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Blockchain-Driven Community Energy

19 June 2019
This presentation makes a case for blockchain for community-based renewable energy projects, as well as its role in disaster management, microgrid control solutions, as well as provenance and development.

Energy Screening Tool and Methodology

18 June 2019
This presentation underscores the need to care about the energy use of water and wastewater systems. It also highlights the Energy Utilization Screening Tool, explaining its potential impact, as well as who should use the tool and when it should be used. The presentation concludes with some example…

The Strategic Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience (SMART) Tool: Integrating Planning Objectives in Southeast Asia and Pacific Countries

18 June 2019
Developing long-term low emissions development strategies (LT-LEDS) provides an opportunity for Asia-Pacific countries highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to simultaneously achieve other development objectives, including energy and food security, economic resilience and resilience to…

Financing Hybrids – Creating PPAs That Cover Integration of Renewables, Storage and Thermal

18 June 2019
An increasing trend in clean energy is hybridized plants, which are especially applicable for distributed or off-grid generation in developing countries. Hybrid power plants can be combinations of renewable energy with storage, renewables and/or storage added to thermal generation or full-scale…

Moral Hazard of Renewable Energy Economic Incentives: A Private Sector Perspective

18 June 2019
Investors need certainty. Yet, government incentives are public policy-based goods. Public policy is not law and can change at any moment. Change in government, change in strategy, change in budget all influence public policy. Acknowledging possible public policy change upfront is a necessary part…

Unlocking International Crowd-Investment for the Indian Clean Energy Market

18 June 2019
Finance is a significant challenge for clean energy projects in developing countries. Simultaneously, the crowd-investment industry is rapidly growing, driven by persistently low interest rates in developed countries. By building collaborative partnerships with crowdfunding platforms and clean…

Hydro-Economic Modeling to Address Trade-offs between Food Production and Biofuels

18 June 2019
Food production, energy generation, and water supply systems are inextricably linked. Achieving clean energy goals requires careful consideration of the various interactions among these systems. With population growth and rising temperatures, demand for water is increasing. As economies develop and…

Microgrids for Access and Resiliency in the Pacific: Key Issues and Lessons

18 June 2019
The Clean Energy Solutions Center (CESC) is partnering with the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility to support the region’s development of micro-grid and smart-grid infrastructure. As governments and utilities in the Pacific Islands work to integrate more renewable energy into their electricity…

Reimagining Puerto Rico: The Mini Gird Transformation

18 June 2019
PREPA has developed a power system transformation plan calling for separating the territory into 8 autonomous mini-grids that would operate independently in the event of a major catastrophe. Loads within each mini-grid are categorized into critical, priority, and general. Critical loads are served…

Making Brownfields Blue: Catalyzing Sustainable Investment in the Ocean Economy with Rigs-to-Reefs

18 June 2019
Offshore energy development has led to the installation of thousands of offshore structures in the world’s oceans, including about 1400 in Asia, most of which will be decommissioned in the near future. Many of these platforms are home to some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet, making…