2025

Free Workshops

Energy Hub

Investment Hub

Hlonela Gesha

Renewable energy project development and management team
City of Cape Town

DATE: Wednesday, 5 March 2025

TIME: 11h45 – 12h15



TOPIC:
City of Cape Town BESS Roadmap

Jaco Human

Executive Officer
IGUA-SA

DATE: Tuesday, 4 March 2025

TIME: 14h00 – 14h30



TOPIC:
Navigating the South African Gas Cliff

DESCRIPTION:

As the transition to green energy sources continues, battery storage plays a crucial role in managing the variability of renewable energy production. Energy storage offers flexibility across a range of applications, including energy arbitrage. The City is actively working on implementing battery energy storage, with the first pilot project expected to be completed by 2027.

DESCRIPTION:

Navigating the South African Gas Cliff explores the critical need for an industry-led gas aggregator to secure reliable, affordable natural gas supply amid declining domestic resources. Spearheaded by IGUA-SA, this initiative fosters collaboration among stakeholders to stabilize the energy landscape, ensure industrial sustainability, and support South Africa’s economic resilience and growth.

Discussion hosted by EWSETA and GreenCape

DATE: Wednesday, 5 March 2025

TIME: 12h15 – 12h45



TOPIC:
Launching PowerUp – the renewable energy demand-led skills facilitation hub

Riccardo Pucci

Marketing Manager
The Standard Transfer Specification (STS)

DATE: Wednesday, 5 March 2025

TIME: 11h30 – 12h00



TOPIC:
STS Interoperability – Prepayment Metering, Made Simple

DESCRIPTION:

Introducing PowerUp, a central online platform to address skills priorities in the renewable energy sector. PowerUp is a demand-led skills intervention embedded in the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan. It is built as a digital skills facilitation hub between industry, PSETs, SETAs and social compact partners.

DESCRIPTION:

The Standard Transfer Specification (STS) is the globally recognized open standard for prepayment systems, offering seamless interoperability, effortless scalability, and free secure key management services. Supporting both offline and smart metering, STS enables reliable, adaptable energy infrastructure, facilitating secure transactions and future-ready solutions for diverse energy networks worldwide.

Programme

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Programme

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Tech Talk Zone

Dr. Giw Zanganeh

VP of Energy and Mining
Tether

DATE: Wednesday, 5 March 2025

TIME: 12h15 – 12h45



TOPIC:
Monetizing stranded power wtih Bitcoin Mining

Riccardo Pucci

Marketing Manager
The Standard Transfer Specification (STS)

DATE: Wednesday, 5 March 2025

TIME: 11h30 – 12h00



TOPIC:
STS Interoperability – Prepayment Metering, Made Simple

DESCRIPTION:

In this talk we will discover how bitcoin mining can enable Africa’s largest energy players to monetize their stranded and excess energy and provide alternative revenue streams to diversify an energy company’s income source and make it more resilient.

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