RES4AFRICA ZAMBIA PROGRAM LAUNCH. Enhancing the renewable energy transition in Zambia

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1 RES4AFRICA ZAMBIA PROGRAM LAUNCH Enhancing the renewable energy transition in Zambia Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka November 27 th - 28 th, 2018 Platinum sponsor: Silver sponsors:

2 Setting the Context Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the wealthiest regions in terms of renewable energy resources, but lacks capabilities to exploit them, reflecting low electricity production from solar and wind. Thanks to the continent s dynamic economic and population growth, and falling technology costs, renewable energy investments are considered a key solution to introduce widespread affordable, reliable and sustainable energy access to the region. Despite positive trends in term of technology and economic feasibility of renewable energy projects, today almost 600 million people still live without access to energy in the region and this number will grow in the next years. Zambia, as many other African countries is rich in terms of renewable energy sources, in particular hydro and solar, but access to electricity is only 31% with very low rate in rural areas (4%). The Zambian energy system is characterized by hydro energy that cover about 90% of total production. In the last few years, being affected by climate change with long periods of droughts, Zambia needs to differentiate its generation mix and variable renewable energy, such as wind and solar, could play a key role in the next years. This potential of renewable energy investments was already captured by the previous RES4Africa Conferences in Addis Ababa (October 2017) and Nairobi (January 2018), where multi-stakeholder interests and market development efforts were identified first-hand. After the experiences in East-Africa, RES4Africa identified Southern-Africa as an important region of focus where renewable energy can reap significant benefits in terms of market development, improving people s lives and livelihoods. The Event RES4Africa aims to create an enabling environment for renewable energy investments in Sub-Saharan Africa countries. In particular, in Zambia RES4Africa supports the transition to variable renewable energies, like solar and wind, that is already started, as showed by Scaling Solar and GET FiT Programmes. RES4Africa, with the support of many partners, organizes a regional conference, to enable a dialogue on the latest insights for the deployment of RE solutions in Zambia. The event is tailored towards building on the ongoing policy dialogue, and scaling existing networks for companies to connect and form partnerships. The conference will include partners from key African markets, and will gather relevant international and African stakeholders such as IFI s, manufacturers, institutional actors, international organizations, academia, and civil society to enable a comprehensive discussion. RES4Africa Program Launch 2018 in Zambia is designed as a country conference with regional focus on all the countries of Southern-Africa region. The conference will shed light on key topics for renewable energy deployment such as policy mechanism to enhance sustainable and bankable projects, technological and technical issues on and off-grid, capacity building and socio-economic benefits to local economies. The B2B sessions, that will take place in parallel to the conference, will be an opportunity for local and international companies to connect and foster new business opportunities and partnership with our members. Finally, a light exhibition will give the possibility to companies to display their products or services.

3 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 27 TH Morning session 8:00 Registration and welcome coffee 8:30 RES4Africa presentation Mission, achievements and future objectives Roberto Vigotti Secretary General, RES4Africa 8:45 Decarbonisation, access to energy and sustainability: an opportunity for Africa Antonio Cammisecra President RES4Africa and CEO Enel Green Power 9:00 Opening session State of art of Zambia s energy scenario and future perspectives H.E. Amb. Filippo Scammacca H.E. Amb. Alessandro Mariani Dr. Francesco La Camera Ambassador of Italy to Zambia Ambassador of the European Union to Zambia and COMESA Director General for Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, European Union and International Affairs, Italian Ministry of Environment, Land & Sea Hon. Margaret Mwanakatwe Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Finance * Hon. Jean Kapata Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources * Hon. Dennis Wanchingsa Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection * Hon. Richard Musukwa Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development * Hon. Micheal Katambo Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Agriculture * Hon. Christopher Bwalya YalumaCabinet Minister, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry * Hon. Alexander Chiteme Cabinet Minister, Ministry of National Development and Planning * Hon. Vincent Mwale Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Local Government * Hon. Matthew Nkhuwa Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Energy 10:30 Session 1 Why renewables in Zambia: Market analysis and social benefits In Zambia, where electricity consumption shows an average annual growth of around 5-6%, there is a significant need to diversify the generation mix, currently dominated by hydropower, and the will to increase security and quality of supply, while encouraging the electrification of rural areas. For this reason, the government of Zambia launched a series of initiatives to promote the development of renewable energy, with particular attention to photovoltaic energy, setting the goal of installing up to 600 MW of solar energy in the next two or three years. Keynote speaker and roundtable moderator: Carlo Zorzoli Head of Business Development, Enel Green Power Emeldah C. Chola Emmanuel M. Pamu Paul M. Chanda Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy Permanent Secretary Budget, Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development

