Energypreneurs

Mara Villegas has been in the banking sector since 2008 and is currently the Director for Compliance of a financial investment company.

In this episode, we discuss how COVID-19 has accelerated the world of the digital finance industry today and the expected market growth.

In the Philippines alone, almost 70% of the population are now using digital banking in almost all of their transaction. Before the pandemic happened, services like GCash were available but hardly anyone used them. The pandemic has forced people to accept reality. Covid-19 has also accelerated e-commerce services. We talked about how effective and relevant such services have become over the course of two years.

Maybe the awareness of electric vehicles and surge in renewable energy investment will be next.

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Mary Hendriks, an advocate of electric transport and battery storage, discussed her views on the future of electric vehicles in Australia. We talked about the recent uptakes of electric vehicles in Australia and the incentives on the table. Most of the vehicles in the country are imported from other countries as there is minimal car manufacturing in Australia, but there are some niche opportunities for local manufacture and innovation as well as expansion of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

If you want to get a thorough understanding of the electric vehicle scene in Australia, please listen in.

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Lloyd develops and implements sustainable urban transport initiatives for ADB's Central and West Asia region. He is particularly supporting the development of quality public transport systems and non-motorized transport integration.

In this episode, Lloyd Wright sheds light on some of his recent projects and the fast-changing landscape of urban transport. He explains the advantages of new technology micro-mobility options and their impact. We discuss the high-profile project electric three-wheeler with lithium-ion battery project in Pakistan. He explained the incentives and the provisions of the new electric vehicle incentives in Pakistan, which could be a template for other countries in the region. We also talked about the grid-connected battery hubs that could also be solar-powered. How the pink taxis--with woman drivers for woman passengers only-could be replicated elsewhere.

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Greg MacGarvie, CEO of ACE Electric Vehicles, the flag bearer of a new and innovative future in Australia explains how he is aligning his company to this once in a lifetime transition. In 2021 ACE EV Group is launching a range of Australian-made light commercial electric vans and cars.

In this episode, he shared his Australian EV vision, and why he is expecting a "tsunami" of electric vehicles. His cars would eventually support some of the power distribution networks in the coming days.

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Giovanni Capannelli, a long-term development professional and the true face of today's multiculturalism shares his exciting professional journey of about two decades across many countries--from islands in the Pacific to landlocked Central Asia-- at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Today he also shared his insight from the mysterious countries along the Great Silk Road, especially Kazakhstan, where he was the Country Director for ADB.

In this episode of Energypreneurs, we talked about Giovanni's journey, his life after ADB, and his current ventures- building his own consulting company. Originally from Italy, moving to Japan, and now working in Kazakhstan, Giovanni shared the cultural difference in working in Central Asia. With the help of the United Nations, they were able to introduce 2018 a new framework for Kazakhstan's sustainable development goals and introducing clean energy resource technology. We also talked about how the government and people changed their attitudes toward climate change and how private sectors privilege change due to recent events, especially the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Silverio Navarro, a veteran of Solar Power in the Philippines, shared his insights on the progresses made in the solar market in Philippines. Silver has been part of many solar projects in the country since 1990s and recently working on hybrid systems and financing solar projects.

We discuss the regulatory framework, pricing and the size of the market.

If you want to understand the Philippine market including the off-grid solar market, please listen in; Silver will take you through the nuts and bolts of the solar power sector in less than an hour.

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Dr. Farhad Tagdizadeh, Associate Professor of Economics, Tokai University, Japan shares his insight from his own research work on reasons for the continuous decline of solar power prices. He explains the transition from fossil fuel. His research focus is energy economics, energy policy, and the financial side of green energy.

Farhad also explained his findings in the green finance field, including the green credit guarantee scheme that is designed to facilitate private investments in green projects. He discussed the factors affecting the supply and the demand of green technologies including solar modules. We also talked about how and why the prices of Solar Power in Japan are much higher than that of other countries and actions manufacturers have taken in the country to lower the cost.

We also touched on the innovative Home Town Investment Trust Fund in Japan that facilitates the development of small and medium-sized solar energy projects.

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Chih-Ting Lo, a mining industry veteran, entrepreneur, and energy expert shared her insight in this high-energy conversation. Her storytelling style conversation touched upon the hydrogen and mining industry de-carbonization

Apart from taking me through the "Mining Industry 101", she touched upon the current trend on hydrogen and how hydrogen-powered vehicles for mining applications may lead to eventually electrifying current fleets of diesel machinery.

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Michael Taylor, a senior energy analyst is pushing today's evidence-based good news about the energy transition. As a data analyst, he likes to dig deep into the numbers and try to understand the impact of cost and performance improvements for renewables will have on the energy transition. Today, this International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) veteran talks about IRENA's analysis of renewable technologies' cost and performance.

In this episode, Michael shared about his journey which started in 1993 where he started as an energy modeler and economist in New Zealand. We talked about the transition of solar PVs and how "today's record price for solar PV will be tomorrow's average price"

In this episode, we also touched on hydrogen, solar power, batteries, and how the electricity industry of the future can be the vehicle delivering economy-wide decarbonizing tomorrow.

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Richard Bolt, with his background in electrical engineering, was the secretary of Victoria's Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources. Richard spent some time in political activism as a researcher for the Australian Democrats, before assuming a variety of leadership roles in the Victorian Public Service.

In this episode, we were able to discuss his vision for the Australian energy landscape, the changes in the environmental and social values of Australia, and his passion for tackling climate change. We find out what keeps Richard awake at night, and the incentives that are driving changes in Australia, and how Australia as a "technology taker" is slowly moving into electric vehicles.

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