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New Energy: Scaling Off-Grid Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Churchill Agutu, PhD candidate at ETH Zurich, presents recent research as part of the online New Energy series.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Online
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars
Registration required.

Off-grid electrification technologies will play a significant role in bridging the energy service access gap in sub-Saharan African countries. While technologies that can allow us to reach the intended electrification targets are available, the role of policy and financing in accelerating deployment of these technologies remains largely unaddressed.

Integrated electrification models currently play an important role in informing electricity access policy in many sub-Saharan African countries. However, current electrification models often fail to reflect policy and finance related characteristics of these off-grid technologies. This can have significant negative  impacts on electrification policy decision making. 

In this talk, Churchill Agutu, a doctoral candidate at the ETH Zurich's Energy and Technology Policy Group, will highlight how we can use our understanding of off-grid electrification technologies (mini-grids and standalone systems) to improve integrated electrification models and therefore better inform electrification policy for sub-Saharan African countries. Agutu will highlight the importance of accounting for financing in electrification models and discuss the importance of understanding technology inherent characteristics of off-grid technologies. 

Learn more, register, and view past New Energy talks here

New Energy: Conversations with Early-Career Energy Researchers is an online series featuring graduate, post-doctoral, and other early-career researchers sharing their discoveries and perspectives on energy-related topics. From policy to analysis to emerging research, this bi-weekly series will give anyone interested in energy the opportunity to learn from the rising stars in the field. 

For more information, contact:
Irving Institute for Energy and Society

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.