Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 8: Rethinking Policy and Finance for Distributed Renewables

In the eighth and final episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Henok Assefa - Founder and Managing Partner at PRECISE, and Dr. Paul Yillia - COO and Technical Advisor, TENN to find out how policy design and finance go hand-hand in ensuring that farmers in rural communities can afford their energy needs for their agricultural production.

This series is hosted by Marilyn Smith of the Energy Action Project (EnAct) and produced in collaboration with Global SDG7 Hubs.

Guest Bios:

Henok Assefa is the Chief Executive Officer of Precise Consult International in Ethiopia and is also the founder and principal.

Paul T. Yillia (Dr. techn.) is a development consultant with expertise on cross-cutting issues and technical implementation of development programs at the water and energy nexus with climate, development, and social infrastructure (healthcare, livelihoods, education, agri-value, WASH, etc.). He is Senior Technical Advisor to the Chairman, of the Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security (C-REF), Sierra Leone. Previously, he was the Programme Manager and Lead Policy Specialist on cross-cutting issues at Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL).

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