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Advisory Board: Joachim Goldbeck (President), Helmut Jäger (Vice-President), Herman Rens (Treasurer), Jörg Ebel, Michael Entrup, Günter Haug, Alexander Naujoks, Milan Nitzschke, Moritz Ritter, Peter Thiele

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Off-grid pOwer will have an extraordinary industry forum at the Intersolar Europe. The German Solar Association (BSW-Solar) together with the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), Inter-solar Europe and OTTI presents the Off-Grid Power Forum from June 22-24, 2016 at the BSW-Solar booth 590 in Hall B3.

The Off-Grid Power Forum consists of a special exhibition and a three days presentation program.

Special Off-Grid Exhibition At the special exhibition, companies will display their pro-ducts and technical solutions in the Off-Grid Power sector on board walls. For more information about the exhibiting companies see page 11 ff.

Presentation Program The three days presentation program runs in parallel to the special exhibition, also at the BSW-Solar booth. It features different solar off-grid application segments. Leading compa-nies from the Off-Grid sector will present their case studies and technical solutions.

June 22 June 23 June 24

II1: Stand-alone Systems & Storage Solutions

III1: PV Hybrid Mini-Grids

I1: Opening II2: Cross-sectoral Systems & Efficiency

III2: Water & Irrigation

I2: Systems for Islands

II3: Financing & Busi-ness Models for Off-Grid

Solutions

II3: Productive Use, Indus-trial and Mining Systems

III3: Innovation Forum, Award Ceremony &

Exhibition

Networking Reception presented by ABB

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June 22 ■13:00 Get together & Welcome note

Bernd PorzeliusHead of OTTI-Academy, Deputy Head of OTTI -

Ostbayerisches Technologie-Transfer-Institut e.V., Germany

13:30 - 13:40 Presentation of new BSW-Solar Matchmaking Platform

14:00 - 15:00 I1: Opening: Off-Grid Power Talk

I1.1 14:00 Jörg MayerManaging Director, German Solar Association (BSW-Solar)

Welcome and Introduction Off-Grid Power Forum

I1.2 14:05 Thomas SilberhornState Secretary, German Federal Ministry for Economic

Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Keynote

I1.3 14:20 Adnan Z. AminDirector-General,

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)Off-grid renewable energy in the global energy transition

I1.4 14:35 Aidan CowleyResearch Fellow, ESA - European Space Agency

The European Astronaut Centre - an operational ecosystem for Exploration Enabling Technologies

I1.5 14:45 Marcus WiemannExecutive Director,

Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE)Off-Grid Power Forum opening

15:00 - 16:00 I2: Systems for Islands

I2.1 15:00 Andreas Bös Sales Manager Hybrid Power Solutions, Siemens

Securing returns in off-grid energy investments

I2.2 15:20 Pablo AstorgaGlobal head of sales Microgrids, ABB

Key considerations for remote/island renewable microgrid development

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Thomas ChrometzkaProject Development Program - Thailand, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Opportunities for PV-Diesel Hybrid Systems on Islands in Thailand and the Philippines

15:40 I2.3

I3: Financing & Business Models for Off-Grid Solutions 16:00 - 17:00

Harald SchottenloherCFO, bettervest GmbHFinancing of energy efficiency projects via Crowdfunding

16:00 I3.1

Martin RohlerRural Finance Manager, LFS Financial Systems - Access Group AccessHolding AG – Activities & Plans of a Microfinance Network in Off-grid Energy in Africa

16:15 I3.2

Antoine Graillot Project Manager - Consultancy unit Africa and MENA coun-tries, Trama Tecno Ambiental Smart Metering & Off-Grid Management models - Ex-amples from Chad and Ghana

16:30 I3.3

Henning WuesterDirector, Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre & Divyam Nagpal, Associate Program Officer – Policy, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Promoting private sector involvement in the renewable energy-based mini-grid sector

16:45 I3.4

Presentation of new BSW-Solar Matchmaking Platform 17:00 - 17:10

Networking Reception presented by ABB 18:00 - 20:00

Jörg Mayer, German Solar AssociationErnesto Macias, President, Alliance for Rural ElectrificationWelcome note

18:00

Maxine Ghavi Group SVP, Head of Microgrid Program, ABB Microgrids: Enabling resilient and cost-effective access to power

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10:30 - 12:00 II1: Stand-alone Systems & Storage Solutions

II1.1 10:30 Dr. Julia Nehmann Head of Product Development, BAE Batterien GmbH

Reliable Solar Off-Grid Solutions

II1.2 10:50 Tim PoorVice President, Business Development & Sales,

Aquion Energy Minimizing Environmental Impact in Off-Grid Systems:

Solar & Sustainable Storage

II1.3 11:10 Prof. AbuBakr BahajProfessor of Sustainable Energy, Energy and Climate Change

Division - University of Southampton Energy for Development:

