The document discusses energy access and business models for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. It describes how microfinance can help overcome barriers to investing in clean energy technologies by financing systems through microloans. Case studies show some successful examples of scaling access to solar home systems through microfinance schemes that include installation, training, warranty and service support. However, the key is developing sustainable business models that meet user needs and make energy solutions financially viable without relying on subsidies alone. The document advocates for conducting demand assessments and partnering with appropriate suppliers before implementing pilots to commercialize energy access programs.
Presentation of Amaury Korniloff, Founder of Solaire Direct. Sustainability & Business Club of INSEAD Alumni Association France (Paris, Cercle de l'Union Interalliée, june 20th 2012)
Long-Term Fundamentals Intact Though Headwinds Persist
The “Smart Grid” is often described as the “Internet for Electricity” in which will
modernize our aging electricity distribution grids with the goals of reducing excess
energy and incorporating renewable energy sources. Numerous factors are forcing
the outdated energy distribution grids around the world to become ‘smarter’, from
rising energy costs to environmental concerns. That said, three challenges remain:
1) absence of bold incentives as utilities struggle with their return on investment
case, 2) unclear regulatory guidelines, and 3) a lack of standards and international
harmonization.
Michigan Energy Forum - November 13, 2012AnnArborSPARK
This presentation is a combination of the presentations give by the following companies; Spider 9, Grid Logic, Advanced Battery Concepts, LLC, Power Electronic & Vehicle Electrifications, Blusine, inmatech, SkySpecs and XG Sciences. The presentations were given at the International Battery Show in Novi, Michigan on November 13th as a part of the Michigan Energy Forum Event Series.
Presentation of Amaury Korniloff, Founder of Solaire Direct. Sustainability & Business Club of INSEAD Alumni Association France (Paris, Cercle de l'Union Interalliée, june 20th 2012)
Long-Term Fundamentals Intact Though Headwinds Persist
The “Smart Grid” is often described as the “Internet for Electricity” in which will
modernize our aging electricity distribution grids with the goals of reducing excess
energy and incorporating renewable energy sources. Numerous factors are forcing
the outdated energy distribution grids around the world to become ‘smarter’, from
rising energy costs to environmental concerns. That said, three challenges remain:
1) absence of bold incentives as utilities struggle with their return on investment
case, 2) unclear regulatory guidelines, and 3) a lack of standards and international
harmonization.
Michigan Energy Forum - November 13, 2012AnnArborSPARK
This presentation is a combination of the presentations give by the following companies; Spider 9, Grid Logic, Advanced Battery Concepts, LLC, Power Electronic & Vehicle Electrifications, Blusine, inmatech, SkySpecs and XG Sciences. The presentations were given at the International Battery Show in Novi, Michigan on November 13th as a part of the Michigan Energy Forum Event Series.
Michigan Energy Forum - April 4, 2013 - Jean Redfield, NextEnergyAnnArborSPARK
Governor Snyder has begun a process to deliver comprehensive energy policy recommendations by December 2013. How we address energy policy has broad impacts on climate, economic competitiveness, employment and job skills, environment, and health. What should be our major policy focus within Michigan? Can we find the right balance given divergent opinions? Our expert panel will discuss implications for goal setting, strategies, new technologies, and the legislative process.
New Buildings Institue, Cathy Higgins ~ Presentershobart
Deep Savings: Using Case Studies in Our Search for Success
Find Sources and learn from Case Study results already gathered on Best practices and Measured Performance.
Debugging Effectively - Frederick Web Tech 9/6/16Colin O'Dell
Software bugs are inevitable; some are especially difficult to track down, causing you to waste countless hours before throwing your hands up in defeat. It doesn't have to be this way! The mental fatigue and wasted time can be avoided by using strategies like identifying the most-appropriate tool, taking a logical & objective approach, challenging assumptions, listening to variables, isolating the code path, and reinforcing code with automated tests. Attendees will learn how to combine these techniques with the right mindset and attitude in order to debug their code quickly and effectively.
Michigan Energy Forum - April 4, 2013 - Jean Redfield, NextEnergyAnnArborSPARK
Governor Snyder has begun a process to deliver comprehensive energy policy recommendations by December 2013. How we address energy policy has broad impacts on climate, economic competitiveness, employment and job skills, environment, and health. What should be our major policy focus within Michigan? Can we find the right balance given divergent opinions? Our expert panel will discuss implications for goal setting, strategies, new technologies, and the legislative process.
New Buildings Institue, Cathy Higgins ~ Presentershobart
Deep Savings: Using Case Studies in Our Search for Success
Find Sources and learn from Case Study results already gathered on Best practices and Measured Performance.
