Renewables Creating Impact through Novel Energy Access for Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Renewables Creating
Impact through Novel
Energy Access for Women
in Sub-Saharan Africa
A WREF Forum Sponsored by
Women in Sustainable Energy
5/16/2012 1WREF 2012 | Renewables Creating Energy Access for Women in SSA

 Thank you to WISE, WREF
 At Issue: Millions without Access
 Starting Up Better Fuel Access
 Prototypes of Renewable Pumping
 Renewable Lighting in Practice
 Q&A
Today’s Agenda

 Leslie Martel Baer, Moderator
Analyst and Strategist, Energy Intersections, LLC
 Alan Propp
Business Development Manager, Renewable Energy
Merrick & Company
 Leslie Light
Project Manager, iDE
 Doug Vilsack
Executive Director, Elephant Energy
Welcome

Sizing Up the Issue of Access
 1 in 5 people don’t
have electricity
 Only 12% of Rural
SSA Citizens Have
Electricity Access
 70% of those are
women
Public‐Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility 2010; UN Sustainable Energy for
All 2012

How Access Impacts Women
 Public health
◦ Reduces exposure to
toxics
◦ Better access to
medicines
 Access to
education
 Improved
agriculture
UN Sustainable Energy for All 2012

Engineering | Architecture | Design-Build | Surveying | GeoSpatial Solutions
Sugarcane-to-Ethanol
in
Sub-Saharan Africa
by
Alan Propp, PhD, PE

 $125 million annual revenue
 500 employees and growing
 Design over $500 million of
construction projects annually
 10 US offices;
3 international offices
 Bioprocessing projects from
$15K to over $100 million
 Consistent winner of
Engineering Excellence Awards
◦ 2011 ACEC National Grand Award
 Annually voted one of Colorado’s
best companies for which to work
 Top intern program in Colorado
Merrick Corporate Overview
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 MOST Ethanol is funded by Grynberg Petroleum, with Jack
Grynberg as its driving force
 Jack has very ambitious plans to develop a sugarcane-to-
ethanol industry in the SSA
 MOST has millions of acres of land under lease in more than
a dozen SSA countries
 The first project will be in Sierra Leone, closely followed by
Niger State, Nigeria and Botswana
MOST Ethanol

 Sierra Leone and most SSA countries are
underdeveloped, lacking industry, agricultural
resources, infrastructure, and electrical power
 SL currently has only about
350 MW of power
production
 A key aspect of these
projects will be to ensure
food security for the
indigenous populations
 This first project will.
 It will produce roughly
50 million gallons of
ethanol annually
Sierra Leone

 Processing plant will produce about 50 MW of
power beyond what it consumes, increasing the
country’s power output by about 15%
 We will develop detailed environmental
and social impact
assessments
 Ensuring food security
for the indigenous
population will be a
top priority of the projects
 Over 2,000 full time
jobs will created
 Annual income will be
about $2.5 million
Sierra Leone

Additional Benefits
 Infrastructure – roads and rail transport will require
upgrading to support these projects
 Electrification of rural towns
 Clean burning ethanol cook stoves will dramatically
improve the lives women
 Water treatment facilities necessary for the plants can
be oversized to provide clean drinking water for the
local populations

Alan Propp, PhD, PE
Business Development Manager
Merrick & Company
2450 S. Peoria Street
Aurora, Colorado 80014-5475
alan.propp@merrick.com
Direct: 303-353-3561 Cell: 720-346-4882
Thank You

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llight@ideorg.org

Elephant Energy
Solar for All

Namibia, Africa

Appropriate Sustainable Energy
Technologies (ASETs)

Women’s Energy Project

Rent-to-Own

Women Sales Agents

 Elephant Energy
 4369 Xavier St.
 Denver, CO 80212
 720-515-8118
 elephantenergy@gmail.com
Contact - Donate
www.elephantenergy.org

Thank you for attending this WISE Sponsored Forum.
Learn about WISE at www.wisecolorado.org.
 Leslie Baer
303.377.5006  leslie.baer@energyintersections.com
www.energyintersections.com
 Alan Propp
alan.propp@merrick.com
 Leslie Light
llight@ideorg.org
 Doug Vilsack
elephantenergy@gmail.com
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