help you reach your sustainability goals

The Virtual Energy Forum is free to attend, will require no travel costs, and can be experienced from the comfort of your home or office. Register today, then log in on Tuesday, June 10th and Wednesday, June 11th, 2008, and get the tools and information you need to make your company more energy efficient and cost effective! We hope to see you at the event!!!

I am currently attending ICREA (International Conference on Renewable Energies in Africa – Making Renewable Energy Markets Work for Africa), which is taking place in Dakar, Senegal (16-18 April). The Conference, which is being attended by forty-nine African countries, was opened by Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal. Wade pointed out that energy and infrastructure are the real foundations to African Development, and with continuing high oil prices, renewable energy technologies provided Africa with development opportunities which are both affordable and accessible.

Director-General of UNIDO, Dr. Yumkella pointed out that Africa will have a population of two billion people by 2050, and therefore energy planning needed to be an essential element of any country’s future planning and infrastructure, if crisis’s are not to occur. Dr Yumkella pointed out that wealth creation, rather than poverty alleviation should be the goal of African countries, and renewable energy provided countries with development opportunities.

The rest of the conference has been split between workshops and plenary sessions, and has included topics such as; Bioenergy, Scaling-up, Investment Frameworks, Grid Connections, Standards, Carbon Finance, Technology Transfer, Hydro Power, Geothermal, Solar, Wind, etc.

I gave a presentation in the plenary session entitled “Capacity Building and Research and Development for Renewable Energy Markets in Africa“. My presentation covered REEEP’s work in Africa with national governments and the twenty-nine projects we have undertaken in the continent, and in particular a joint project REEEP has undertaken with UNIDO to develop a Capacity Building Manual. The Manual looks to develop regulators and policy makers in Africa with the use of case studies, showing what has and hasn’t worked previously and why (further information can be found on the UNIDO website)

The Conference and the attached exhibition have been well attended, and conversations within the sessions and in the margins have focused on sharing experiences, and discussing ways to take the discussion forward in this climate of high oil prices.

Today, the third-day of the Conference is the Ministerial portion, in which a plan of action and declaration will be formulated setting out the way forward for Africa in the renewable energy market.

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