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Environmental Impacts of Floating Solar Panels on Water Bodies

20 June 2019
There has been a global trend of increasing deployment of floating solar panels (floatovoltaics) on water bodies over the last few years. Drivers for this have included potential reduction in evaporation and the desire to decarbonize electricity production. Given these environmental motivations,…

Innovative and Inclusive Microfinance for Renewable Energy by Greenlight Planet

20 June 2019
Apart from the lack of access to the electrical grid, rural communities in the Philippines pay much more for electricity than almost anywhere in Southeast Asia. While other options are available, rural communities have less access to solar-powered solutions because of distribution, financing, and…

Evidence of the Impact of Energy Access on Wellbeing: Measuring the Immeasurable

20 June 2019
While development literature often discusses the critical importance of electricity access and clean cooking to improve economic and social well-being, there has been little rigorous evidence of the specific nature and magnitude of these benefits. This presentation drew on impact evaluations from…

Barriers and Enablers to Renewable Energy Financing and Investment for Grid-connected Wind and Solar

20 June 2019
Wind and solar are undergoing a global revolution with rapidly increasing installations driven by a range of technical, economic, regulatory, and institutional drivers. Recent work under the USAID, US-APEC Technical Assistance to Advance Regional Integration (US-ATAARI) project, found that…

Navigating the Valley of Death: Some Thoughts from an Investor Perspective

20 June 2019
Renewables will dominate new investments in power for the next 25 years. An estimated $2 trillion is expected to be infused in equity in wind & solar by 2050. This presentation gives an investor's perspective on mapping the opportunities in sustainable energy, current risks in the energy…

Plastics to Power™, Conversion of Marine Debris and Non-Recyclable Waste to Power and Clean Water, the PtP Energy System

20 June 2019
PtPtm Energy Systems LLC is a Plastics to Power™ Conversion Technology, a barge-mounted or shore-based system to provide wide regional elimination of marine debris, coastal plastic thrash, biomass, municipal non-recyclables, and semi-hazardous waste while producing up to 5 MW power, clean…

Global Energy Transformation - The Crucial Role of Renewable Heating, Cooling, and Storage

20 June 2019
The global energy transformation requires a holistic energy system transition not just for electricity supply, but also a deep and fundamental change to how heat and cooling energy services are provided - all within the larger context of balancing energy supply and demand. This scene-setting…

Power Without Combustion: Proposal for Clean Marine Energy and other Diesel Prime Movers

20 June 2019
The problem of disruptive technologies is that they are - disruptive, making existing technologies obsolete. This, in turn, triggers resistance from the incumbents as the operators of nuclear and thermal power plants and makes new technologies difficult to reach successful implementation. In the…

Second-Life Opportunities for Retired EV Li-Ion Batteries

20 June 2019
Electrification of industrial non-road mobile equipment and passenger electric vehicles, categorically referred to as EVs in this study, are creating new Electricity for All opportunities in rural communities in Asia. These batteries retire when they no longer provide sufficient energy to its…

Renewstable® : Clean, Firm and Stable Power

20 June 2019
HDF Energy is an Independent Power Producer dedicated to Clean Firm Power generation called Renewstable® power plants. This presentation discussed the advantages of stable power, the key items required and a case study. Intermittent power can have difficulties to integrate small to medium sized…