Download The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy

The Ashden perspective:
making clean energy
available, affordable and aspirational
Chhavi Sharma
Introduction
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Ashden champions and promotes practical, local energy
solutions
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Rewarded 150 sustainable energy champions
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Improved nearly 40 million lives
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Saving 5 million tonnes of CO2 per year
International Programme
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Reward, support and promote organisations
demonstrating innovation, excellence and best practice
in sustainable energy
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Deliver social, economic and environmental benefits
and have the potential to scale up or be replicated
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Support programme to help organisations expand and
disseminate their work
Opportunities
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Large disparity in the types of energy services available
in emerging markets
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Connect unserved and underserved populations
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Address shortage of power and unreliable grid
connections
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Potential to scale and drive economic development
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Solar, micro-hydro, biogas and biomass
Our perspective
To make energy access a reality,
it needs to be made
available, affordable and aspirational
Making clean energy available
Making clean energy affordable
Making clean energy aspirational
Challenges
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Investment finance, particularly working capital
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Technical assistance
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Training and retention of staff
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Distribution challenges – the last mile
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Renewable energy policy and regulation
Thank you