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Application to present a paper at the upcoming SA Energy Storage,

Renewable Energy & Smart Grid 2018 Conference and Exhibition to be held on
22 and 23 October 2018 at Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.

In order to be considered as a speaker for this conference, kindly complete and return this
document as soon as possible, but no later than 29 June 2018 to
charmaine.manicom@ee.co.za and annette.thompson@ee.co.za

Presenter details:
MR
Title (Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof.): _________________________________________________________________

PRINCE
First name: ___________________________________________________________________________

MOYO
Last name: ___________________________________________________________________________

ESKOM
Company: ___________________________________________________________________________

GENERAL MANAGER: POWER DELIVERY ENGINEERING

Position: ______________________________________________________________________________

MoyoP@eskom.co.za
Email: _______________________________________________________________________________

Eskom's Flagship Battery Storage Program

Proposed title of presentation: __________________________________________________________

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Please note that this may be a working title, to be confirmed once the abstract is required.
Please also note the following deadlines:

Title of proposed paper: 29 June 2018

Submission of abstracts for selection: 31 July 2018
Notification of acceptance for presentation of a general paper: 13 August 2018
Submission of final full-text general paper for approval: 28 September 2018
Presentation of general papers at SA Energy Storage, Renewable Energy & Smart Grid 2018:
22 and 23 October 2018
Application to present a paper at the upcoming SA Energy Storage,
Renewable Energy & Smart Grid 2018 Conference and Exhibition

Theme: “Taking energy storage, renewable energy and smart grid forward in Africa: from
research, piloting, policy and regulation, to standards, safety, financial closure and projects.”

Encompassing:

• New and emerging battery storage, renewable energy and smart grid technologies, products,
systems and solutions
• Innovative policy and regulatory frameworks to attract investments and new projects
• Energy storage for arbitrage, capex deferment, frequency regulation and grid anxciliary services
• Generating revenue and profit streams from the multiple benefits of energy storage, renewable
energy and smart grid
• Demonstrating the business case for energy storage, renewable energy and smart-grid projects
• Energy storage and renewable energy for housing, campus, industrial and business parks and
micro-grids
• Energy storage and renewable energy for mini- and micro-grids in remote and rural areas in Africa
• New business models for municipalities and electricity utilities of the future
• Business models for behind-the-meter energy storage and renewable energy solutions
• Calculation of multiple revenue streams to ensure bankability of energy storage, renewable
energy and smart grid projects
• Increasing the reliability, sustainability and performance of energy storage, renewable energy
and smart grid systems
• Maintenance, safety and standards for energy storage, renewable energy and smart grid
components and systems
• Evaluating the return on investment of energy storage, renewable energy and smart grid systems
• Energy storage, renewable energy and smart grid systems for peak shaving and demand response
management
• Decentralised energy storage, renewable energy and smart grid in municipal networks –
technical and financial issues
• Electric vehicles in energy storage, distributed generation and smart grid applications
• The impact of electric vehicles on the electricity grid and electricity utilities of the future
• Boosting the bankability of energy storage, renewable energy and smart grid opportunities and projects
• Integrating energy storage with variable renewables in a smart grid to provide a dispatchable resource
• Feedback from evaluation and pilot energy storage, energy storage and smart grid projects in
South Africa and abroad
• Reducing the cost of peak demand with energy storage in “peaky” and low load-factor installations
• Structuring energy storage, renewable energy and smart grid projects to attract investor funding
• Future opportunities for pumped-water energy storage in smart grid solutions in South Africa
• Supplementing diesel back-up generators with battery energy storage and renewable energy
solutions in mini and micro-grids in commercial and industrial enterprises, and remote rural communities.

Please send the completed form to charmaine.manicom@ee.co.za

and annette.thompson@ee.co.za