In this urgent and forward-looking session of the Intersolar Europe Conference, we will bring together voices and experience from Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Kenya to explore how solar and battery mini-grids are used where war has destroyed centralized power infrastructure. The initial focus is on the immediate, life-saving needs: Hospitals, schools and water supply systems. Then we move to the medium-term goal - interconnecting mini-grids, rebuilding a resilient infrastructure, creating new jobs and livelihoods. A major question is how we can train the local workforce, e.g. via vocational training, apprenticeships and certification programs, so that rebuilding is not only about hardware, but about people and enduring capacity. Join us to examine how off-grid solar transitions from an emergency stop-gap to the sustainable backbone of recovery and growth.
