Renewables at Emcon
Emcon has been involved in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency for over ten years. With Emcon's strong capacity in the field of rural grid electrification, renewable energy services are playing a complementary and important role for the off-grid sector and its vast needs on the African continent. In addition, recent developments have seen the first grid connected renewable energy generators go online in the region.
Emcon's services in the renewable energy field include:
Technical designs: These services are provided for Solar Home Systems, school and clinic solar PV systems, large scale PV energy systems, hybrid systems, hybrid mini-grid systems, grid-connected solar PV systems, solar water heating systems and PV water pumps
Projects - Technical specifications for Solar
Home Systems, schools and clinics, Gobabeb PV diesel hybrid mini-grid systems. Please visit http://www.gobabebtrc.org/degreee/ for more information
Project management: Coordination of consulting teams, client interaction, compilation of bid documents, bid evaluation, contract arrangements, supervision, financial management and reporting.
Projects - Implementation of a single utility scale wind turbine generator at Walvis Bay ; Gobabeb PV diesel hybrid mini-grid systems. Please visit http://www.gobabebtrc.org/degreee/ for more information.
Studies: Economic feasibility, tariff assessment and sustainability evaluations of renewable energy based systems and programmes.
Projects - Off-grid energy services business plan and implementation strategy, Technical and Socio-economic assessment of two Solar Home Systems programmes in Namibia , Viability of replacing Electric Water Heaters with Solar Water Heaters, including a user-friendly life cycle costing tool ( LCC tool ), Wind parks along the Namibian coast.
Programme design: Energy delivery, based on the ownership or fee-for-service model, as well as programme design for energy service delivery with critical programme elements to ensure reliable and sustainable energy services.
Projects - KfW funded concession programme for SHS and school/clinic systems, Solar Home system programmes in Namibia , Rural electrification in Angola using solar PV.
Capacity building: In the field of Solar Home Systems, hybrid mini-grid systems, PV water pumps and Solar Water Heaters. Preparation and presentation of lectures. Facilitation of practical training sessions.
Projects - Hybrid mini-grid practical training for hybrid systems in China . A number of solar technician training courses in Namibia.
Energy Efficiency: Emcon has extensive experience in the field of energy efficiency, having assessed loads and appliances in the local market by devising and implementing appropriate test procedures for energy services such as lighting, refrigeration and media devices. Emcon has conducted energy audits in the industry and is currently engaged in a Demand Side Management study for Namibia.
Projects - John Meinert Printers energy audit; Energy study for PolyTechnic of Namibia; Energy Audit for RC Private Hospital; Energy efficiency conversions for the Gobabeb hybrid energy system; DSM study for Namibia (ongoing).
Resources
The Energy Sector Profile provides an overview and a description of the key grid and off-grid projects completed by EMCON.
List of selected Renewable Energy Projects
Project sheets in World Bank format:
- The Gobabeb hybrid mini-grid project ( Namibia )
- Implementation of single utility scale wind turbine near Walvis Bay ( Namibia )
- Transaction Advisory Services: Concession for Rural Electricity Supply with SHS ( South Africa )
- Off-grid business plan and implementation strategy ( Namibia )
- Assessment of Solar Home System programmes [ Namibia ]
- Grid connected solar PV system at the Habitat Centre
- The Home Power! SHS pilot programme [ Namibia ]
- Concept and specification for off-grid rural electrification [ Namibia ]
Key personnel in the renewable energy sector at EMCON are Axel Scholle , Glenn Howard , and Abraham Hangula . Axel Scholle is a specialist in technical and implementation issues, off-grid energy service concepts, grid connected solar PV/wind, financial analysis of RE projects as well as feasibility studies. Glenn Howard has specialist experience in the field of energy audits, energy efficiency assessments and solar thermal designs. Abraham Hangula has practical experience with energy assessments and renewable energy technologies. Support is given by Uli von Seydlitz with expertise in the area of financial modelling, feasibility assessments and tariff analysis and Anton Koekemoer with expertise in grid interconnection designs and load flow analysis for grid connected renewable energy plants.
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