Hydro 4 Africa

Renexpo Interhydro
2024-03-21 - 2024-03-22 | Messezentrum Salzburg GmbH, Am Messezentrum 1, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
The Renexpo Interhydro is regarded as the European industry meeting place for hydropower. It acts as a hub between Eastern and Western Europe. This is where the experts meet. The trade fair shows what contribution hydropower makes to a safe, sustainable, affordable and climate-neutral energy supply. The trade fair offers a necessary European platform for future-oriented products, projects and services of the clean energy source and creates a unique space for practice-oriented exchange and successful networking.

Capacity building training on small hydro power development
2024-03-19 - 2024-03-22 | virtual
UNIDO in collaboration with ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), EAC Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (EACREEE), International Center on Small Hydro Power (ICSHP), and the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The program is designed to enhance the capacities of technical experts, Standards Bureaus, and small hydropower project developers, enabling effective planning, management, and operationalization of small hydropower plants based on UNIDO's technical guidelines.
Join us to:
✔ Gain insights into global SHP challenges.
✔ Explore SHP standards, including ISO/TC339.
✔ Learn about UNIDO’s small hydropower technical guidelines.
✔ Gain insights into site selection, planning, and design for small hydropower development.

Africa Energy Expo
2024-02-20 - 2024-02-22 | Kigali Covention Cenre, Kimihurura Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda
Africa Energy Expo is the central meeting place for Pan-African public and private networks and international suppliers and investors to meet, trade and set progress in motion.
Supporting COP 27 Africa climate pledges and Africa Power Vision, a continent-wide movement towards achieving reliable and affordable energy access for all; the event gives country stakeholders a chance to reach beyond their borders and collaborate across much-needed energy infrastructure solutions that benefit the whole.

5th Tanzania Energy Cooperation Summit
2024-01-31 - 2024-02-01 | Gran Melia Arusha, Simeon Road, Arusha, 1184, Tanzania, United Republic of
Bringing together key stakeholders from the Government, regional public utilities, DFIs, IPPs, financiers and solution providers, the 5th Tanzania Energy Cooperation Summit in Arusha presents an invaluable opportunity for a two-day immersion into proactive and solution-oriented discussions. The summit will explore a broad range of topics, including: successful examples of PPPs in both generation and transmission, the role of DFIs in enhancing credit to accelerate projects, Tanzania's ambitious plans to become a critical regional player through transmission and interconnection projects, as well as exploring the factors needed for Tanzania to reach its total renewable energy potential.

Renewable Energy Conference & EXPO Uganda 2023
2023-11-16 - 2023-11-18 | Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort, 1049 Wavamunno Rd, Kampala, Uganda
The 3rd annual Renewable Energy Conference and EXPO 2023 (REC23 & EXPO), organized through the National Renewable Energy Platform (NREP) will bring together thousands of stakeholders from academia, industry, government, development partners, civil society organizations and the general public to share experiences, lessons learnt and best practices/approaches for tackling the energy sector challenges and to foster renewable energy and energy efficiency adoption in Uganda.
The REC23 & EXPO will feature a conference, several side events and exhibitions of renewable energy innovations, businesses & technologies.

New Approach: Small Hydropower Technical Services for Sustainable Energy in Developing Regions
2023-11-02 16:30 - 18:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Hofburg Conference Centre, Heldenplatz, Wien, 1010, Austria
Side event of the International Vienna Energy & Climate Forum in Vienna.

Launch of the World Small Hydropower Development Report 2022
2023-11-02 11:30 - 13:00 | Hofburg Conference Centre, Heldenplatz, Wien, 1010, Austria
As part of the International Vienna Energy & Climate Forum, UNIDO will launch the 2022 edition of the World Small Hydropower Development Report.

International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum
2023-11-02 - 2023-11-03 | Hofburg Conference Centre, Heldenplatz, Wien, 1010, Austria
The International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum will gather senior decision-makers, international experts and other stakeholders on 2 and 3 November 2023 at the Hofburg International Centre in Vienna, Austria.
The two-day event takes place at a critical moment for global climate action and sustainable development. Convening only a few weeks before the United Nations Climate Conference COP 28, the Forum will provide insightful impulses and practical solutions to best support the global summit.
Guided by the motto “Progress by Innovation”, the Energy and Climate Forum will delve into key priorities, showcase solutions implemented by Governments, the private sector, academia and various stakeholders from around the world and highlight the action-oriented steps required to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Discussions will focus on means to scale up solutions and address challenges, particularly in Africa.
As part of the Forum Solutions Week, Youth Solution Days on 30 October – 1 November will mobilize the unprecedented power of young women and men to use innovative technologies and drive the energy transition forward by building their skills and competences. Clean Technology Days will highlight cleantech innovation solutions and champion cleantech entrepreneurship.
Two specific small hydropower sessions will be held:
1) New Approach: Small Hydropower Technical Services for Sustainable Energy in Developing Regions (UNIDO)," which is scheduled for the 2nd of November, from 5 pm to 6 pm
2) "Launch of the World Small Hydropower Development Report 2022 and thematic publications on gender, youth, and climate" on the 3rd of November, from 9:45 am to 10:45 am

Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables 2023
2023-11-01 - 2023-11-02 | Royal Society of Arts (RSA House), 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ, United Kingdom
AIX was set up in 2014 to establish an enduring dialogue for investors and energy industry professionals, with the aim of stimulating business engagement and long- term partnerships.
Alongside our usual lively mix of panel discussions, held, as ever under the Chatham House Rule, our 2023 programme also includes an afternoon of roundtables focused on Matching finance and projects.
We hope they prove to be a useful addition to the AIX format, which is known for its robust debate and knowledge-led approach.
Africa’s evolving power network also assumes a greater significance in this year’s programme with sessions focusing on linking power markets, the future of wheeling, financing decentralised energy and a data-led discussion on the growth potential of the C&I sector.

2023 World Hydropower Congress
2023-10-31 - 2023-11-02 | Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Kawasan Terpadu ITDC NW/1 Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
The 2023 World Hydropower Congress, taking place in Bali on 31 October – 2 November, will be a vehicle turning climate ambition into action at the highest level.
Bringing together more than 1,000 decision makers, innovators and experts from industry, governments, finance, civil society, and academia, it will provide a stage for high-level policy statements, recommendations and commitments that will influence the global growth of sustainable hydropower.
What will Congress deliver?
As the leading global event for decision-makers within and outside the hydropower industry, the World Hydropower Congress is more than just a platform for discussion. Its deliverables in 2023 will include:

Reaching consensus on policy and finance recommendations for advancing the clean energy transition to deliver COP28
Breaking down barriers to the development of renewables by advancing policy and investment-driven solutions
Demonstrating how complementary renewable technologies can be harnessed to fast-track the shift away from coal
Highlighting the immense untapped hydropower potential that exists in many regions of the world, particularly Asia and Africa
Business and networking opportunities for industry.
