{"id":6035,"date":"2016-10-05T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/?p=6035"},"modified":"2016-10-05T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T09:35:41","slug":"iorec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/iorec\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Southampton projects on Africa rural electrification represented at 3rd International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6037\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/bahaj__kiva__amin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6037\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6037\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/bahaj__kiva__amin-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Prof Bahaj explaining the 6 rural electrification project to IRENA Director General Adnan Amin, Ministry of Energy Renewables Director Eng. Isaac Kiva and ARE's Marcus Wiemann.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/bahaj__kiva__amin-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/bahaj__kiva__amin.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof Bahaj explaining the 6 rural electrification project to IRENA Director General Adnan Amin, Ministry of Energy Renewables Director Eng. Isaac Kiva and ARE&#8217;s Marcus Wiemann.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soton.ac.uk\">University of Southampton<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.soton.ac.uk\">Sustainable Energy Research Group <\/a>(SERG) showcased their work in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyfordevelopment.net\">Energy for Development<\/a> (e4D) at <a href=\"http:\/\/iorec.irena.org\/\">3rd International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference<\/a> (IOREC) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 30th September and 1st October. The exhibition included displays, videos and information on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyfordevelopment.net\/current-projects\/\">6 mini-grid projects<\/a> installed by SERG in Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IOREC is the premium conference of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irena.org\/home\/index.aspx?PriMenuID=12&amp;mnu=Pri\">International Renewable Energy Association<\/a> (IRENA) held every two years held every two years in partnership from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralelec.org\/\">Alliance for Rural Electrification<\/a> (ARE) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.go.ke\/\">Kenyan Ministry of Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event was attended by over 500 participants and experts in the field of off-grid electrification. IRENA Director General, Adnan Amin, also attended the event and visited the University of Southampton\u2019s exhibition booth with the Director of Renewables at the Kenyan Ministry of Energy, Eng. Issac Kiva.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6038\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/uos_stand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6038\" class=\"wp-image-6038 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/uos_stand-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"uos_stand\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/uos_stand-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/uos_stand-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/uos_stand-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/serg\/files\/2016\/10\/uos_stand.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University of Southampton\u2019s rural electrification exhibition booth at the 3rd IOREC in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Southampton\u2019s Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG) showcased their work in Energy for Development (e4D) at 3rd International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 30th September and 1st October. The exhibition included displays, videos and information on the 6 mini-grid projects installed by SERG in Africa. 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