Can digital technologies make microgrids profitable?
This article was first published on Cleantechnica (link) At first glance, the prospect for micro-grids in Africa looks promising. We ourselves presented a very positive case in our microgrid report (link) last year. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that...
When will robots make robots for robots?
Every year in March, the heads of many of Europe’s leading industrial companies come to the Munich Management Kolloquium (link), organized by Prof. Horst Wildemann (link), to discuss the state of digitalization, ranging from artificial intelligence and machine...
TFE is looking for support on a project in Papua New Guinea
TFE Consulting is working on a project to assess the rural electrification and lighting market in Papua New Guinea. For this project, we will be assessing various remote villages around the country as well as supply chains for solar products. We are keen to enlist the...
The case for Electric Mobility in India
India is the fifth largest car market in the world and has the potential to become one of the top three in the near future – with about 400 million customers in need of mobility solutions by the year 2030. That is one side of the coin. The other side is that the...
India’s Solar Leap: Financing a Mature Market
Solar PV is currently experiencing high growth in India and the country has become the third largest solar market globally. Driven by cost competitiveness, solar is now the preferred choice for new power plants by the federal and most state governments. Access to...
Kenya: The World’s Microgrid Lab
Kenya shows that the global microgrid market is ready for significant private investment. While there still remain some challenges – especially around the regulatory framework and aggregation of projects – there are now enough businesses with viable...
Tobias Engelmeier
Tobias has over a decade’s experience in organizational change and growth-oriented business models. He has lived in India for several years, founding Bridge To India (a cleantech advisory), India Goes Solar (a web platform) and a project development company focusing on distributed energy. Over the years, he has worked for investors, technology companies and governments on managing industry transitions in Asia, Africa and Europe. Tobias has a PhD in Political Science and has authored two books.
In 2016, he founded TFE consulting to provide consulting services for industries that are undergoing rapid transformation.
Mohit Anand
Mohit is an expert on energy in emerging markets. He participated in the initial stages of growth of the Indian solar market by setting up a market intelligence practice, advising project developers on new solar business models, and consulting on the market entry strategy of international companies at Bridge to India. Thereafter, he has finished a Masters in Public Administration at Harvard University and led global markets coverage at GTM Research.
At TFE Consulting he leads projects to help international companies navigate the energy transformation underway globally.
Sam Duby
Sam is an influential technology developer and Africa expert with many years consulting and publishing in clean-tech and robotics. Six years ago, Sam co-founded the Ashden Gold Award winning SteamaCo Ltd in Kenya, which provides the tools required to build and manage financially viable power grids in remote areas of emerging countries. Sam has worked across the spectrum of renewable energy resarch in academia, consulting firms and start-ups in the developing world. Sam has a PhD in Low-Cost Renewable Energies.
At TFE Consulting, Sam leads projects at the intersection of energy and digital technologies with a focus on Africa.
Francesca Marasca
Francesca comes from a background of biology and economics with a focus on environment and sustainability. She is a Masters degree graduate with honors, who worked with environmental agencies and universities to assess impacts of innovative renewable energy technologies.
Alongside TFE Consulting, she coordinates The Energizers, a select, global community of entrepreneurs, investors, market and technology experts working on the energy transition and smart development.
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