Microgrid Business Models, Part 2

Ming Yang
Sr. Climate Change Specialist
Global Environment Facility (GEF), World Bank

In December 2008, Dr. Ming Yang joined the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank Group as Senior Climate Change Specialist and Senior Program Manager. He manages GEF's climate change portfolio (including energy efficiency, renewable energy, some urban transport, and part of sustainable cities programs and projects) in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Africa, and East Asia.

Prior to joining the GEF, Ming worked for four years as Energy and Environment Economist, and Energy Technology Economist at the International Energy Agency (IEA) of the OECD in Paris. Before that, he had worked in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as Energy Adviser and Climate Change Specialist for two years.

Ming holds Ph.D. in energy economics and planning from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok jointly with l'Institut d'Economie et de Politique de l'Energie (IEPE), Université des Sciences Sociales, Grenoble, France. Over the past 20 years, Ming has published six books and more than 50 journal articles and book chapters, including Closing the Gap - GEF Experience in Global Energy Efficiency (2013) and Energy Efficiency: Benefits for Environment and Society (2015).