World bank explaining the dimensions of electricity access: capacity, reliability, affordability, health&safety, availability, reliability and formality. #SE4ALLforum, Lisbon.
No silver bullet w productive uses of electricity. Need to make sure new technologies work for local market -@amarchambault #SE4allforum
@KYumkella UN Secretary-General Special Rep for SE4All & CEO of SE4All, closes out the #SE4Allforum. It's been great! http://t.co/OgJwXgZsBk
@gcbernhardt Great meeting you at the #se4allforum. Thanks for your work on efficiency! AC appliances next, please!
Innovation risk: Grants. What can be solved w finance? Working capital, insurance, etc. #SE4AllForum @RockefellerFdn
...concessionary debt, credit guarantee on load ramp up, etc. -Z Khan @RockefellerFdn #SE4AllForum
How to scale a market solution? Grants for pilots, for research derisk future investments. Z Khan @RockefellerFdn #SE4AllForum
RD+D needed to derisk and prove markets for energy access, show "rural utility" has a market. -M DeFoort @FactorEVentures #SE4AllForum
Fixed goals and flexible plans achieve goals. Fixed plans don't enable realization of goals. -Z Khan @RockefellerFdn #SE4AllForum
Philanthropy bridges risks, enables development of high-quality service delivery models. -M. DeFoort @FactorEVentures #SE4AllForum
Microgrid development: It takes time and patience to roll out tech's that are robust and serve needs of users. M. DeFoort #SE4ALLFORUM
Policy uncertainties: one of the hardest + most important pieces to solving energy access w microgrids -Z Khan @RockefellerFdn #SE4AllForum
A from @SchneiderNA : csr can open the door to [energy access] opportunities that may be commercial. #SE4AllForum
A from @DigicelHT : all the models were exploring are commercially oriented. This is business for us. #SE4AllForum
A from @Total : It is clear. It has to be profitable. It has to be sustainable. #SE4AllForum
Q at #SE4AllForum corp session: Is energy access csr for large multinationals, or is it business?
"Need to invest in enabling environment to get to sustainable biz models [for energy access]." -A. Marangoly George @WorldBank #SE4AllForum
"Is #energyaccess CSR or 'real business' for large corporations? Right now, both." -@Total #SE4AllForum
MT @mboute of @DigicelHT discusses need for energy access in Haiti at #SE4AllForum http://t.co/E5zlue9Cdg
Collaboration of @DigicelHT and @EarthSparkIntl highlighted at #SE4AllForum for energy access. Thank you, @digicelgroup !
When young firms work w established multinationals, dynamic results. -A. Marangoly George, @WorldBank #SE4AllForum
Maarten Boute of @digicelhaiti discusses need for energy access in Haiti. #se4allforum http://t.co/JM59LOjIwF
"Small corporations can bring a lot of innovation and drive [to energy access]" -M Cosgroves-Davies @WorldBank #SE4AllForum
@OffGridE Great panel today on energy efficiency. Thank you for focusing on this! #SE4AllForum
@VanLeeuwenR Great panel today on energy efficiency. Thank you for focusing on this! #SE4AllForum
@WorldBank Great panel today on energy efficiency. Thank you for focusing on this! #SE4AllForum
@energy Great panel today on energy efficiency. Thank you for focusing on this! #SE4AllForum
@CLASPappliances Great panel today on energy efficiency. Thank you for focusing on this! #SE4AllForum
@ShellFoundation Great panel today on energy efficiency. Thank you for focusing on this! #SE4AllForum