Debugging Effectively - Frederick Web Tech 9/6/16Colin O'Dell
Software bugs are inevitable; some are especially difficult to track down, causing you to waste countless hours before throwing your hands up in defeat. It doesn't have to be this way! The mental fatigue and wasted time can be avoided by using strategies like identifying the most-appropriate tool, taking a logical & objective approach, challenging assumptions, listening to variables, isolating the code path, and reinforcing code with automated tests. Attendees will learn how to combine these techniques with the right mindset and attitude in order to debug their code quickly and effectively.
Hundeudstyr kræver kvalitet for at holde til hverdagens strabadser.
Om hundeudstyret skal bruges til at lufte din hund eller om det skal bruges mere professionelt til agility eller rally, så er kvalitet altid at overveje.
Efter 15 års erfaring med hundetræning på flere planer og privat har deltaget både i rally og agility, har vi erfaringen til at rådgive dig om det rigtige hundeudstyr.
For hunden er det specielt hundeselen eller halsbåndet der er afgørende. Jeg foretrækker et halsbånd der er foret med neopren, for at gøre det så behageligt for hunden som muligt.
Carla Oldenburger: Wildrust, Wassenaar. History of the former country estate ...Carla Oldenburger
History of park and garden of former country estate Wildrust Wassenaar. Near The Hague. Fishponds. Starwood. History of cartographic materials. Part of Groot Haesebroek. new villa is planned.
Presentation from the EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient Microgrids: Adapting the Integrated Grid Economic Framework to Microgrids, presented by Jeffrey Roark, EPRI, Baltimore, MD, August 29-31, 2016.
How the Energy Efficiency sector can embrace Exponential Leadership principles to spark meaningful change for the environment. Oct 2019 Keynote presentation at The Power of Collaboration conference hosted by ESG / Direct Technology.
2012 Tutorial: Markets for Differentiated Electric Power ProductsSean Meyn
ACC 2012 Tutorial
http://accworkshop12.mit.edu
The talk will review the many services needed in today's grid, and those that will be more important in the future. It will also review recent competitive equilibrium theory for the highly dynamic markets that may emerge in tomorrow's grid. In particular, to combat volatility from increasing penetration of renewable energy resources, there will be greater need for regulation services at various time-scales. There is enormous potential to secure these ancillary services via demand response. However, there is an obsession today with the promotion of real time prices to incentivize demand response. All evidence strongly suggests that this is a bad idea: 1) In 2011, massive price swings in the real-time market generated anger in Texas and New Zealand 2) Our own research shows that this is to be expected: in a completive equilibrium real-time prices will reach the choke up price (which was recently estimated at 1/4 million dollars). With transmission constraints, our research concludes that prices can go much higher. 3) A recent EIA study shows that consumers are scared of smart meters - they do not trust utility companies to experiment with their meters, or their power bills. We must then ask, is there any motivation to focus on markets in a real-time setting? The speaker believes there is none. Explanations will be given, and alternative visions will be proposed.
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1. Energy, making “sense”?
Energy products and their role for service
models of SMEs in countries of the global
South
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Microfinance and Energy
MicroEnergy International – What we do
The Microenergy - Sector
Energy in business models of SMEs
Energy in service models of SMEs
Energy, making „sense“?
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3. Jonas van der Straeten
Microenergy International/Consultant
Postgraduate Program Microenergy Systems/
Program Coordinator
jonas.vdstraeten@microenergy -international.com
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5. Microfinance and Energy
Typical customers
5 to 10 Family members
700 € Annual Income
10 to 20€ monthly energy expenditure
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6. Microfinance and Energy
Costs for 1 kWh: More than 2,00 Euro
Lighting in rural areas
Costs for 1 kWh: Grid Around 0,25 Euro
electricity in Germany
Costs for 1 kWh: 0,35-0,50 Euro
Photovoltaics, large
scale
Costs for 1kWh: 0,60-1,50 Euro
Photovoltaics, off-grid
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7. Microfinance and Energy
Investment Barrier
SHS Price
Income / Price
Down
payment
Inhabitants / Market Time
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8. Micro-Financing Energy Systems
Solar Home System financed through a micro loan
(e.g. 50 Watt peak – 500 Euro per piece)
450
400
350
300
SHS price (US$)
250
200
150
100
50
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-50
-100
Year after purchase
Battery
Kerosene Lamp
Solar Home System
Difference of SHS and kerosene lamp/battery (accu.)