Mini Grids as Energy Access Platforms

II1.4 11:30 Rudy Müller Chief Executive Officer, Phocos AG

Phocos P-BOX / E-BOX Integrated Energy Solutions

12:00 - 12:10 Presentation of new BSW-Solar Matchmaking Platform

13:00 - 14:30 II2: Cross-sectoral Systems & Efficiency

II2.1 13:00 Chris Prengels Chief Executive Officer, Tiger Power

Plug&Play clean energy systems for remote applications

II2.2 13:20 Robert Händel Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Opes Solutions

Customised Solar Application Modules for the Offgrid market

II2.3 13:40 Andreas Wagner Managing Director, Awasol GmbH

Plug and Play Installation with PV Hot Water System

II2.4 14:00 Erika Weber General Manager, Freqcon GmbH

Freqcon MSC: Highly efficient hybrid micro grid solution, Stabilizing, Upscaling and Interconnecting

Mini-Grids vor Least Cost

14:30 - 14:40 Presentation of BSW-Solar new Matchmaking Platform

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II3: Productive Use, Industrial and Mining Systems 15:00 - 16:30

Tobias Zwirner Managing Director, Phaesun GmbH Business Opportunities with Solar Systems - Innovations and African success stories

15:00 II3.1

Pablo Astorga Strategic Marketing Manager & Zoheir Rabia, Product Group Solar, ABBCase study – remote mining operation

15:20 II3.2

Monika Rammelt Energy Access Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Interna-tionale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbHPumping, cooling, phone charging and beyond - productive uses of photovoltaics for rural enterprises

15:40 II3.3

Henning WuesterDirector, Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre & Divyam Nagpal, Associate Programme Officer – Policy, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)Off-grid renewable energy applications for productive uses

16:00 II3.4

Presentation of new Renewables 2016 Global Status Report

16:30 - 16:50

Presentation of new BSW-Solar Matchmaking Platform 16:50 - 17:00

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June 24 ■10:00 - 10:10 Presentation of BSW-Solar Matchmaking Platform

10:30 - 12:00 III1: PV Hybrid Mini-Grids

III1.1 10:30 Dr. Jens Eiko Birkholz Head of Off-Grid Sales, SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH

How to overcome load shedding and power outages with PV backup systems?

III1.2 10:50 Dieter Miener Technical Application Engineer - Solutions International,

IBC SOLAR AG Importance of data acquisition for PV-Hybrid systems

III1.3 11:10 Prof. Vicente SalasTechnical Advisor, LEONICS Co. Ltd.

Designing Standalone PV-DG Microgrid with Hybrid DC and AC coupling for higher System performance

III1.4 11:30 Regine Dietz Project manager, Deutsche Gessellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Myanmars untapped potential for mini-grid development: salient opportunity in rural electrification

12:00 - 12:10 Presentation of new BSW-Solar Matchmaking Platform

13:00 - 14:30 III2: Water & Irrigation

III2.1 13:00 Henning WuesterDirector, Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre & Divyam

Nagpal, Associate Programme Officer – Policy, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Solar pumping for irrigation: Improving livelihoods and sustainability

III2.2 13:20 Olivier Drücke Vice President, Solar 23 GmbH

PV water pumping – access to a clean, reliable water

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Jesper Blankenfeldt Senior Product Technical Responsible,

Asantys Systems GmbH / GrundfosSolar-driven water ATM‘s -

efficient watter supply and revenue collection

13:40 III2.3

Caspar Priesemann Advisor, Deutsche Gessellschaft für

Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH The Limits to Growth: Ecological, Economical and

Political Barriers to Solar Powered Irrigation

14:00 III2.4

III3: Innovation Forum, Award Ceremony & Exhibition 15:00 - 16:30

Philipp VehStudent, Institute for Decentralized Electrification,

Entrepreneurship and Education GmbH & Co KG (id-eee)PV-Charging Station to replace Dry Cell Batteries

15:00 III3.1

Paul Himmelmann & Artut Müller Students, Biberach University of Applied Sciences

Solar Cooler for Street Vendors

15:20 III3.2

Mitra Ardron CEO, Lumeter Networks

Pay as you go as source for Income Generation

15:40 III3.3

Sebastian Groh Student, Technical University Berlin

Swarm Electrification

16:00 III3.4

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Meet panelists of these companies and organizations at the Off-Grid Power Forum

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The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) is the only global industry association that supports all

businesses along the whole value-chain of renewable solutions for rural electrification in developing and emerging countries. It is the vision of ARE that by 2030 everyone in the world and in particular all rural people in low-and medium income countries should have access to affordable, secure and clean energy and energy services. (www.ruralelec.org)

Alliance for Rural Electrification

As the network and the central representative of the renewable energy industry in Berlin-Brandenburg, we are committed to enable the exchange of ideas between business, politics and science, and

support entrepreneurial activities for the development of the industry. Our members are active along the whole value chain of renewable energies.

The goal of our network is the joint implementation of the Energiewende in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. (www.bbenergynetwork.de)

Berlin-Brandenburg Energy Network e.V.

Presentation of the exhibiting companies

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EMPO-NI off-grid solutions was founded in 2008 in Düsseldorf and is specia-lized in the development construction and produc-

tion of Solar Direct Drives and battery charge controllers for off-grid applications.

