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| | '''[[Mini-grid Webinar Series|►Link to Mini-Grid Webinar Series 2017]]''' | | '''[[Mini-grid Webinar Series|►Link to Mini-Grid Webinar Series 2017]]''' |
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| | = 2nd Webinar: (June 2019) = | | = 2nd Webinar: (June 2019) = |
| | <p style="text-align: center">'''<span style="color: rgb(72,177,69); font-size: 15px">Mini-Grid Financing: Enabling the Role of Local Banks</span>'''</p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(72,177,69); font-size: 15px">'''Friday, 28 June 2019 at 3:00 pm CEST.'''<br/>'''Register: [https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/286958640442813452 https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/286958640442813452]'''</span><br/></p> | | <p style="text-align: center">'''<span style="color: rgb(72,177,69); font-size: 15px">Mini-Grid Financing: Enabling the Role of Local Banks</span>'''</p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(72,177,69); font-size: 15px">'''Friday, 28 June 2019 at 3:00 pm CEST.'''<br/>'''Register: [https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/286958640442813452 https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/286958640442813452]'''</span><br/></p> |
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| | This webinar – the 2<sup>nd</sup> in a series of four webinars – will feature banks and financing specialists from South and Southeast Asia who have enabled local banks and local developers in the region to make financing available for small-scale hydro mini-grids. Using specific examples, speakers will present: | | This webinar – the 2<sup>nd</sup> in a series of four webinars – will feature banks and financing specialists from South and Southeast Asia who have enabled local banks and local developers in the region to make financing available for small-scale hydro mini-grids. Using specific examples, speakers will present: |
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| | *Why and how local banks are critical to replication of sustainable hydro mini-grids | | *Why and how local banks are critical to replication of sustainable hydro mini-grids |
| | *Incentives for local banks in lending to hydro mini-grids and local developers | | *Incentives for local banks in lending to hydro mini-grids and local developers |
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| | *Roles of government and donors help to accelerate the process of enabling local bank financing. | | *Roles of government and donors help to accelerate the process of enabling local bank financing. |
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| − | For more thematic background, please refer [http://www.hpnet.org/blog/join-us-june-28-webinar-on-mini-grid-financing here]. | + | For more thematic background, please refer [http://www.hpnet.org/blog/join-us-june-28-webinar-on-mini-grid-financing here]. |
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| | == Speakers == | | == Speakers == |
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| − | '''DINESH DULAL''' | + | '''DINESH DULAL'''<br/>Mr. Dinesh Dulal has completed Master’s Degree in Management and Bachelor’s Degree in Law. He has spent almost 18 years in banking sector, out of which he has spent more than 10 years in renewable energy financing. Currently, he is the Department Head of Energy and Development Organization Department at NMB Bank Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal. He has played an instrumental role in renewable energy financing including micro hydro project financing. |
| − | Mr. Dinesh Dulal has completed Master’s Degree in Management and Bachelor’s Degree in Law. He has spent almost 18 years in banking sector, out of which he has spent more than 10 years in renewable energy financing. Currently, he is the Department Head of Energy and Development Organization Department at NMB Bank Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal. He has played an instrumental role in renewable energy financing including micro hydro project financing. | + | |
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| − | '''KAPILA SUBASINGHE''' | + | '''KAPILA SUBASINGHE'''<br/>Mr. Kapila Subasinghe is Vice President of Specialized Project Lending and the Head of Consulting at DFCC Bank, Sri Lanka. He is the former Project Director of the World Bank and Global Environment Facility funded Renewable Energy for Rural Economic Development (RERED) Project of the Government of Sri Lanka. He has 25 years of experience in project management and lending. He has served both in SME and Corporate sectors at DFCC, specializing in project financing including lending to off-grid and grid-connected renewable energy sectors. In 2002, he joined the Project Management Department which managed credit lines to Sri Lanka from multilateral agencies. He headed the Department from 2007 to 2010 as Vice President (Project Management) managing four credit lines offered to the Government of Sri Lanka by The World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Investment Bank, and KfW. Thereafter, he served as Vice President (Corporate Banking) from 2010 to 2015. As Vice President (Specialized Project Lending)/Head of Consulting he oversees the evaluation and implementation of complex/specialized projects across the branch network of the bank, as well as management of DFCC Consulting (Pvt) Ltd. He is currently serves as Project Manager of the Project Implementation Unit of the ADB funded Rooftop Solar Power Generation Project of the Government of Sri Lanka. He has been a resource person to multiple local and international renewable energy forums, including for delegations to Sri Lanka from Asia and Africa to study the Sri Lankan renewable energy model. He was also the Team Leader of an assignment in Uganda undertaken by DFCC Consulting to develop an adoptable solar loan product for participating financial institutions, under the Energy for Rural Transformation Project of Uganda supported by the World Bank. Mr. Subasinghe holds a degree in civil engineering from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. |
| − | Mr. Kapila Subasinghe is Vice President of Specialized Project Lending and the Head of Consulting at DFCC Bank, Sri Lanka. He is the former Project Director of the World Bank and Global Environment Facility funded Renewable Energy for Rural Economic Development (RERED) Project of the Government of Sri Lanka. He has 25 years of experience in project management and lending. He has served both in SME and Corporate sectors at DFCC, specializing in project financing including lending to off-grid and grid-connected renewable energy sectors. In 2002, he joined the Project Management Department which managed credit lines to Sri Lanka from multilateral agencies. He headed the Department from 2007 to 2010 as Vice President (Project Management) managing four credit lines offered to the Government of Sri Lanka by The World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Investment Bank, and KfW. Thereafter, he served as Vice President (Corporate Banking) from 2010 to 2015. As Vice President (Specialized Project Lending)/Head of Consulting he oversees the evaluation and implementation of complex/specialized projects across the branch network of the bank, as well as management of DFCC Consulting (Pvt) Ltd. He is currently serves as Project Manager of the Project Implementation Unit of the ADB funded Rooftop Solar Power Generation Project of the Government of Sri Lanka. He has been a resource person to multiple local and international renewable energy forums, including for delegations to Sri Lanka from Asia and Africa to study the Sri Lankan renewable energy model. He was also the Team Leader of an assignment in Uganda undertaken by DFCC Consulting to develop an adoptable solar loan product for participating financial institutions, under the Energy for Rural Transformation Project of Uganda supported by the World Bank. Mr. Subasinghe holds a degree in civil engineering from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. | + | |
