Off-Grid: Market Outlook and Lessons Learned

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Time: 09:30 am - 11:00 am
Hall: ICM München
Room: Room 14 C

This session provides an overview of current market trends and forecasts in the off-grid sector. Industry experts will be sharing key insights from recent projects, highlighting successes, challenges and lessons learned from real-world implementation. The discussion will offer practical takeaways for stakeholders looking to better understand market dynamics and develop resilient, scalable off-grid energy solutions.

09:30 am - 09:35 amWelcome & Introduction

Dr. Philipp Blechinger

Head of Unit Off-Grid Systems

Reiner Lemoine Institut gGmbH

09:35 am - 09:50 amOff-grid Solar: Untapping Africa's Next Multi-million Wave of Electricity Consumers

Sohan Gwalani

Research Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

09:50 am - 10:05 amSuccess Factors for the Sustainable Operation of a Mini-Grid

Christiane Kragh

Co-Founder and CEO

Off-Grid Europe GmbH

10:05 am - 10:20 amTitle to be announced

10:20 am - 10:35 amTitle to be announced

10:35 am - 11:00 amQ&A Session

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Speakers

Speaker

Sohan Gwalani, Wood Mackenzie

Research Analyst

United Kingdom

Sohan is a research analyst on Wood Mackenzie's Power and Renewables team and leads the coverage of solar PV and onshore wind markets in Africa and the Middle East. He forecasts renewable installations in the region and provides insights on the latest policy and regulatory developments. He is currently based in London. Sohan has previously been a member of Wood Mackenzie's European long-term power team, where his primary focus was on power purchase agreement (PPA) and guarantee of origin (GoO) trends. Earlier in his career, Sohan lived in Nigeria, where he gained experience collaborating with a local power solutions provider on a project to install off-grid residential PV systems in rural areas of the country. Sohan graduated from Imperial College London with a first-class master's degree in Chemical Engineering.

Speaker

Christiane Kragh, Off-Grid Europe GmbH

Co-Founder and CEO

Germany

Christiane Kragh is a visionary entrepreneur and Co-founder and CEO of Off-Grid Europe GmbH. Under her leadership, the company has grown into a provider of comprehensive technical energy and storage solutions (Ohms Box BESS, Much Cooler). She drives her team to continually push the boundaries of technology to advance the energy transition and create a brighter, more sustainable future for all.

Speaker

Dr. Philipp Blechinger, Reiner Lemoine Institut gGmbH

Head of Unit Off-Grid Systems

Germany

Philipp is an international expert in island energy supply and rural electrification. He conducted a PhD in engineering about 'Barriers to implementing renewable energies on Caribbean islands' at the TU Berlin. In 2011, he joined the Reiner Lemoine Institut and he started to develop the Off-Grid Systems Research Unit, which he is currently heading. Within the Unit, he develops and manages projects and strategic processes. In 2019 Philipp was appointed Visiting Scholar in the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) of the University of California, Berkeley as part of the C-BEAR+ project and he is a selected member of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) at the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Since 2020 he is also leading the RLS-Graduate School on Energy System Transition with currently 6 PhD students.