November 15 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Green Zone, Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) Pavilion
Speakers:
Chair: Sam Peacock (MD of Corporate Affairs, Regulation and Strategy, SSE plc)
Presenter: Sam Fankhauser (Oxford and CCG)
Panellist: Gloria Alvarenga (Director of Energy Integration, Access and Security, OLADE)
Panellist: Michael Hannibal (Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners)
Panellist: Rachel Moré-Oshodi (CEO of ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Limited)
Panellist: Holger Rothenbusch (MD, British International Investment, and Board Member, Globeleq)
Across the developing world, a dynamic cohort of renewable energy entrepreneurs is shaking up the energy sector. They introduce not just a new technology, but new business models, value propositions and innovative ways of providing energy. They are reaching underserved communities in ways established operators cannot.
Join us and our panel of practitioners and policy makers, as we explore untapped business and electrification opportunities from renewables and discuss how renewable energy entrepreneurship can be scaled up. Informed by Oxford University’s latest research on 2,300 start-ups across Africa and South Asia, and over 30 in-depth interviews with renewables operators, we will discuss the role of global operators, local champions and renewable energy startups in driving the clean energy transition.