From June 25 to 28, 2024, the EnergyNet event brings together more than 2,000 energy decision-makers in Africa at the Fira de Montjuïc in Barcelona. African governments, utilities and regulators are brought together with financial institutions, banks, energy developers, technology providers and EPCs. The question of gas as a transition energy, the development of networks and new technologies are (among others) on the agenda of numerous round tables.
June 27, 2024 Marie Beyer
The 26th edition of the Africa Energy Forum kicked off Tuesday at the Fira de Montjuïc in Barcelona. For four days, from June 25 to 28, more than 2,000 decision-makers gathered around the theme “the energy systems of the future, balancing the needs of Africa with global objectives”.
Concretely, governments, utilities and regulators in Africa are brought together with financial institutions, banks, energy developers, technology providers, EPCs and energy industry professionals. The event brings together 150 exhibitors and has invited more than 300 speakers to participate in round table discussions.
While renewable energies have a prominent place in the discussions, the AEF also offers a whole program focused on gas. The opening conference at which pv magazine participated in asking the question: “The African gas dilemma: is it a factor of transition or not? “.
Although no clear-cut conclusion can be drawn, it seems obvious that with only 5% of greenhouse gas emissions, Africa does not present the same energy transition challenges as Europe, for example (15%). Above all, reserves and their exploitation are mainly linked to exports to more polluting economies and around two thirds of new fossil fuel projects developed on the continent are carried out by foreign multinationals. “It will be possible for Africa to do without fossil fuels when the rest of the world does without them,” summarizes Dan Croft of the IFC (the International Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the World Bank).
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