Sentences with phrase «access to energy grids»

As it emerged on Friday (16 March), the US has officially warned that Russian hackers have already been shown to have gained access to energy grids, nuclear power facilities and water facilities in the US.

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They will discuss behind closed doors with representatives of industry and financial institutions topics from energy efficiency to electric vehicles, carbon capture and storage, the whole range of issues involving renewables, access to energy and smart grids.

Advanced hardware and software allow the epaper screen to withstand the harsh elements and use up as little power as possible, creating an energy - sustainable solution that does not require access to the electrical grid.

He just completed the agreement to get access to loans from a renewable energy fund, and the grid connection agreement was just signed this past Friday, 29 September, so he had a bit of a head start.

I am also just back from far northern Kenya where I was working with the grid planning and the infrastructure for both on - grid wind energy (Africa's largest wind farm is begin built to take advantage of remarkable wind site and the transmission access provided by a new Kenya - Ethiopia linking line).

Even though people without electricity access often pay a lot for their energy sources, such as kerosene and candles — sometimes more than they would pay for the same service if they had electricity access — the upfront costs for off - grid systems may still be higher than most consumers are willing or able to pay.

Twenty of the world's leading off - grid clean energy entrepreneurs sent a letter (http://bit.ly/IzuDSU) today to World Bank Group president Robert Zoellick requesting $ 500 million in financial commitments to help them deliver on the world's energy access goals.

In turn, this reduces the investment cost in the supply of electricity required to deliver universal energy access, making off - grid renewable solutions more affordable to households.

Microgrid benefits encompass better resiliency, easier access to energy through a less capital - intensive, modular, scalable solution that is quicker to implement, more choice around when and how to interact with the grid and energy cost optimization.

The foundations for this departure from orthodoxy have been laid by the International Energy Agency (IEA), which has essentially admitted in a series of energy access papers that the majority of those without electricity today will never be wired to the grid Energy Agency (IEA), which has essentially admitted in a series of energy access papers that the majority of those without electricity today will never be wired to the grid energy access papers that the majority of those without electricity today will never be wired to the grid (PDF).

To achieve this, we need transformative partnerships between the public and private sector to improve energy access planning and increase investment in the preparation and implementation of energy access projects, including innovative access solutions such as off - grid.&raquTo achieve this, we need transformative partnerships between the public and private sector to improve energy access planning and increase investment in the preparation and implementation of energy access projects, including innovative access solutions such as off - grid.&raquto improve energy access planning and increase investment in the preparation and implementation of energy access projects, including innovative access solutions such as off - grid.»

In partnership with the World Bank, the Government of Myanmar developed a National Electrification Plan that aims to achieve universal energy access by 2030 through grid extension and decentralized rural electrification via mini-grids and solar home systems.

GRID Alternatives» International Program addresses a critical energy access gap in rural communities in Nicaragua and Nepal by bringing solar power to schools, health clinics, homes, farms and small businesses.

A growing community of energy access entrepreneurs are trying to bring off - grid products to market in Tanzania, India and other countries with large populations without electricity.

However, this kind of basic energy access does not provide larger benefits to recipients, and is not a substitute for grid connections, studies show.

However, as an expert in off - grid energy access in Africa, Ishofsky adds an alternate viewpoint to the debate surrounding energy in the post-2015 agenda based on the experience of an individual who has established a career working in energy access.

The report makes three main recommendations: 1) the banks should increase their energy access financing to 50 percent of their energy portfolios; 2) the banks should increase off - grid and mini-grid investments to 64 percent of energy access investments; and 3) the banks should establish clear definitions and criteria for what count as «energy access» and measure project outcomes to determine whether they have succeeded in providing energy access for the poor.

This Carbon Tracker report shows how rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can exploit the falling costs of renewable power, to access electricity without the need for expensive grid transmission networks.

Even in places that currently lack a centralized grid, low - cost off - grid interventions are enabling households with initial access to the «energy ladder» at a fraction of the cost of grid extension, providing immediate benefits.

It also emphasises the need to encourage low - income communities to participate in community energy projects, and guaranteed, fair and non-discriminatory access to energy markets and the electricity grid for community projects.

Times News Network: The Centre aims to achieve «electricity for all» by 2027 while 75 million households still don't have access to electricity and only two percent of renewable energy into the grid by 2021.

The International Energy Agency reported last year that 240 million people in India lack access to electricity, and by the Indian government's count there were 18,452 villages lacking grid connections in April 2015.

Reaching universal energy access at tier 5 (full grid power, all day, every day) by 2030 would require a five-fold increase in finance, to approximately $ 50 billion annually.

CTI finds that focusing on off - grid and mini-grid renewables — as solar costs fall and battery technology improves — are the most cost - effective solutions in many emerging economies to energy access.

LONDON, 13th November 2014 — Rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can exploit the falling costs of renewable power, to access electricity without the need for expensive grid transmission networks, new research by the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) shows.

The story of India shining got a rude shock... relying on highly inefficient power grids and dirty and expensive fossil fuels like coal has only lead to greater environmental risks and poor energy access for millions of Indians... Another way is possible... It's time to invest in energy efficiency and decentralized renewable energy for all.

