EnerGEO Summer Schools
Peter Zeil
Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS University of Salzburg
AUSTRIA
&
GEO Implementation Board Institutions & Development
• What is a ‘Summer School’?
• What is a GEO Summer School?
• The 2nd EnerGEO Summer School in Kampala
• Outcomes & recommendations
Summer School Concept
Intensive
event
Group
work
Science –
policy
dialogue
Building
networks
Summer
School
Evaluation
of
concepts
Exploring
thematic
linkages
Outreach
Sharing of
expertise
GEO Summer Schools
Should support the strategic objectives of GEO I&D:
• Networking activities that specifically build individual, institutional and
infrastructure capacity.
• Leveraging dedicated resources for Earth observation capacity building
efforts.
• Uptake of Earth observation in policy and decision making.
• Enhanced participation of Developing countries in GEO and GEOSS
and in addition:
• Link to other SBAs: ecosystems, health, agriculture, impact
assessment of human activities
• Direct support to tasks: Bioenergy Atlas, AfriGEOSS
EnerGEO Summer Schools
Science-Policy
Dialogue 1
Energy policy
context
(continental,
regional, local)
sharing
sharing
sharing
Concepts,
methodologies
&
demonstration
Evaluation of
concepts
Group work
Networks
Interdisciplinary
/intersectorial
Preparation of
assignment
lectures &
hands-on
sessions
Fieldtrip
Discussions
with local
communities
Free
day
Case studies,
Outcomes &
recommendations,
Preparation of
panel discussion
Scientific seminar
Best Poster
Science-Policy
Dialogue 2
Closing
Ceremony
Evaluati
on
&
Individu
al
consulta
tion
1st EnerGEO Summer School
1st EnerGEO Summer School – topics / reco
Policy
requirements
Research topics
Lack of
information
about RE
potentials
Longterm
thinking
Science
policy
dialogue
Scenario
modelling
New grids:
- Energy
exchange
- Local scale
Social
dimension
of energy
Integration
of RE in
energy mix
Natural
emissions
Impact on
water
resources
2nd EnerGEO
Summer School
Unlocking the renewable energy
potentials for Africa - Biomass & Solar
Energy and the impact on the
Environment
10
EnerGEO Summer School March 4 – 13 2013
Unlocking the renewable energy potentials for Africa
Mon
Introduction
Energy policy
context
(continental,
regional, local)
Ministry of Energy
Uganda Business
Promotion Agency
Centre for
Renewable Energy
Research – Kenya,
Africa-EU Energy
Partnership
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EnerGEO Summer School March 4 – 13 2013
Unlocking the renewable energy potentials for Africa
Tue - Thu
Concepts &
demonstration
(lectures
&hands-on)
Biomass
resources
(assessment,
modeling of
demand and
supply)
Solar
(potential,
modeling of
demand and
supply
12
EnerGEO Summer School March 4 – 13 2013
Unlocking the renewable energy potentials for Africa
Fri - Sat
Fieldtrip
Kampala
Landfill site
Solar kiosk in
remote rural
area
Hydro power
station at the
Nile
Sugar Cane
Indigenous
forest
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EnerGEO Summer School March 4 – 13 2013
Unlocking the renewable energy potentials for Africa
Mon - Tue
Review of
Fieldtrip
Preparation of
assignment
Case studies,
Outcomes &
recommendatio
ns,
Preparation of
panel discussion
(policy)
Scientific
seminar
Best Poster
Closing
Ceremony
14
EnerGEO Summer School March 4 – 13 2013
Unlocking the renewable energy potentials for Africa
Wed
Evaluat
ion
17 participants
from
Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, United Kingdom and Italy
&
Individ
ual
consult
ation
with backgrounds in
academia, government institutions, private enterprises
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EnerGEO Summer School March 4 – 13 2013
Lecturers
Martijn Schaap
Markus Tum
Thomas Wanderer
Markus Biberacher
Richard Okou
Elizabeth Kaijuka
Samuel Kalimunjayi
Yonah Turinayo
Harold Turinawe
John Richard Otukei
Emmanuel Male
Peter Zeil
TNO, The Netherlands
DLR, Germany
DLR, Germany
Research Studios, Austria
Department of Electrical Engineering, Makerere
University, Uganda
Department of Electrical Engineering, Makerere
University, Uganda
National Forest Authority, Uganda
National Forest Authority, Uganda
National Forest Authority, Uganda
Department of Geomatics and Land
Management, Makerere University, Uganda
Department of Geomatics and Land
Management, Makerere University, Uganda
University of Salzburg, Department of
Geoinformatics - Z_GIS, Austria
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2nd EnerGEO Summer School - outcomes
ASSESSMENT AND ENERGY POTENTIAL OF
BIOMASS IN UGANDA
CHALLENGES
The Biomass energy challenge in Uganda
is centered on lack of a mix of energy
sources in power generation, low level of
access to modern energy, inadequate
infrastructure for generation, transmission
and distribution and low level of energy
efficiency.
2nd EnerGEO Summer School - outcomes
Solar energy strategy for Uganda
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Empowering institutions with knowledge
of solar energy for sustainability
We need to implement and maintain a
Spatial data infrastructure SDI- to obtain
the right information at the right time for
the right purpose
achievements
• Linking EU & African energy research
• Linking Geomatics & RE research at Makerere
University
• Linking Spatial RE assessment & donor agencies
• Initiating collaboration between RE Research in
Kenya & Uganda
• Enlarging the community for the Bioenergy Atlas for
Africa incl. the Africa-EU Energy Partnership and
IRENA
• Advocacy for GEO Data Sharing principles
challenges
• Coordination between GMES & GEO
Evaluation report on a Bioenergy Atlas for Africa proposal
(SPACE call 2013)
– …. is essentially based on recommendations which come from the
EO/GEO community and does not demonstrate that it addresses enduser needs.
– …. the added value of the project is more explicit at the level of
international initiatives rather than on GMES and the proposed
project's end-users.
• The next EnerGEO Summer School: October
2013 – Utrecht The Netherlands
Thank you