Access to energy for services such as lighting, cooking and communications is an essential precondition for eradicating poverty in the 21st century. Yet today, 1.6 billion people currently have no access to electricity. Over 2.5 billion depend on traditional cooking fuel sources that exact to intolerably high costs for human health and the environment.
In this conversation, a distinguished panel of energy sector innovators will discuss their work and provide a firsthand account of today’s leading energy challenges and opportunities in the developing world.
Panel Participants: Sarah Alexander, Innovations Manager, Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO); Edwin Adkins, Research Coordinator, Millennium Village Project, Energy Program; Jacob Winiecki, Co-Founder, Simpa Networks.
Moderated by Christopher Neidl, Consultant, Arc Finance.
New York City, NY; NYC