African Energy & Climate Change

Lizzie Biney-Amissah shares with us her journey as a power projects developer in Ghana helping to develop one of Ghana’s first IPP’s, to working in Kenya on new models and platforms for energy access. Along the way she illuminates the core values and passions that drive her and shares some inspiring insights for anyone interested in becoming active in the power sector.

Conversation Highlights

• EAV Energy Access Ventures https://www.linkedin.com/company/energy-access-ventures/
• What is the buy-side?
• National Service at Tema / Ghana
• First IPP in Ghana, Cenpower Kpone, combined cycle power / 350MW
• From Harvard Kennedy to Globeleq
• Energy Access Ventures, now a Partner, one of a few women
• Innovative and disruptive models in solar energy distribution, platform plays
• 9 years to Financial close for CENPower, almost 13 years till Operation
• CENPower moved from Central region to Tema, easier from infrastructure pt of view
• InfraCo as fund – eleQtra their developer patient money.
• State of Ghana’s electricity sector
• Importance of profitability to developers/asset owners
• Renewable energy prospects in Ghana; concern about grids and also land acquisition issues
• The rate-limiting steps are solvable
• Govt to get out of business
• Ailing assets on O&G side
• Solving land ownership issue: Create a land bank
• Pollution unregulated, Govt not acting

#aeccpod #africanperspective #AfricanEnergy #climatechange
#SubSaharanAfrica #RuralElectrification #RenewableEnergy
#Connectivity #MiniGrids #C&ISolar #SolarHomeSystems #ProductiveUse #VentureCapital #Infrastructure# ProjectFinance #Solar #Africa #CleanCooking

Questions for you

What topics do you feel we should build on?
What resources are most lacking for young energy entrepreneurs in Africa?

South African Energy Expert Chris Yelland talks to us about the demise of the coal sector in SA, the crisis at Eskom and how renewable energy could save South Africa, but must be achieved through a "just energy transition".

#southafrica #energy #justenergytransition #aeccpod #coal #eskom #AfricanEnergy #climatechange

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An African Energy & Climate Change Perspective on COP26

1. Intro and global methane pledge
2. Deforestation Pledge
3. Gaps in COP
4. SA as the big winner
5. Namibia
6. Takeaways

A couple of questions for you:

1 Was COP26 just a massive failure?
2 Why do you think African countries came away with so little?
3 In your country, what are some of the best ways to pressure your government to set and plan for achieving a decarbonised economy?

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