A recent workshop in Pokhara brought together key stakeholders to explore how electric cooking, e-mobility, and micro-hydro grid interconnection can drive clean energy transitions in Nepal’s mountain regions.
Join The Hydro Empowerment Network's Side Event At IOREC 2018 In Singapore
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will hold the 4th International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition (IOREC) in Singapore from 31st – 1st Nov 2018. Join the Hydro Empowerment Network’s side event on 1st November!
The event is entitled Accelerating Financially Viable Hydro Mini-Grids: A Closer Look at Small-Scale Hydropower in S/SE Asia and will take place on 1st November from 12:45 until 14:00 at Level 4 of the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore.
Panelists at this event will be:
- Dr. Binu Parthan – principal at Sustainable Energy Associates (SEA), a global consulting and advisory company, with over 20 years of professional experience in financing, policy and technology aspects of clean energy and climate change
- Bir Bahadur Ghale – founder of Hydro Energy Concern Pvt. Ltd., with more than 25 years of experience in the micro/mini hydropower sector
- Dipti Vaghela – Network Facilitator and Manager of the Hydro Empowerment Network
- Bikash Pandey – Director of Clean Energy at Winrock International
- Kapila Subasinghe – Vice President of Specialized Project Lending and the Head of Consulting at DFCC Bank, Sri Lanka
- Adrian Banie Lasimbang – senator for the national government of Malaysia, representing the state of Sabah
- Tri Mumpuni – Executive director of the People Centered Business and Economic Institute (IBEKA)
- Rana Ghoneim – Chief of the Energy Systems and Infrastructure Division at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- Gerhard Fischer, who has over 35 years of professional experience in the development of hydropower
Read more on Hydro Empowerment’s website. Read more about IRENA’s conference: IOREC 2018.
