DAY 1 – Wednesday 19ᵗʰ April
Chair: Prudence Madiba, General Manager, Eskom Research Testing And Development, South Africa
Welcome and keynote address
Dr Andrew Minchener OBE, General Manager
International Centre For Sustainable Carbon (ICSC), UK
Chair: Dr Gianni Serra, Director, Sotacarbo
Global clean energy transitions
Carl Greenfield, Energy Analyst
IEA
Introduction of NEDO’s efforts to develop carbon recycling/CCUS technologies for carbon neutrality in Japan
Makoto Nunokawa
Director, Takuya Kanda
Chief Officer, NEDO
Security of supply, decarbonisation and affordability – a European perspective
Dr Oliver Then, Executive Managing Director
VGBE Energy EV
South Africa’s cleaner fossil roadmap
Dr Titus Mathe, Chief Executive Officer
South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI)
Carbon dioxide commitments / carbon taxes in South Africa
Christopher Axelson, Chief Director
National Treasury
Chair: Dr Oliver Then, VGBE
Load shedding in South Africa – the situation and how to resolve it Historic perspective
Deon Joubert, Corporate Specialist
ESKOM
Current technical performance and recovery plans
Thomas Conradie, Group Executive Generation (Acting)
ESKOM
A technology agnostic approach to the energy transition
Dr Dario Liguti, Director, Sustainable Energy Division
UNECE
Finance for sustainable carbon projects
Greg Cook, Director
Carbon Counts
The realities of the energy transition in Australia
Dr Noel Simento, Managing Director
ANLEC
Energy security in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Dr Stephen Mills, Senior Analyst
ICSC
Chair: Dr Andrew Minchener, ICSC
VRE and the role for dispatchable coal
Dr Mai Bui, Senior Research Associate
Imperial College London
Eskom distribution’s pursuit of VRE
Monde Bala
Eskom Group Executive Distribution
Introducing flexibility to a unit – why and how?
Karl Bindemann
Luth Consulting Ltd
Eskom generation unit flexibility
Fulufhelo Makananise
Eskom
Variable renewable energy impact on Eskom transmission grid stability
Caswell Ndhlovu, Chief Engineer
Eskom Transmission Grid Planning
DAY 2 – Thursday 20ᵗʰ April
Chair: Matthew Mflathelwa, ESKOM Strategy
Eskom’s ash and gypsum utilisation
Dr Kelley Reynolds Clausen, Corporate Specialist
ESKOM
Another perspective: waste to energy and co-firing
Prof Prathaban Moodley, General Manager
SANEDI
Structural composites from coal waste
Oreavoghene Eterigho Ikelegbe
University of the Witwatersrand
Chair: Prof Wikus Van Niekerk, Dean of Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Repurposing and repowering of coal assets
Debo Adams, Studies Manager
ICSC
Projects on repowering and repurposing enhancing power plants’ site potential
Dr Jens Reich, Director Energy Technologies
IQONY Solutions
Eskom Komati power station repowering and repurposing
Nick Singh
ESKOM
Chair: Azimbavhi Mamanyuha, Eskom Distribution
Socio-economic impact of shutting down coal-fired power stations in South Africa
Beauty Mazibuko, ESKOM
South African Just Energy Transition skills risks
Wendy Poulton, Secretary General
South African National Energy Association
Chair: Azwi Mamanyuha, ESKOM Distribution
A EUnique pathway to energy, climate and justice
Dr Gianni Serra, Director
SOTACARBO
Pathway towards decarbonisation – perspective of a German utility
Prof Nikolaus Elze, Managing Director
ENBW
Eskom’s 1.4 GWh battery energy storage programme: technical assessments
Monde Soni, Chief Engineer
ESKOM Distribution
Chair: Vikesh Rajpaul, ESKOM JET Office
South Africa’s coal and security of supply
Snehal Nagar, Acting General Manager
Primary Energy, ESKOM
Improving coal plant – the Chinese experience
Dr Li Li
Shanhai Shenergy
The role of carbon credits in the future of coal
Robbie Louw, Director
Promethium
Chair: Vikesh Rajpaul, ESKOM JET Office
Looking beyond coal as a fuel
Dr Andrew Minchener OBE, General Manager
ICSC
Towards a sustainable approach to resource recovery and reuse
Dr Samson Oluwaseyi Bada, Research Fellow
University of the Witwatersrand
Coal in the rare earth era: a South African case study
Agnes Modiga, Senior Technician
MINTEK