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9. Micro-Financing Energy Systems
Microfinance Scheme
Installation
Customer Training
Warranty
+ Service
Recycling
Carbon Finance
Energy System
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13. MEI Company
Making energy work for people living in poverty:
How energy supply can be enabled through microfinance
Expertise MEI Team
• Energy technologies & supply chains • 34 Consultants & Assistants
• Microfinance • 15 Associate Experts
• Carbon finance • 7 Associated scientific institutes
MEI Activities
• Energy technologies & supply chain
• Stakeholder constellation &
evaluation
contract design among partner
• Stakeholder identification,
•Embedding technology into social
assessment & mobilization
and economical context
• Market research, energy needs,
• Portfolio & CRM management
carbon finance potential
• Energy companies assessment
assessment
• Carbon finance procedures &
• Business & project development
adaptation
• Impact assessment
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14. MicroEnergy International
Consulting Engineering Finance & Quality Academy Science Society
Investment Group
Policy & Energy Financial Quality Trainings, Microenergy Public
Business Product Instruments Mgmt for qualification Research Relations &
Consulting Design & for the Energy industrial & Alliance Promotion
Optimization Microenergy Companies scientific of
Sector & Product programs Microenergy
Certification Topics
Microenergy Sector
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15. Linking Microfinance & Clean Energy Supply
Knowledge gap between
Product Suppliers & MFIs
Product Suppliers MFIs
Living conditions
End User
knowledge
End-users needs
Technology quality
Technology
Know-How Technological needs
of end users
Marketing & Energy products
Distribution
Know-How Savings + Credit
products
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19. Sector Analysis and Potential
1,3 billion people worldwide without electricity
*OECD/IEA (2011)
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20. Sector Analysis and Potential
The Microenergy
Sector
approx. 1000
1.4 billion people
Energy Service
without access to
Companies serving
electricity
the BoP
2.7 billion people 10.000 MFIs serving
dependent on more than 155 mio.
biomass clients
US$ 433 billion 500 – 1000 MFIs
energy purchasing experiencing energy
power of the BoP loans
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21. Energy in SME Business Models
Production
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22. Energy in Service Models of SMEs
Mobile Charging
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24. Energy in Service Models
Energy Consumption per day
Electrical Mechanical Thermal
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25. Energy in SME Business Modells
Service
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26. Energy in Service Models
Selling Fuels
(Diesel, Petrol, Kerosene)
Village:Salawe Providing electricity (AC)
with MiniGrid (generator)
Village:Salawe
Selling Charcoal
Village:Salawe Dealing with Solar Panels
from Zambia
Village:Kanyezi
Repairing Radios and Torches
Village:Kanyezi
Wiring Houses for grid connection,
repairs radios etc.
Village:Umbwe
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30. Understanding the customers business model
E.g. Cellphone Charging
• 75 Wp-Panel
• Costs: 1.3 MillionTSH/ 702 € /929$
• Income: 300 TSH/0.16€/0.21$ per charge
• 20-30 people come per day for charging
• Break Even Point:
– 20 customers per day: 1 300 000 TSH / 6000 TSH = 217 days
– 30 customers per day: 1 300 000 TSH / 9000 TSH = 144 days
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Social Economic Environmental
Impact: Impact: Impact:
Improves situation for your Improves your Mitigation of CC
clients energy access portfolio
Vulnerability reduction Risk reduction Emissions reductions
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36. Energy, making „sense“?
ECO-Label
Context:
- High competition among hotels
(price per night < Costs )
- Awareness-raising program for
environmental protection through
microenergy products
Objectives:
-Awareness-raising among tourists
-Marketing material for the MFI
-Distinctive technology
-Selling piont for hostels
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38. Energy, making „sense“?
• The link between Microfinance, Energy and Carbon
Finance has a great potential because:
– Microfinance helps to overcome the barrier of high initial costs
for clean energy investments
– Microfinance monitoring infrastructure can be used for the
monitoring of carbon finance projects
– Carbon finance can provide a long term subsidy to develop and
entertain technical service infrastructure, particularly in remote
areas
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40. Energy, making „sense“?
Make it a financially sustainable business model in itself!
FIRST make a user-focussed technology-neutral demand
assessment
THEN identify the right partners and develop a good
business, distribution and service model
THEN think about non-monetary value
MFI Clean Energy Business Plan Monitoring of Adjustments Commer-
Market client’s energy Product & and Pilot Products and of Business cialization
Assessment demand Supplier Planning Suppliers Plan
assessment Identification
MACRO MICRO IDENTIFI- PILOT PILOT PILOT
1 2 3 4 5 6
ANALYSIS ANALYSIS CATION DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION 7 UP-SCALING
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41. Energy, making „sense“?
Making a lot of sense....
...but not to the customers and users.
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42. Contact
MicroEnergy International GbR
Potsdamer Strasse 143 ·10783 Berlin · Germany
Partner: Noara Kebir, Daniel Philipp
Pho. +49-(0)30-201 79 968
Fax +49-(0)30-484 987 054
contact@microenergy-international.com
Consulting
www.microenergy-international.com
Science
www.tu-berlin.de/microenergysystems
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