How do we electrify 1 billion offgrid people worldwide? Status, Trends and Opportunities

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According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), nearly 1 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity. Conventional grid electrification is a prohibitively high cost solution for many of these remote communities. Low cost electrification alternatives through isolated solar home systems are typically limited only to basic power provisions such as light and mobile phone charging for few hours a day along with fans in some cases. Reliable and ample access to electricity is one of the key indicators of the socio-economic status of any country as it contributes to better health, education, and employment opportunities. Therefore, in this talk, the presenter will evaluate viable options for beyond subsistence off-grid electrification to bring vulnerable offgrid communities out of poverty so that they are able to contribute significantly towards their socioeconomic status.


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  • Date: 26 Jul 2021
  • Time: 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
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  • Starts 15 July 2021 12:15 PM
  • Ends 25 July 2021 11:55 PM
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How do we electrify 1 billion offgrid people worldwide? Status, Trends and Opportunities

Hassan Abbas Khan, PhD

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, LUMS, Pakistan

https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?user=UkjfIDYAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Biography:

Dr. Khan received a BSc in Electronic Engineering from GIKI, Pakistan in 2005. From 2005 to 2010, he was with The University of Manchester, UK where he first received his MSc (with distinction) and then PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2010, currently working as Associate Professor.  

Dr Khan is an expert in offgrid electrification and has pioneered peer-to-peer sharing networks in offgrid regimes. Dr Khan has over 75 publications in leading journals and conferences and is a founding member of LUMS Energy Institute and the Director of Energy and Power Systems Lab at LUMS. He is also an ISEP Fellow at Johns Hopkins University. He also worked with many funding agencies on delivering successful projects including Cleaners Product Institute (CPI), through a grant from the Embassy of Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN); HEC, Pakistan; UMD, USA; IGC, UK and other funding agencies for projects related to electrification, renewable energy with a sustainable development focus.

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Hassan Abbas Khan, PhD

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, LUMS, Pakistan