AE4H News & Updates

Pathways To Sustainable And Inclusive Energy - Innovation Briefs

Sana Sadiq — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 20:53:21 -0400

Access to energy is a powerful catalyst of sustainable development. Energy access has large impacts on 13 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, ranging from alleviating poverty through the creation of micro-enterprises, to improving health by limiting indoor air pollution created by traditional cooking fuels, to strong climate action by…

Press Release – Global Collaboration: A Success Story from KIT and UW

Jessica Strickler [AE4H] — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:31:57 -0400

To combat global energy poverty, Dr. Jatin Nathwani from the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) and Dr. Joachim Knebel from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany set up Affordable Energy for Humanity, a global change initiative comprising over 50 energy access institutions from 30 countries around the world. Since…

WISE Welcomes New Manager of Global Programs and Initiatives

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:20:12 -0500

In this role, Ambika will manage the Affordable Energy for Humanity (AE4H) global change initiative, a multi-stakeholder research and action initiative at the intersection of energy research and international development. She will also manage the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship program and will support WISE’s other interdisciplinary research and…

Waterloo undergrad develops a micro-utility prototype that can power everything from cell phones to solar lanterns

Jessica Strickler [AE4H] — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:13:18 -0400

State of the University Report | Global Impact | Beyond Prediction | Climate Resilience and Natural Wonders

By Heather BeanUniversity Communications

A few years into her undergraduate degree, Kayla Hardie found her calling: “I realized I wanted to help the world mitigate and adapt to climate change.”

With graduation in a combined degree of…

Blockchains and Energy - Notes on a trip to Berlin - SET and EventHorizon 2018

Reshawn Ullah — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:28:06 -0400

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Bloomberg BMA: Energy and Climate Report

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:36:34 -0400

Source: Energy and Climate Report: News Archive > 2018 > March > 03/21/2018 > News > Climate Policy: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Down, but Impact on Emissions in Question

Climate Policy

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Down, but Impact on Emissions in Question

By Rick Mitchell

The world's biggest economies have recently reduced financial support to…

All hands on deck for international social enterprise

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:47:56 -0400

Uche Onuora is the Co-Founder of HITCH, a start-up out of Velocity, a leading entrepreneurship program at the University of Waterloo. HITCH has developed technology to provide internet services in rural Africa, where broadband data is increadibly expensive. MEDA is excited about this emerging technology and the opportunity to explore its use in…

How local business innovation equips off-grid households with electricity

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:23:36 -0400

Solar panels sit on the roof of a home in Enkanini, on the outskirts of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. (Shutterstock)

Patrick Greene, University of Waterloo

If the old adage is true and necessity is the mother of invention, then ingenuity must surely be the father.

Globally, 1.2 billion people live without access to electricity. To…

Like semiconductors, US solar needs government support

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:45:24 -0400

Originally posted on The Hill

The Trump administration has made trade policy reform and enforcement of existing trade laws a priority in its strategy to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. Economists are divided in their judgement as to how much impact policies can have, given the fact that many manufacturing job losses are driven by…

Sustainable Development Goals & the Faculty of Environment: The Affordable Energy for Humanity (AE4H) Initiative

Jessica Strickler [AE4H] — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:14:48 -0400

This guest post was supplied to the Faculty of Environment in anticipation of the 2017 TD Walter Bean Lecture by Nigel Moore, Manager, Global Programs and Initiatives, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) is part of their series on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Faculty of Environment. It was originally posted here.

Im…