On April 16, 2018 Anthony Papavasiliou received the Bauchau Prize 2017, prize awarded by the Bauchau family for his proposal on “Using Analytics and Optimization to Enable Africa to Leapfrog to the Energy Systems of the Future”. This project responds to the aggressive renewable energy integration agenda of Africa by proposing a research project which envisions an energy future for the African continent that prevents locking into polluting, centralized fossil fuels, and instead enables a leap to the smart, people-centered, distributed renewable energy systems of the future. The project is centered around three axes:
- analytics tools for optimizing the use of solar electricity in existing systems;
- planning future renewable energy systems;
- operating future distributed energy systems.
Program
| 17:00 – 17:20 | Professor Vincent BLONDEL, Rector UCL: Keynote Address Introduction of Bauchau family Introduction of prize winner |
| 17:20 – 17:40 | Professor Anthony PAPAVASILIOU, CORE, UCL Presentation of research that will be pursued with the grant |
| 17:40 – 18:10 | Mr Bart BOESMANS, COO and CTO of ENGIE’s Africa Business Unit ENGIE view/vision of technological and business opportunities and challenges in Africa |
| 18:10 – 18:30 | Award ceremony |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Reception |
Event slides and videos
Anthony Papavasiliou, CORE, UCLouvain
» Using analytics and optimization to enable Africa to leapfrog to the energy systems of the future
Bart BOESMANS, ENGIE
» ENGIE view/vision of technological and business opportunities and challenges in Africa
Venue
Aula Magna, Foyer Royal
Place Raymond Lemaire 1
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve