EnerGEO Summer SchoolsPeter 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

Summer School

Intensive event

Evaluation of

concepts

OutreachSharing of expertise

Exploring thematic linkages

Building networks

Group work Science –

policy dialogue

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

Concepts, methodologies

& demonstration

lectures & hands-onsessions

sharing

Evaluation of concepts

Fieldtrip

Discussions with local

communities

Free day

sharing

Group workNetworks

Interdisciplinary/intersectorialPreparation of

assignmentCase studies,Outcomes &

recommendations,Preparation of

panel discussion Scientific seminar

Best PosterScience-Policy

Dialogue 2Closing

Ceremony

Evaluation

&

Individual

consultation

1st EnerGEO Summer School

1st EnerGEO Summer School – topics / reco

Research topics

Lack of information

about RE potentials

New grids:- Energy

exchange- Local scale

Scenario modelling

Integration of RE in

energy mix

Longterm thinking

Natural emissions

Impact on water

resources

Policy requirements

Social dimension of energy

Science policy

dialogue

Unlocking the renewable energy potentials for Africa - Biomass & Solar

Energy and the impact on the Environment

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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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Tue - Thu

Concepts & demonstration

(lectures &hands-on)

Biomass resources

(assessment, modeling of demand and

supply)Solar

(potential, modeling of demand and

supply

Unlocking the renewable energy potentials for Africa

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Fri - Sat

FieldtripKampala

Landfill site

Solar kiosk in remote rural

area

Hydro power station at the

Nile

Sugar Cane

Indigenous forest

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Mon - Tue

Review of Fieldtrip

Preparation of assignment

Case studies,Outcomes &

recommendations,

Preparation of panel discussion

(policy)Scientific seminar

Best Poster

Closing Ceremony

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Evaluation

&

Individual

consultation

17 participants from

Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, United Kingdom and Italy

with backgrounds in academia, government institutions, private enterprises

Lecturers

Martijn Schaap TNO, The NetherlandsMarkus Tum DLR, GermanyThomas Wanderer DLR, GermanyMarkus Biberacher Research Studios, AustriaRichard Okou Department of Electrical Engineering, Makerere

University, UgandaElizabeth Kaijuka Department of Electrical Engineering, Makerere

University, UgandaSamuel Kalimunjayi National Forest Authority, UgandaYonah Turinayo National Forest Authority, UgandaHarold Turinawe National Forest Authority, UgandaJohn Richard Otukei Department of Geomatics and Land

Management, Makerere University, UgandaEmmanuel Male Department of Geomatics and Land

Management, Makerere University, UgandaPeter Zeil 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

CHALLENGESThe 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 & GEOEvaluation 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 end-user 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