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Energy in the Comoros: from Reliability to Productive Electrification

Understand why the Comoros depends on diesel, then how to build a sovereign power system in the right order: reliability and revenue, solar and storage, Karthala geothermal, productive electrification. Financing, tariffs, governance and indicators, with the opportunities for entrepreneurs.

Sponsored by Inscientech
10 hOnlineBeginnerEnergy and Environment

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Objectives

  • - Explain diesel dependence and its effects on the country.
  • - Order the five steps of an energy transition and justify that order.
  • - Describe a distributed solar system with storage and its prerequisites.
  • - Explain how a geothermal project works and its risk stages.
  • - Match each risk stage with the right source of finance.
  • - Propose indicators and a roadmap, and spot business opportunities.

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Lessons

  • Course OverviewReading · 10 min
  • 1. The Starting Point: Diesel DependenceReading · 45 min
  • Practice quiz — Module 1Quiz · 10 min
  • 2. The Doctrine: a Strict Order of ExecutionReading · 45 min
  • Practice quiz — Module 2Quiz · 10 min
  • 3. Distributed Solar and StorageReading · 45 min
  • Practice quiz — Module 3Quiz · 10 min
  • 4. Karthala Geothermal EnergyReading · 45 min
  • Practice quiz — Module 4Quiz · 10 min
  • 5. Financing and Governing the TransitionReading · 45 min
  • Practice quiz — Module 5Quiz · 10 min
  • 6. Roadmap, Indicators and OpportunitiesReading · 45 min
  • Practice quiz — Module 6Quiz · 10 min
  • Final examQuiz · 30 min
  • Final project: electrification plan for a priority siteAssignment · 90 min
  • What next? Tools and your pathwayReading · 5 min