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In line with the “Sustainable Energy For All Initiative” of the
United Nations and the mandate of doubling the share of renewable
energy, which is a reality for Africa, the first Africa Clean Energy
Summit (ACES 2014) will hold in Abuja, under the headship of President
Goodluck Jonathan and Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, in conjunction with
strategic development partners and major stakeholders.
Coming on the heels of the current debate at the international level on the need to shift focus from fossil fuels to renewable energy, Chief Operating Director, Africa Clean Energy Summit, Mr. Olawale Akinwumi, said the event will include a world-class meeting, an international exhibition, technical conferences, business fora and other activities billed to hold on the sideline of the event.
The summit, which is expected to give birth to the Africa Climate Solution Centre (ACSC), a hub that will serve as a clearing house for clean and renewable products, investors, financial institution and exhibitors for the African market, will hold on November 17 and 20, 2014 in Abuja, with the opening ceremony billed to take place at the Presidential Villa.
Akinwumi said the event would witness the incorporation of the Goodluck Jonathan Institute of Clean Technology (GJICT), adding that Dr. Yumkella, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL), and UN Energy Chair, would deliver the keynote address at the ACES 2014.
Akinwumi said the summit stressed the relevance of the declaration of the Chairman, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Mohammed Ashry, that: “With the world’s energy dynamics becoming increasingly complex, there is a need for greater global integration and collaboration to address how the world will power its future generations.”
Earlier, the Director General, ACES 2014, Dr. Victor Fodeke, told newsmen that the summit would cause a shift from the old way of doing energy business in Nigeria, which had not yielded any result, to the new way of using clean energy.
Coming on the heels of the current debate at the international level on the need to shift focus from fossil fuels to renewable energy, Chief Operating Director, Africa Clean Energy Summit, Mr. Olawale Akinwumi, said the event will include a world-class meeting, an international exhibition, technical conferences, business fora and other activities billed to hold on the sideline of the event.
The summit, which is expected to give birth to the Africa Climate Solution Centre (ACSC), a hub that will serve as a clearing house for clean and renewable products, investors, financial institution and exhibitors for the African market, will hold on November 17 and 20, 2014 in Abuja, with the opening ceremony billed to take place at the Presidential Villa.
Akinwumi said the event would witness the incorporation of the Goodluck Jonathan Institute of Clean Technology (GJICT), adding that Dr. Yumkella, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL), and UN Energy Chair, would deliver the keynote address at the ACES 2014.
Akinwumi said the summit stressed the relevance of the declaration of the Chairman, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Mohammed Ashry, that: “With the world’s energy dynamics becoming increasingly complex, there is a need for greater global integration and collaboration to address how the world will power its future generations.”
Earlier, the Director General, ACES 2014, Dr. Victor Fodeke, told newsmen that the summit would cause a shift from the old way of doing energy business in Nigeria, which had not yielded any result, to the new way of using clean energy.
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