Energy Access Solutions and the Role of IEEE Global Initiative-Empower a Billion Lives (EBL)-Video

Abstract:People often think of Energy Access as only applicable to people who live in Africa or South Asia in extreme energy poverty. While nearly 750 million people who live off-grid with absolutely no electricity access are top-of-mind, there are a host of other communities that struggle with the exact same underlying technological challenges. Recognizing this common technology thread and that decentralized energy access solutions are becoming an increasingly important component of the electricity infrastructure based on robust cost-effective solutions in the area of energy access, the IEEE Power Electronics Society IEEE launched the Empower a Billion Lives (EBL) global competition followed by establishing a new Technical Committee (TC-12) to focus on area of energy access through decentralized solutions. This webinar will tackle the challenges and opportunities of energy transition and energy access solution and will address the details of how to participate in the third cycle of EBL 2025 Global Competition. This year TC-12 will organize a recurring conference, the IEEE International Decentralized Energy Solutions (IDEAS) Conference that provides a forum for bringing together technologists and practitioners in the broad area of energy access.