SEED research project: Potential location determined for Energy-Hub for sustainable energy supply to informal settlements

The SEED partners, including the teams of the Geographical Institute of the University of Bayreuth (UBT), the industrial partner Phaesun GmbH as well as InES, finally had the opportunity to get to know each other personally - in compliance with applicable hygiene regulations - at the premises of Phaesun GmbH in Memmingen!

After a successful project workshop in Memmingen (from left to right): Florian Martini and Géraldine Quelle (Phaesun GmbH), Philine Ginsberg and Rebekka Besner (InES), Özge Dolunay and Benedikt Wittmann as well as Prof. Eberhard Rothfuß (UBT). Source: Phaesun GmbH

The substantive work took place during a subsequent hybrid meeting in which the partners from the Technical University of Kenya (TU-K) and the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) of Mozambique joined online. The team discussed potential locations for an Energy-Hub in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya and Maputo, Mozambique. Together, the interdisciplinary team determined a location in Kenya and came much closer to deciding on Mozambique. This determination is the cornerstone for the further project work: the next steps focus in particular on data collection on site, which will be carried out in close cooperation with all project partners. Both a quantitative and qualitative study on energy-related and socio-cultural behaviours of the local population in the selected informal settlements will be designed and subsequently carried out. With the help of this data, the needs of the potential users of the Energy-Hub can be analysed in order to adapt the design of the Energy-Hub accordingly.

In addition to discussing organisational issues within the SEED project, such as the coordination of future research visits to the partner countries Kenya and Mozambique for data collection, the industrial partner Phaesun GmbH presented other projects and products to the other partners during a tour of the premises, which could also be of interest for the joint SEED project.

SEED is a project funded by the Federal Ministry for Research and Development and runs until March 2024.

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