Expanding Debt Solutions For The Energy Transition Read more about Expanding Debt Solutions For The Energy Transition This presentation gives an overview of the use of structured finance in energy transition.
Financing Green Energy: Unlocking Private Investment in Renewable Energy Read more about Financing Green Energy: Unlocking Private Investment in Renewable Energy The drivers of private investment in renewable energy are assessed by source of financing, namely asset finance, corporate R&D, public markets, and venture capital and private equity. In particular, controlling for macroeconomic and financial market conditions, the role of public policies on renewable energy (public investment in R&D, feed-in-tariffs, and tax incentives) in leveraging private investment is examined for a sample of Asian and other economies.
Enabling Private Finance in Power Grid Transmission Development Read more about Enabling Private Finance in Power Grid Transmission Development In order to achieve mid-term sustainable development goals and long-term Net Zero Emission goal investment in the power sector needs to increase significantly. This includes investment in grids in order to facilitate the integration of variable renewable energy. Transmission grids in the Asia-Pacific region are mostly financed by the public sector, however in order to reach the needed levels of investment all sources of finance must be unlocked.
Randi Kristiansen Keywords energy policy technology Read more about Randi Kristiansen Randi Kristiansen is an Economic Affairs Officer with United Nations ESCAP Energy Division. With UN ESCAP she works on a broad range of connectivity issues across the Asia-Pacific Region, but has a special focus on cross-border connectivity for the power sector. Before joining UN ESCAP Randi worked for the IEA in the Renewable Integration and Secure Electricity Unit, where she advised governments in Southeast Asia, China and India on matters related to renewables integration, cross-border power trade and power system flexibility.
Enhancing Role of Women in Energy Sector Read more about Enhancing Role of Women in Energy Sector Gender disparity is a persisting issue in the clean energy sector. Barriers exist that dissuade women from pursuing careers and leadership roles in the sector. There is a dire need to create awareness among public and private authorities on the added value and need to promote women’s leadership and participation in the development of the clean energy sector.
Reena Suri Keywords energy policy technology Paris-aligned financing accelerate low-carbon energy transition Read more about Reena Suri Reena Suri, Executive Director with India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) since 2013, brings over 21 years of experience in the Energy Sector. She is responsible for the research projects, advisory services, business development, training and capacity building programs, customer outreach activities, members relations and finances of ISGF.
Empowering Women, Youth and Marginalized Groups to Co-design and Take part in Energy use and Skill Development in a Photovoltaic (PV) Small-Scale Off-Grid Renewable in Indonesia Read more about Empowering Women, Youth and Marginalized Groups to Co-design and Take part in Energy use and Skill Development in a Photovoltaic (PV) Small-Scale Off-Grid Renewable in Indonesia The presentation highlights the learning on MENTARI project in increasing women, youth and marginalized groups’ participation in the planning and implementation stage of the 95 kWp PV mini-grid in Central Sumba Indonesia. The presentation showcases tools and gender and inclusion interventions to increase participations of women, youth and marginalized groups to co-design activities and some part of system planning as well as to plan and benefit from capacity building programs e.g. technical and non-technical skills.
Bridging Agricultural Livelihoods and Energy Access in Myanmar: Reflections on Power, Poverty and Vulnerability Read more about Bridging Agricultural Livelihoods and Energy Access in Myanmar: Reflections on Power, Poverty and Vulnerability By mapping social networks in rice husk value chain in Labutta, Ayeyarwaddy Region, we identified actors and network structures that could play important roles in supporting energy access and increasing livelihood opportunities for smallholders. Our interviews and group discussions with farmers and millers also revealed important challenges and opportunities for rice husk bioenergy within rural farming communities.
Angela Mae Minas Keywords energy policy technology Paris-aligned financing accelerate low-carbon energy transition ICT Energy Forum Read more about Angela Mae Minas Angela Minas is a social scientist in the field of agriculture and low carbon energy based at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at The University of Manchester. She applies her interdisciplinary expertise to study social innovation and uses participatory methods and social network research to identify co-development strategies for climate action and low carbon solutions.
Creating The Foundations For A Sustainable Society Read more about Creating The Foundations For A Sustainable Society We are building a place that has never been seen in a time when the world desperately needs new solutions and a more a resilient future. Orchid City is the world's first self-sustaining city blueprint. Here, we reinvent how we coexist with nature and with each other. It goes beyond just being a beautiful place to live. It is a home for those who want to live happy, healthy lives in harmony with the environment and the community around them. Orchid City offers the first affordable, physically, socially, and environmentally sustainable city blueprint in the world.