Insetting as a Business Model for Microgrids
Pilio will share the results of our feasibility study in Pakistan where we have been developing a cotton insetting scheme to reduce the carbon emissions of fashion brands by enabling them to invest in renewable energy projects that provide their cotton producing communities with affordable and accessible energy. The scheme is a new business model powered by a monitoring and reporting technology platform, which facilitates the financing and implementation of clean energy solutions. The package of solutions tested in the feasibility scheme were solar micro-grids (in 2 configurations), solar powered shops, and clean cook stoves. The scheme is novel in bringing together a consortium of partners to unlock the solution including micro-finance, technology, investors, sustainable cotton certification bodies and implementing project partners. In the presentation Catherine will take the audience through the design, implementation, and insights from testing the solution and the plans for the next phase. The study was supported by Innovate UK's Energy Catalyst programme.
Key Learning Points:
- The opportunities of insetting for financing solar micro-grid for deployment
- Viable configurations of solar micro-grids
- Measuring, monitoring and reporting the environmental and social benefits of solar micro-grids
Catherine Bottrill
CEO
Pilio
Catherine has 20+ years' experience working in environmental sustainability. Since 2011 Catherine has been CEO of Pilio, a spin-out from the University of Oxford, leading the company's commercialisation of innovative products, services, and business models for business to reduce its energy, carbon, and nature impacts. Catherine is looking at building resilient fashion supply chains by developing a cotton insetting solutions linking brands with their producer communities to deliver viable renewable, accessible and affordable energy solutions that also achieve carbon reduction, create new enterprises and empower women. Catherine holds an MSc in Environmental Management from Yale University School of the Environment. In 2016, selected as one of 12 women on the 2016 Angel Academe for women in tech supported by the City of London. Open Data Institute's 2019 Women Entrepreneur Longlist.
CEO
Pilio
Catherine has 20+ years' experience working in environmental sustainability. Since 2011 Catherine has been CEO of Pilio, a spin-out from the University of Oxford, leading the company's commercialisation of innovative products, services, and business models for business to reduce its energy, carbon, and nature impacts. Catherine is looking at building resilient fashion supply chains by developing a cotton insetting solutions linking brands with their producer communities to deliver viable renewable, accessible and affordable energy solutions that also achieve carbon reduction, create new enterprises and empower women. Catherine holds an MSc in Environmental Management from Yale University School of the Environment. In 2016, selected as one of 12 women on the 2016 Angel Academe for women in tech supported by the City of London. Open Data Institute's 2019 Women Entrepreneur Longlist.