Welcome to my new and exciting project: this website!
When working on commercial power plants, you may think you are
making your small contribution for the change of the energy paradigm towards a
more sustainable energy mix. But once you have had the chance to participe in
International Development projects, you realize that the real change we should
expect from our generation is about putting the energy to the service of human
development...
International and regional institutions and
organizations all around the world have been working (and still do it) in this
direction. Information about lessons learned and current status reports,
feasibility surveys and new economic models issued by these institutions are
available and relatively easy to find in internet. Also private companies often
launch new product lines focused on developing countries (the Renewable Energy
off-grid market is especially dynamic in this regard) However this is a quite
dynamic sector and therefore not always it is easy to be up-to-date of the
latest.
And with this idea this website was born. This web
will be my small contribution to let all stakeholders know what are the main
trending topics and most innovative approaches in the field of powering
developing countries, with main focus on SUSTAINABILITY. And I do not mean only
from an environmental point of view but also from a long-term perspective. In
this regard, Renewables will play an essential role and so, special attention
will be paid.
In brief, the main goal of this new site is to bring
on the table main topics related to energy International Development projects
and hopefully become a meeting point for exchanging of innovative ideas and
lessons learned. These
topics could be classified as follows:
·
Techology
state of the art
·
Financial
schemes
·
Business
operation models
·
Regulatory
frameworks
·
Policy
development
You might think this seems to be a very ambitious target...
And probably you are not wrong... But nothing compared yet to the huge
challenge of powering 1.3 billion people by the end of 2030!
I really hope you enjoy this new blog and find it useful for your interests, either through
the information posted and/or the Consulting Services also offered
in this web. Finally, in
References
Looking forward to meeting you here soon.
Looking forward to meeting you here soon.
Sunny
regards,
Emilio Simonet
Una (Gujarat, India), October 2011
Una (Gujarat, India), October 2011
