Solar-Battery Microgrids vs. Solar Home Systems for Rural Electrification - Benefits + Drawbacks, Economics, and Opportunities
A comparison of community solar-battery microgrids with solar home systems (SHSs) from a technical and economic perspective. The trade-offs between microgrids and SHSs will be explored and key factors that should influence selection detailed. Emerging opportunities and innovative hybrid models that seek to capture the benefits of both types of systems will be reviewed.
Speaker
Arnaud Henin
Managing DirectorGommyr Power Networks
Arnaud Henin is managing director of Gommyr Power Networks, a microgrid and distributed generation-focused advisory firm, where he leads work on distributed renewable generation, energy storage, and microgrid projects. Arnaud brings more than 12 years experience in the renewable energy and finance sectors covering business, economic and technical issues. He is focused on working on sustainable business models for deploying renewable energy in microgrid and localised power solutions, and covers Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Prior to Gommyr Power, Arnaud managed the Piraeus Clean Energy fund, investing in renewable energy and cleantech projects in South East Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean region. Earlier he was a manager with McKinsey & Company serving clients on projects in the energy, renewables and climate change sectors across Europe and Africa. At the beginning of his career he spent several years working in engineering and as a manager with a number of start-ups in the high tech sector in Canada. Arnaud holds a BEng in Electrical Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from INSEAD.