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The Critical Link: Empowering Utilities for the Energy Transition

November 15, 2024

By 2040, electricity grids globally will need to be expanded and upgraded to the equivalent of double their current size in order to support the energy transition, achieve universal access, and manage increasingly complex power flows. Mobilizing the necessary investment while ensuring an affordable supply of energy for all will require financially sustainable power utilities. The World Bank Group is well positioned, and scaling up its efforts, to strengthen utilities in emerging markets in support of SDG7 and the Paris Agreement.

Event Details

When: Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:00 - 11:45 UTC+4
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Where: WBG Pavilion, Blue Zone, B1, Zone E

 

Speakers:

  • Rafael Mateo Alcala, CEO, Acciona Energia
  • Evy Haryadi, Director of Transmission and System Planning, PLN
  • Valerie Levkov, Global Director, Energy, Mining and Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory
  • Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director for the World Bank's Energy and Extractives Global Practice

Moderator:

  • Cheryl Edleson Hanway, Regional Industry Director, Latin America and Europe
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