The Next Billion: Lessons in off-grid electricity development from the global south

Today about a third of the world’s population has no access to electricity, and another third has only limited access. Driven by the push for development on one hand and the reality of climate change on the other, a combination of for-profit companies, NGOs, missions, and aid organizations is looking for the silver bullet to sustainable electricity development. In order to understand the challenges facing off-grid electricity projects I used recent literature in the form of peer-reviewed journals, agency reports, news articles, and technical documents; stakeholder interviews; and on-site observations in selected case studies in Nepal, India, and Tanzania. In each case I explored and classified methods of electrification; challenges facing each method; and the larger political, cultural, and economic contexts of the projects in question. The full range of considerations precludes drawing broad generalizations regarding effective and sustainable approaches to rural electrification. I address questions raised by these case studies regarding the role of off-grid electricity globally. The sought-after silver bullet does not exist; instead, sustainable electrification requires unique, bottom-up approaches specific to each local community and environment. Ultimately, the diversity of methods is an advantage in a rapidly changing energy climate

Energize the Base of the Pyramid!

In many countries of the Global South, energy infrastructure is holey, unreliable or simply not existent. This leads to different kinds of severe problems. Just to name a few: Family members, mostly women, spend hours every day to collect firewood for cooking. In many cases, they suffer under pulmonary diseases, because they have no access to clean cooking facilities. And companies are less productive without access to electricity. Students of the Joint International Master on Sustainable Development worked on energy access scale-up projects during their third semester at Leipzig University. In this semester, students are requested to work on an ''integration project'': integrating various aspects of sustainable development in a particular case study. The class of 2017 approached energy access from the interdisciplinary perspective of sustainable development, anchored however in the field of Economics and Management Science to ensure feasibility of their work. This present edition of Studies in Infrastructure and Resources Management looks at their work in two different energy access scale-up projects in the sub-Saharan countries Nigeria and Senegal

Equity Research - REN-Redes Energéticas Nacionais, S.G.P.S., S.A.

Mestrado em FinançasEste estudo contém a avaliação e a respetiva estimativa do valor intrínseco da ação da REN para 04/01/2016. O nosso Relatório de Avaliação é uma continuação do processo de implementação de um novo formato de apresentação para este tipo de projeto, agregando as regras e estilo do Trabalho Final do Programa de Mestrado do ISEG e as recomendações do CFA Institute (Pinto, Henry, Robison, and Stowe, 2010). A escolha da REN provém do meu interesse pessoal no setor energético e do seu complexo sistema, desde da produção ao consumidor final, sendo que a REN encontra-se a meio termo deste trajeto, através do transporte de eletricidade e gás natural. O preço-alvo foi alcançado usando o método mais apropriado em termos de avaliação absoluta, o método dos Fluxos de Caixa Descontados (DCF). Com um preço-alvo de 3.10€ e um potencial de valorização de 9.83% em relação ao preço da ação em 04/01/2016 (2.82€), a recomendação final para a REN é Neutro.This study contains the valuation and the respective estimation of REN´s intrinsic share value for 04/01/2016. Our Equity Research is a continuation of the implementation process of a new presentation format for this kind of project, combining the rules and style of ISEG´s Master Final Project and the CFA Institute (Pinto, Henry, Robison, and Stowe, 2010) recommendations. REN's choice comes from my personal interest in the energy sector and from its complex system, from production to the final consumer, being that REN is in the mid-term of this path, through the transportation of electricity and natural gas. The price target was reached by using the most appropriate method in terms of absolute valuation, the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Approach. With a price target of 3.10€ and an upside potential of 9.83% relatively to the share price at 04/01/2016 (2.82€), the final recommendation for REN stands for Neutral.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio