Scientific Committee

Ignacio Perez Arriaga: identifying the needs for universal access to electricity

Prof. Ignacio Perez Arriaga, member of our Scientific Committee and Full Profesor at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, speaking on universal access to electricity, puts focus on scalability and sustainability as essential conditions and not as slogans. Achieving this goal requires solid business models and a clear plan capable of efficiently combining the three approaches to electrification - grid extension, mini-grids, and stand-alone systems.

The International Scientific Committee of Enel Foundation, presented recently in Rome, is working precisely along these lines to build a concrete pathway, putting human factors at the center - so that no one is left behind.