4 Mateyo Kaluba CEO, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) * Victor M. Mundende Managing Director, ZESCO Langiwe H. Lungu Executive Director and CEO, Energy Regulation Body (ERB) Geoffrey Musonda CEO, Rural Electrification Authority (REA) 11:30 Coffee break 12:00 Session 2 - A feasible roadmap to integrate variable renewable energy in the national electric system The session will focus on the integration of non-dispatchable renewable energy in the national electric system, shedding light on the most important challenges from a technical and regulatory point of view and analysing possible solutions according to the European and South African experience. The session will also focus on the benefits of fostering regional integration within the Southern African Power Pool: extending power interconnections and power trade is key to efficiently satisfy growing power demand inside the SAPP region, while integrating large amounts of new intermittent RE capacities to reduce power generation costs. Arturo Sferruzza Roundtable moderator: Silvia Piana Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Head of Regulatory Affairs Africa, Asia and Oceania, Enel Green Power Arnold Milner Simwaba Director, Ministry of Energy Representative from MASEN * Steven Mwiingu Senior Manager, Energy Regulation Body (ERB) Abraham M. Sashi Senior Manager System Operations and Power Trade, ZESCO Brian Dlamini Planning Engineer, Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Francesco Rizzo Africa Area Manager, CESI Bill Price South Africa Country Manager, Enel Green Power 13:00 Lunch break Afternoon session B2B meetings running in parallel 14:30 Capacity building to accelerate access to energy To achieve universal access to energy we need to create a young, talented and dynamic generation of professional engineers, managers, technicians and entrepreneurs, skilled at developing and managing decentralized renewable energy projects. Zambia Solar Energy Centre of Excellence, Micro-Grid Academy, Strathmore SERC and Open Africa Power present their initiatives to reach this goal. Roundtable moderator: Marco Aresti Prof. Prem Jain Access2Energy Manager, RES4Africa Department of Physics, University of Zambia, UNESCO Chair in Renewable Energy and Environment

5 Lloyd Chabala Ngo Christian Zulberti Claudio Pedretti Ignatius Waikwa Project Manager Renewable Energy, UNDP Head of Relations with Universities and Research Centers, Enel Foundation Business Development Manager, WindKinetic SERC, Strathmore University 15:00 Session 3 - Best practices for successful auction program: connecting public sector and investors in emerging RE markets The session will shed light on the complex tendering process in emerging RE markets. With a holistic approach, the discussion will consider critical points from the perspective of both public and private sectors. How could a tender answer the needs of these two categories of stakeholders? How can public and private sectors work together to maximize the total value creation? Keynote speaker and roundtable moderator: Michele Porri Head of Business Development Africa, Enel Green Power Changala S. Nswana Judith Raphael Micheal Mulasikwanda Director Strategy and Corporate Services, ZESCO Director GET FiT Zambia Representative from Ministry of Finance Principal Power Development Officer, Ministry of Energy Representative from IFC 16:00 Session 4 Managing local content requirements in renewable energy projects Local content requirements in RE tenders can enhance social and economic benefits in the country, but they have to be properly managed in order to avoid negative impacts on the reliability of the project and on the final cost of energy. The session will provide international benchmarking and lessons learned. Keynote speaker and roundtable moderator: Byron Ascott Evans Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company Kayula Siame Chimuka Nketani Harriet Zulu Andrea Gattini Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Senior Manager Investments, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Principal Energy Officer, Ministry of Energy Head of Business Development Southern Africa, Enel Green Power 17:00 Closing remarks Roberto Vigotti Secretary General, RES4Africa

6 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 28 TH Morning session B2B meetings running in parallel 8:00 Registration and welcome coffee 8:30 Session 5 Creating shared value through renewable energy investments The United Nations Agenda 2030, signed in September 2015 by the governments of 193 countries, outlined a longterm global vision to combat poverty, hunger and disease. In this process, the private sector is called upon to play a key role within an economic system free market. Access to clean, affordable and reliable energy is fundamental to drive sustainable economic growth in Africa and private companies are the answer at the same time to business opportunities and to social and environmental issues. The Creating Shared Value approach actively contributes to the positive economic and social development of local communities along all the value chain of the renewable energy investments. The session will discuss best practices and future development of sustainability within the energy sector. Keynote speaker and roundtable moderator: Antonella Santilli Head of Sustainability, Enel Green Power Micheal B. Pwete Lemmy Namayanga Lee Smith Stephan van den Berg Susann Stritzke Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Acting Director General, Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) Representative from UNECA Project Manager, RINA Consulting Principal Consultant, ERM Representative from SHG Consortium Renewable Energy Research Associate, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford 09:30 Session 6 Decentralized renewable energy solutions to foster economic development The session will discuss decentralized energy solutions and their impact on the development of local communities. Innovative and sustainable decentralized energy solutions represent efficient instrument to promote electricity access in remote and low load density areas. Which technologies are currently available? And which regulatory framework is needed for their large-scale development? Giuseppe Artizzu Executive Director Global Energy Strategy, ENGIE eps 10:00 Session 7 - Addressing financial risks in renewable energy investments in Sub-Sahara Africa The session will analyse the financial risks that a renewable energy project meets during its life. Addressing such risks is crucial in projects development, especially in new countries and new contexts. With a holistic approach, the session will discuss potential risk mitigation measures. Moreover, the session will present RenewAfrica the innovative regulatory and financial tool, studied by RES4Africa in partnership with PwC, Enel Green Power, Pöyry, Intesa San Paolo and Siemens Gamesa, to unlock renewable energy investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paolo Gentili Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