Our experienced engineering team having great expertise in software engineering, analog and digital circuit design as well as power electronics design develops reliable and cost efficient so-lutions MADE IN GERMANY for the energy supply needs of our world wide customers up to a range of 1MW. State of the art CAD design, circuit simulation and analysis tools with rapid prototy-ping capability shortens time to market and provides short term solutions to our customers. (www.empo-ni.de)

EMPO-NI off-grid solutions

Energypedia is a wiki platform for collaborative knowledge exchange on renewable energy, energy access, and energy efficiency in developing countries. On www.energypedia.info any visitor has free access to all available information. Registered user can easily create, modify and share content. The

platform currently includes over 3,000 free articles grouped in thematic portals such as solar, wind, bioenergy, improved cooking, productive use, or countries for example. The articles are contributed by a growing community of more than 5,000 registered users made up of energy practitioners, experts, academics and other interested stakeholders.

Every month, around 50,000 people visit energypedia. (www.energypedia.info)

energypedia - connecting knowledge and people

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Fosera is a leading German manufacturer of high-quality Pico-Solar-Home-Systems designed for rural electrification.

Fosera continuously develops and improves its energy-efficient appliances (e.g lighting, Fan, TV, radio) as well as its modular and high-quality Lithium-iron-phosphate battery packs. Fosera systems are designed to have a long-lasting and maintenance-free lifetime. They can also come with PAYG integration, making the technology accessible to a much larger end-user base. (www.fosera.com)

Fosera

Freqcon

Freqcon GmbH designs and produces control systems and converter systems for wind power and solar power

generation, energy storage and grid services.

– Converter for Wind Power, Solar Power and for Multisource-Application

– Safety Monitoring

– Energy Storage Systems

– Integrated Island Grid Systems

Hybridizing, Stabilizing, Upscaling and Interconnecting Mini-grids for Least Cost (www.freqcon.de)

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OTTI (Ostbayerisches Technologie-Transfer Institut e. V.) was founded in 1977 as a non-profit-organisation. Our main goals are to provide

state-of-the-art information and to establish networks between people from industry, science, and administration by providing conferences and workshops. Our energy department is one of the leading European organisers of international conferences and seminars in the field of renewable energies. The goal is to provide events where our international participants from science and industry can share their knowledge and experience, and present new technologies designed to increase the efficient use of renewable energies. We work closely together with our scientific committee representing experts from industry and research from all over the world. Do you have any questions? Please find all relevant contact information on www.otti.eu.

OTTI

OPES Solutions is the leading Application Solar Module manufacturer with sites in Germany, Hong Kong and China - managed by an international team

of solar energy professionals with more than 60 years solar industry experience.

OPES products are designed for a variety of applications:

These include Solar Pico, Solar Home and PAYG (pay-as-you-go) Systems in the area of rural electrification, usually in the range of 0.3 to 50 Watt. Often there are special requirements regarding lifetime and effective deployment on scale. (www.opes-solutions.com)

OPES Solutions

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PhaesunOff-Grid energy with renewable energies – that is our focus! Phaesun is one of the

world’s leading system integrators and wholesalers of Off-Grid photovoltaic and wind power systems.

The headquarters of Phaesun GmbH are based in Memmingen/Germany. The Phaesun Group can fall back on a worldwide partner and distribution network. Therefore Phaesun contributes to the sustainable electricity supply in the target regions of Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. (www.phaesun.com)

The Renewables Academy (RENAC) is a leading international provider of training and capacity building in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Since 2008, about 6,000 participants from 145

countries have attended RENAC programmes. RENAC delivers customised educational solutions, capacity building and market development services that target the entire market value chains; including political frameworks, financing, design and installation, through to operation and maintenance of applications. (www.renac.de)

renac renewables academy

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Siemens AG is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for

engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years, active in more than 200 countries.

Siemens supports your energy needs with customized know-how. We supplement your energy supply with renewable-based solutions; minimize costs and emissions while maximizing efficiency, reliability, and profitability using turnkey capabilities and especially control now how.

Further information at siemens.com/hybridpower and siemens.com/microgrids.

Siemens

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About the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar)

With more than 800 member companies, the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar) is the most important national lobby organisation for Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal in Europe. As the voice of the industry, we have strongly contributed towards creating the world’s leading and most stable market through policy advocacy and campaigns for solar energy. Today the solar market is global, and we actively support our members in their international business endeavours. BSW-Solar is the platform for its members to meet, establish business contacts and exchange ideas in multiple working groups focusing on (international) market and technological developments. Three working groups explicitly develop strategies, business models and joint projects for markets abroad for rural electrification, grid-connected PV-business and international solar thermal markets.

Further information: www.solarwirtschaft.de/en

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German Solar Association (BSW-Solar)

Advisory Board: Joachim Goldbeck (President), Helmut Jäger (Vice-President), Herman Rens (Treasurer), Jörg Ebel, Michael Entrup, Günter Haug, Alexander Naujoks, Milan Nitzschke, Moritz Ritter, Peter Thiele

Mailing address:Quartier 207Französische Straße 2310117 Berlin - Germany

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