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| − | '''MARGARITA MANZO'''<br/> | + | '''MARGARITA MANZO'''<br/>Ms. Margarita Manzo is an energy finance specialist and has a background in both early-stage financing as well as corporate and project finance for utility scale projects in Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Sri Lanka. Having worked at an impact fund, an investment bank, a large developer, and a start-up, she has seen the various issues companies and projects face to get funded. She is driven by a passion for getting projects off the ground and would like to see great startups focus less on fundraising and focus more on execution. She is currently developing a data-driven platform to connect investment-ready early stage energy companies with potential funders. Ms. Margarita was most recently the Senior Investment Manager at Nexus for Development, where she managed Nexus’s portfolio of funds dedicated to supporting Asian energy, water, and sanitation enterprises serving underserved populations. She continues to serves as a consultant to the Nexus team. Ms. Margarita holds an MBA degree and an Energy & Finance Certificate from HEC Paris and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University.<br/> |
| − | Ms. Margarita Manzo is an energy finance specialist and has a background in both early-stage financing as well as corporate and project finance for utility scale projects in Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Sri Lanka. Having worked at an impact fund, an investment bank, a large developer, and a start-up, she has seen the various issues companies and projects face to get funded. She is driven by a passion for getting projects off the ground and would like to see great startups focus less on fundraising and focus more on execution. She is currently developing a data-driven platform to connect investment-ready early stage energy companies with potential funders. Ms. Margarita was most recently the Senior Investment Manager at Nexus for Development, where she managed Nexus’s portfolio of funds dedicated to supporting Asian energy, water, and sanitation enterprises serving underserved populations. She continues to serves as a consultant to the Nexus team. Ms. Margarita holds an MBA degree and an Energy & Finance Certificate from HEC Paris and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University.<br/> | + | |
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| − | '''RANISHA BASNET'''<br/> | + | '''RANISHA BASNET'''<br/>Ranisha has more than 5 years of experience in knowledge management in the off-grid sector. She has worked with many national and international organizations to develop different knowledge products (webinars, database and knowledge portals) and also designed campaigns to raise awareness about trending off-grid energy topics. Currently, she is writing her master thesis on “ Gender and Renewable Energy Mini Grids” and is attending the master program, Renewable Energy Engineering and Management at the University of Freiburg, Germany.<br/> |
| − | Ranisha has more than 5 years of experience in knowledge management in the off-grid sector. She has worked with many national and international organizations to develop different knowledge products (webinars, database and knowledge portals) and also designed campaigns to raise awareness about trending off-grid energy topics. Currently, she is writing her master thesis on “ Gender and Renewable Energy Mini Grids” and is attending the master program, Renewable Energy Engineering and Management at the University of Freiburg, Germany.<br/> | + | |
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| − | '''DIPTI VAGHELA''' | + | '''DIPTI VAGHELA'''<br/>Dipti Vaghela is the co-founder and manager of the Hydro Empowerment Network (HPNET), a south-south knowledge exchange platform that advances policy, technology, and socio-environmental aspects of small-scale hydropower across ten countries since established in 2013. Dipti brings sixteen years of experience in developing decentralized renewable energy solutions for rural electrification in S/SE Asia, bridging communities, local entrepreneurs, field-based NGOs, policy makers, and funding agencies. After a product design career in Silicon Valley, she spent ten years with indigenous communities in rural India, mostly in Kalahandi, Odisha, establishing localized energy solutions. In 2013, supported by the Switzer Foundation Environmental Leadership Grant, Dipti served as International Rivers' energy solutions coordinator to promote policy solutions that support equitable energy development. In 2016 she was awarded a Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, placed at the Renewable Energy Association of Myanmar (REAM). Based in Myanmar, she supports and learns from Myanmar’s indigenous micro/mini hydropower, biomass energy, PV-irrigation practitioners. Dipti holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Science in Environmental Studies from San Jose State University. |
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Renewable energy mini-grids are a cost-effective and reliable solution for energy access. Within the technologies available for mini-grids, micro and mini hydropower (MHP)1 has added advantages. It's techno-economic characteristics, such lower levelized cost of electricity, per kilowatt cost, and no need for battery storage, make it economically viable for grid interconnection and productive end use applications. read more
Because MHP hardware can be manufactured locally and maintained by local actors, MHP development imparts local skills and jobs, which can evolve into local MHP enterprises. In addition, MHP strengthens catchment area and watershed protection, in turn increasing the climate resilience of vulnerable communities in hilly regions.
The number of hydro mini-grids in rural areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America far exceed other types of mini-grids. As a proven technology with an extensive track record, micro and mini hydropower is the focus in this mini-grid webinar series. The objective of the series is to facilitate exchange among diverse actors advancing small-scale hydro, and promote approaches that lead to long-term success and optimal local benefits. Each of the four webinars will respectively provide insight on MHP reliability, sustainability, financing, and planning for scalability.
[1] In this context, micro hydropower refers to <100kW, and mini hydropower refers to 100 - 1000 kW (or 1MW).