7 Roundtable moderator: Angelo Guardo Chimuka Nketani Judith Raphael Michele Calderoni Riccardo Siliprandi Mediterranean Area Manager, RES4Med Representative from Ministry of Finance Senior Manager Investments, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Representative from IFC and/or African Development Bank Director GET FiT Zambia CFO Africa Asia and Oceania Area, Enel Green Power Principal, Pöyry Management Consulting Italy 11:00 Coffee Break 11:30 Session 8 Scaling off-grid energy solutions in Zambia through Private-Public Partnerships Closing the energy access gap in Sub-Saharan Africa is critical. Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) offer an approach to address market failures that otherwise constrain the reach of basic services in emerging markets. In the off-grid energy space, PPPs could help extend services to populations that would otherwise not be able to access them by leveraging private sector technology, capabilities and capital. For this approach to be effective, it is essential to remove uncertainties through geospatial analysis, demand assessments, regulatory reform, information transparency and other measures that permit the private sector to invest. Daniel Sheperd Senior Operations Officer, IFC 12:00 Session 9 Efficient integration of RE plants in Africa: innovative technologies and market opportunities for wind and PV leading manufacturers The session will discuss the importance of the integration of renewable energies with the energy system. What are the business opportunities in Zambia for global leading manufacturers? Which steps are needed to incentivize these players to participate in the market? The participation of experienced representatives of key market players is important to assess the current situation and the challenges to increase the integration of renewables in the country. Jon Lezamiz Cortazar Roundtable moderator: Mundia Simainga Jalel Hamila Deo Onyango Lorenzo Carnelli Glauco Pensini Oliviero Armezzani Filippo Carzaniga African Market development Director, Siemens Gamesa Senior Manager, Consultancy Services Division, Renewable Energy Planning, ZESCO VP Sales Middle East & Africa, JA Solar Sales Director Africa, GE CEO, FRIEM Commercial Director, SIEL Managing Director & Member of the Board, CONVERT Italia Director General, FIMER

8 13:00 Session 10 Managing environmental & social risks to achieve bankability Renewable energy investment opportunities require an evaluation of environmental and social risks early on in the project lifecycle. A key component to a successful project is making sure that it is bankable from an environmental and social risks perspective, making it attractive to lenders and investors. The session will highlight how to address environmental and social risks to ensure that renewable energy projects are financially sustainable from the start of the project to construction and operation. Stephan van den Berg Principal Consultant, ERM 13:15 Conclusion Roberto Vigotti Secretary General, RES4Africa 13:30 Lunch break

9 Who we are Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa - RES4Africa - is a network of key international energy stakeholders - utilities, industries, agencies, technical service providers and academia - engaged in promoting renewable energies in the Sub- Saharan African continent. Its mission is to support the deployment of renewable energy, both large scale and distributed energy, and their integration in the local and regional markets to satisfy local energy needs. RES4Africa encourages the setup of partnership formulas to provide decision makers with the viewpoint of the private sector and to stimulate investment opportunities along the entire supply chain, through networking activities for market operators, industry associations and other key stakeholders. RES4Africa aims to create an enabling environment for renewable energy investments in Sub-Saharan African countries by: 1. Acting as a connecting platform for dialogue & strategic partnerships between members and partners to exchange perspectives and foster cooperation; 2. Providing technical support & market intelligence through dedicated studies and recommendations based on members know-how to advance RE markets; 3. Leading capacity building, training and innovation efforts based on members expertise to enable skills and knowledge transfer that support long-term RE market creation. The three strategic work streams focus on the most relevant themes, from financing and business models, to policy and regulation, socio-economic development and technical feasibility, innovation and sustainability. Suggested pre-readings Publications are available in the library session of RES4Africa website

10 Event Partners: Ambasciata d Italia a Lusaka Media partner