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"Electricity for All" Programme
Access to energy and its link with energy storage
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership
UN ECLAC
Rio de Janeiro, April 2015
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… we need many innovative projects
1,300 million people without access to electricity….
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Promoting economically viable electrification projects:
taking advantage of Iberdrola’s technical, logistical, organizational and financial capacity of to
promote universal access to electricity
“Electricity for all” Programme
January 2014 “Electricity for all” Programmelaunched
Strengthening and expanding Iberdrola’s activities in promoting access to electricity in emerging and developing countries
Increase the number of beneficiaries
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Programme’s action lines
2. To value the activities carried out by the business
3. Development projects with high social component
1. Project finance through capital investment
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Project portfolio development strategy
• Search of projects under development where Iberdrola can take a participation
through a minor stake using PERSEO1 Investment Fund
Financing projects through capital investment
1.Innovative projects: new business models2.Economically feasible projects3.Technologically neutral, priority on renewables
4. Focus on development: home electrification and small businesses5.Geographic criteria: countries with Iberdrola’s presence6.Indicator: number of beneficiaries and social return7.Size: 400.000€- 1,5 million €8.Reinvestment in new projects
1: Iberdrola’s Corporate Venture program
Perseo studies disruptive and innovative technologies and business models such as off-grid solar and energy storage initiatives
Perseo, Iberdrola´s corporate venture capital program, was set up in the year 2008 and allocated over €70 million for investment in technologies and new business models to guarantee that the Group remains at the forefront of the energy sector, by providing access to the most advanced and sustainable
technologies.
SunFunder
IBERDROLA, in January 2015, through its IBERDROLA Ventures – Perseo corporate venture capital program, has invested in the company SunFunder to finance solar
projects in emerging countries. This operation represents a major contribution towards reducing the number of people without access to electricity, as it is estimated
that over 150,000 users could benefit from this.
R&D projects related to storage
Some of the activities that provide reliable electricity and encourage sustainable development, grouped into future strategic areas at international level, are: Renewable energy, clean generation technologies, smart grids, electric vehicles, energy storage,
energy markets and other disruptive technologies in sustainable energy.
Some relevant examples from our Innovation Report 2011-2013 (http://www.iberdrola.es/webibd/gc/prod/en/doc/innovacion_informe13.pdf)
ARRANCADOR Project: Development of a soft start system
for hydroelectric power plant pumps.
SAREBAT Project: Automated monitoring of the low-voltage grid:
