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Enabling the Environment for Deploying Renewable Energy Solutions for Energy Efficiency Challenges in Urban Areas

Event by Elli TZATZANIS STEPANOVIC

Elli TZATZANIS STEPANOVICSigfried TIVANAFrancois MOISAN+92
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Date: 24 Jun. 2025
from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Timezone: (UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
Type: Online

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The LEAP-SE capacity-building webinars (2 per year) are planned for and targeted at policymakers, decision makers and funding agencies to understand the environmental, social, and economic trade-offs related to green energy transitions in cities and to their funding.

Agenda:

10:00 – 10:10

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Elli B. Tzatzanis-Stepanovic, LEAP-SE, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, FFG

10:10 – 10:45

Session 1: Key Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Energy Efficiency

  • Neville Smith, Project Manager for Smart Grids, SANEDI
  • Nickson Bukachi, Senior Policy Officer Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, The African Energy Commission (AFREC)
  • Fabrizio Bonemazzi, Head of Training and Capacity Building, Res4Africa Foundation

Q&A

10:55 – 11:40

Session 2: Case Study Spotlight: Successful Urban Renewable Energy Projects

  • James Obarowski, E-Zem, Zembo projects (Ntinda, Kampala, Uganda)
  • Habib Lukaya, Regional Sales Operations Manager, Roam Electric, Energica project (Nairobi, Kenya; Freetown, Sierra Leone: Diana region, Madagascar)
  • Orsolya Küttel, CEO Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, FFG

11:40 – 11:50

Q&A

11:50 – 12:00

Closing Discussion & Actionable Takeaways

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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