Fellow Story

Vaghela, Greacen offer webinar on grid interconnection of mini-grids

Fellow(s): Dipti Vaghela, Chris Greacen
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy Resources & Access

The Clean Energy Solutions Center, in partnership with United Nations Foundation’s Energy Access Practitioner Network, hosted a webinar on mini-grids and interconnection to highlight the challenges and possible options for mini-grids after the main grid arrives. Participants learned about various country-specific case studies from Asia and Africa, and panelists discussed the potential requirements—policy, technical, and commercial—needed to achieve a relatively seamless interconnection of mini-grids with the main grid.

Switzer Fellows Dipti Vaghela and Chris Greacen were two of the three panelists.

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Meet the Fellows in this Story

Dipti Vaghela

Dipti Vaghela

2008 Fellow
Dipti Vaghela focuses on decentralized renewable energy solutions for marginalized, rural communities. Since 2006, in Odisha and other regions of indigenous India, Dipti's dual role as a researcher and practitioner has helped to synergize...
Chris Greacen

Chris Greacen

1999 Fellow
Chris Greacen (chrisgreacen@gmail.com) works on policy and hands-on implementation of renewable energy projects from the village to the national level. He helped Thailand develop the region’s first regulations supporting grid-connected...