About
On May 15-17, 2018, members of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI)—including dozens of energy access experts from around the world—will gather at Duke University to share lessons learned from their work and discuss how they might collaborate in the future.
SETI is an interdisciplinary global collaborative that aims to foster research on energy access and energy transitions. This "center without walls" is currently housed at Duke University, where it is coordinated by Drs. Subhrendu Pattanayak and Marc Jeuland. Most SETI researchers are working on the energy challenges faced by low- and middle-income countries. This is the group's third annual meeting.
On May 16 from 5:15-7:15, the Duke University Energy Initiative will welcome students, faculty, staff, and professionals in the Triangle's energy sector to share food, drink and conversation with meeting attendees. Register here. Parking will be available for free in the Circuit Road parking lot or on the street after 5 p.m.
Other aspects of the SETI event are invitation-only and will include a set of presentations and comments by selected speakers, smaller breakout and research planning sessions around specific topics, discussion of synthetic work being done by SETI research teams, and sessions with practitioners and policy-makers working on energy and development issues.
Common themes and sub-topics of presentations include:
- Consequences of energy poverty, and impacts of energy transitions at various scales (households, firms, and the regional and global environment);
- Drivers of the energy transition in low- and middle-income contexts, including lessons from past experiences;
- Adoption and impacts of renewable and off-grid or micro-grid solutions;
- New methods and data sources for measuring access to modern energy services;
- Policy levers and solutions to speed the energy transition; and analysis of their effectiveness; and
- Empirical evidence that speaks to gaps in research on energy transitions.
The meeting is sponsored by the Environment for Development Initiative [supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)], the Duke University Energy Access Project, the Duke University Energy Initiative (which sponsors the Mix), and the Sanford School of Public Policy.