International Workshop on SMALL SCALE WIND ENERGY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Reliability, Materials and Case Studies
September 14-16, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

Sponsored by:
Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, in the framework of Danida program
and
in collaboration with the Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IEET) of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya

The renewable energy technologies can provide sources of unlimited, cheap and clean energy to the people in developing countries. Especially, communities in remote and dry regions, which do not have easy access to the hydro power, and can not afford the installation of long transmission lines or using solar photovoltaic power, could benefit from the wider use of wind energy. Small wind turbines can present a good, economically viable and environmental friendly solution to provide remote villages in hilly areas with light and electricity.

That's why Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, in the framework of Danida program and in collaboration with the Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IEET) of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya organize the International Workshop on Small Scale Wind Energy for Developing Countries on September 14-16, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Workshop will bring together African, Western and Asian specialists in the area of low cost renewable energies for developing countries, to discuss wind energy technologies, their reliability and perspectives in developing countries.

This Workshop is the follow- up to the International Workshop on Natural and Low-Cost Materials in Wind Energy Technologies, which took place in Dhulikhel, Nepal, November 10-12, 2008.

Workshop Topics

The workshop will cover the following main themes:

•Wind energy technologies, their perspectives and applications in developing countries
•Reliability of wind turbines, lifetime and strength of wind turbine components
•Low cost and natural materials for wind turbines,
•Case studies, social and economic aspects of wind energy in developing countries.

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Source: Technical University of Denmark