SEPA Workshop 2010
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"Desert Sun - Yours, Mine or Ours?"
The SEPA2010 conference will take place
on Nov. 8-9, 2010
in the Main Auditorium of the Justus-Liebig-University
Ludwigstr. 23 in Giessen.
- Sponsored by
- Contact
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Katharina Niehoff
email:sepa@uni-giessen.de
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Since the formation of the SEPA Working Group at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen in 2006, the Energy Partnership between Europe and Africa has grown from a technical vision to a real project facilitated by recent developments like the Solar Plan of the Mediterranean Union, the Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) and French Transgreen initiative with an expected investment of several hundred billions of Euros. Already during the SEPA workshops SEPA08 and SEPA09, the participants focused on issues of economic and legal feasibility as well as acceptability issues and geographical aspects of the African countries. The regional consideration was broadened through the active participation of scientists from West Africa (Senegal) and Southern Africa (Namibia), where perfect conditions for solar thermal power plants are accompanied by an increasing energy demand. The goal of SEPA2010 is to gain first-hand information on the activities of DII and Mediterranean Union and by including African and European perspectives, to translate this into concrete research needs at the international and interdisciplinary level. The formation of a Desertec Academic Initiative as a medium goal is supposed to gain momentum through the networking of international actors in the workshop SEPA2010. A poster session will be offered to present research work on additional aspects of Solar Power in African countries.
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„Leben und Genießen 2010 - die neue MittelhessenSchau“
Das SEPA-Team präsentiert sich in diesem Jahr auch auf der Messe „Leben und Genießen 2010 - die neue MittelhessenSchau“, die diesmal eine Sonderschau „Afrika“ zeigt.
Zwei Wissenschaftler der JLU halten Vorträge über ihre Arbeit:
Am Freitag, 5. November 2010, 14:00 Uhr referiert der afrikanische Doktorand Désiré Tchigankong Noubissié über „Probleme des Stromzugangs in Afrika: DESERTEC als Ausweg“.
Am Sonntag, 7. November 2010, 12:00 Uhr spricht Prof. Dr. Michael Düren, Gründungsmitglied der DESERTEC Stiftung, über „DESERTEC: Eine Chance für Europa“.
Ort: Ausstellungszentrum Hessenhallen, An der Hessenhalle 11, 35398 Gießen