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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

Cars That Think

They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I The grant provided the seed money to launch their startup that year: Green Village Electricity Projects of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Having these [stations] in place will help fight climate change.”

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Energy Markets in a State of Change. Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “

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