Event - Implicit Subsidies in Grid-Based Electrification and What they Mean for the DRE Sector
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Title
Implicit Subsidies in Grid-Based Electrification and What they Mean for the DRE Sector
Organizer
SEforALL
Type
Online Seminars
Start
2022/12/15 15:00 PM CET
End
2022/12/15 16:00 PM CET
Country
- Worldwide
Venue
Online (Zoom)
URL
Description
Despite recent advocacy around decentralized technologies like solar home systems and mini-grids impact on rural electrification, an overwhelming majority of investments in electricity access expansion projects in Sub-Saharan Africa still flow to grid extension programmes run by national, publicly-owned electric utilities.
A recent study by the University of Massachusetts and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) addresses the issue of implicit subsidies in rural electrification and asks the question: Can current levels of investment in rural electrification be allocated in a way that reaches more people and does so faster?
This 1-hour webinar will present the key findings of this study and include an expert panel discussion and audience Q&A.
Co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All, the University of Massachusetts, and The Rochester Institute of Technology.
Register here: https://seforall.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HYBSJVioS5KMVhPgkMYf9g