Financing Off-Grid Solar Energy Access:
Hypotheses on COVID-19 Long Term Impacts'
First webinar of a series - organised by the e-MFP's Green Inclusive & Climate Smart Finance Action Group
Off-grid solar (OGS) energy is instrumental to achieve access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (Sustainable Development Goal 7, SDG7). More than half of the progress made in the last decade towards SDG7 was owed to path-breaking OGS start-ups. The global crisis brought by the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) can reduce OGS customers’ ability to pay, disrupt OGS value chains, and freeze capital flows into the sector. This study proposes a set of hypotheses on the long-term changes that COVID-19 will bring to the OGS sector. These hypotheses were discussed throughout 20 in-depth interviews with senior level representatives of key investors and OGS companies. The interview results reported in this paper are aimed at documenting the collective intelligence of these stakeholders, which may be instrumental in guiding the OGS sector to weather the COVID-19 crisis.
Invited speaker:
Catalina Martínez Gutiérrez, PhD
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute
Moderator: Dr.-Ing. Natalia Realpe Carrillo, HEDERA – IASS
Date: December 3, 2020 - 4 pm CET
More info on the webinar series by the e-MFP Green Inclusive & Climate Smart Action Group:
- Series of webinars on topics related to green inclusive finance
- Brief presentations by practitioners & academics
- Opportunity for discussion and networking
- Material and video available online
Everyone is welcome to contribute: please contact us if you are interested!
Natalia Realpe & Davide Forcella
Heads of the Action Group
(natalia@hedera.online, davide.forcella@yahoo.it)
Photo credit: Teresa Cotrim from Pixabay
Financing Off-Grid Solar Energy Access:
Hypotheses on COVID-19 Long Term Impacts'
First webinar of a series - organised by the e-MFP's Green Inclusive & Climate Smart Finance Action Group
Off-grid solar (OGS) energy is instrumental to achieve access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (Sustainable Development Goal 7, SDG7). More than half of the progress made in the last decade towards SDG7 was owed to path-breaking OGS start-ups. The global crisis brought by the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) can reduce OGS customers’ ability to pay, disrupt OGS value chains, and freeze capital flows into the sector. This study proposes a set of hypotheses on the long-term changes that COVID-19 will bring to the OGS sector. These hypotheses were discussed throughout 20 in-depth interviews with senior level representatives of key investors and OGS companies. The interview results reported in this paper are aimed at documenting the collective intelligence of these stakeholders, which may be instrumental in guiding the OGS sector to weather the COVID-19 crisis.
Invited speaker:
Catalina Martínez Gutiérrez, PhD
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute
Moderator: Dr.-Ing. Natalia Realpe Carrillo, HEDERA – IASS
Date: December 3, 2020 - 4 pm CET
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More info on the webinar series by the e-MFP Green Inclusive & Climate Smart Action Group:
- Series of webinars on topics related to green inclusive finance
- Brief presentations by practitioners & academics
- Opportunity for discussion and networking
- Material and video available online
Everyone is welcome to contribute: please contact us if you are interested!
Natalia Realpe & Davide Forcella
Heads of the Action Group
(natalia@hedera.online, davide.forcella@yahoo.it)
Photo credit: Teresa Cotrim from Pixabay