The Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF), organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its partners, this year included a commendable focus community-based renewable energy solutions. The Energy for All initiative at the ADB organized a deep dive workshop called Community Energy Systems: Realizing the Potential of People’s Partnership in Achieving Energy Access. Several HPNET members and partners were speakers in the two panels of the deep dive.
Here's some re-cap from @DivyamNagpal's tweets on his session:
"General agreement on the strong track record of community energy systems for energy access, with potential for even greater contribution to universal EA efforts. Important to understand the community ownership process and invest in not just hardware, but the social processes."
"A strong business case for distribution utilities to support and integrate community energy systems, while retaining com. ownership (thru on-grid net metering). Pilots in the Philippines show the benefits to reach un/under-served areas & improve tail-end supply."
"Emphasis on the imp. role of with local entities/NGOs, pre-emptively addressing the 'common action problem' through project design, providing incentives for productive use development, transitioning from grants -> debt, not pushing specific tech but look at community needs."
Here's some re-cap from @DivyamNagpal's tweets on his session:
"General agreement on the strong track record of community energy systems for energy access, with potential for even greater contribution to universal EA efforts. Important to understand the community ownership process and invest in not just hardware, but the social processes."
"A strong business case for distribution utilities to support and integrate community energy systems, while retaining com. ownership (thru on-grid net metering). Pilots in the Philippines show the benefits to reach un/under-served areas & improve tail-end supply."
"Emphasis on the imp. role of with local entities/NGOs, pre-emptively addressing the 'common action problem' through project design, providing incentives for productive use development, transitioning from grants -> debt, not pushing specific tech but look at community needs."