Considered a top state for solar energy potential — and home to a robust rooftop solar sector — Arizona's current net metering policy debates started in 2013, when utility Arizona Public Service sparked controversy with a fee proposal for rooftop solar customers that regulators ultimately scaled back to a $ 5 grid access charge.

GRID addresses a critical energy access gap in communities in Nicaragua, Nepal, and Mexico by bringing solar power to schools, health clinics, homes, farms, orphanages, and small businesses.

Modern energy access entails less a physical connection to a grid than the availability of reliable and affordable energy services necessary to sustain a dignified life.

Pairing renewable decentralised energy systems (off - grid systems and mini-grids) with filtration technologies can provide both accesses to electricity and safe drinking water (Target 6.1).

Typical examples include: the expectation of high return on investment (short payback period); high capital costs and long project development times for some measures; lack of access to capital for energy efficiency improvements and feedstock / fuel change; fair market value for cogenerated electricity to the grid; and costs / lack of awareness of need for control of HFC leakage.

The «open access» is to ensure that PPS companies using any type of energy sources have access to power grids, in principle.

In Nepal, for example, the SREP supported project is providing access to electricity and facilitating productive end uses of energy at the «bottom of the pyramid» in rural locations, which are beyond the «last mile» of the grid.

Either plan would open up Queensland's interior to development of solar energy and geothermal and grid access for these new energy resources to reach Australia's larger coastal markets.

These should be accessible and used across the energy access spectrum, from smart meter developers designing transparency into their systems, to donor funded projects looking at using satellite imagery and algorithms to map the potential for rural sites for commercial off - grid projects (effectively subsidising the site selection process for commercial operators).

As we have previously argued the ubiquity of mobile - based payment services across the spectrum of off - grid energy access routes from SHS to microgrids reduces the burden of complexity enormously.

GRID Alternatives» International Program addresses a critical energy access gap in communities in Nicaragua, Nepal, and Mexico by bringing solar power to schools, health clinics, homes, farms, orphanages, and small businesses.

Renewable energy and the potential it has to plug off - grid power gaps, for example, may be indispensable to achieving universal energy access.

One example would be making it illegal for people to get off the grid with renewable solar energy, and / or fining people or making them pay fees to access the grid when they don't even want to be on the grid.

GRID is excited to be part of the Obama Administration's Clean Energy Savings for All Americans Initiative, announced today to ensure that every family in the United States has access to solar eEnergy Savings for All Americans Initiative, announced today to ensure that every family in the United States has access to solar energyenergy.

According to the World Bank, 100 % of registered homes in the United States have access to the electricity grid, so it is unusual for a cell tower to be «off - grid,» and thus require a distributed source of energy in order to operate.

The report highlights: Trends in domestic energy demand and supply prospects to 2040, broken down by fuel and sector The outlook for the power sector and the increasing share of coal in the region's electricity generation The role that Southeast Asia will play in international energy trade and the implications for its energy expenditures The potential energy and environmental benefits of implementing pragmatic measures that would help limit the rise in the region's greenhouse - gas emissions An in - depth analysis of energy prospects in Malaysia to 2040 A focus on four key issues that will shape the direction of the region's energy system: power grid interconnection, energy investment, energy access and fossil - fuel subsidies

This document brings report the key messages that emerged from the Third International Off - grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC 2016), including the importance of (1) mainstreaming off - grid renewable energy in national rural electrification strategies, (2) creating an ecosystem to accelerate deployment, (3) designing dedicated policies and regulations for the off - grid sector, (4) unlocking capital for energy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewEnergy Conference (IOREC 2016), including the importance of (1) mainstreaming off - grid renewable energy in national rural electrification strategies, (2) creating an ecosystem to accelerate deployment, (3) designing dedicated policies and regulations for the off - grid sector, (4) unlocking capital for energy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewenergy in national rural electrification strategies, (2) creating an ecosystem to accelerate deployment, (3) designing dedicated policies and regulations for the off - grid sector, (4) unlocking capital for energy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewenergy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewenergy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewables.

Getting big international finance institutions (IFI's) like the World Bank behind off - grid solar sector is ultimately a winning scenario, because as the International Energy Agency has stated, we need nearly $ 1 trillion in cumulative investment to achieve universal energy access byEnergy Agency has stated, we need nearly $ 1 trillion in cumulative investment to achieve universal energy access byenergy access by 2030.

If we want to deliver on energy access goals in Rio, though, we can not wait for the grid, and we can not rely on fossil fuels.

The Lao firm Sunlabob Rural Energy provides two different ways for rural people to access solar power where grid access is nonexistent and unlikely to be built in the future.

Worse, according to the IEA, an over reliance on these investments at the expense of off grid clean energy investments will leave one billion of the world's poor without energy access by 2030.

Unfortunately, today's investments in energy access are heavily skewed toward traditional grid extension, with billions going to large scale centralized power projects which are often heavily polluting coal plants.

Secondly, that minimum access thresholds imply homogeneity amongst off - grid householders, when in reality, energy needs will vary according to factors such as gender, culture or climate.

If we want to deliver on energy access goals in Rio, and we want the poor to benefit from electricity we can not wait for the grid, and we can not rely on fossil fuels.