Integrating Renewables Through Regional Initiatives

The “Integrating Renewables Through Regional Initiatives”, discussion on October 8, 2024 brought together experts from regional renewable energy integration initiatives, including the ELMED Project between Tunisia and Italy and various examples from the Association of Southeast Asian Nation's (ASEAN) Centre for Energy.

The session forms part of CIF’s Renewable Energy Integration (REI) Learning Platform (LP) launched last year to generate, apply, and share learning on renewable energy integration across developing countries, especially those without active investment plans under CIF’s REI Investment Program. The discussion will draw on the technical expertise of government representatives, multilateral development bank (MDB) partners, as well as sector stakeholders to explore the challenges and opportunities of integrating renewables through regional initiatives.

During the last in-person learning platform technical workshop in Hammamet, Tunisia in May 2024, a survey among participants found that their overwhelming interest is to know more about clean energy integration and the regional linkage some countries are advancing. Other topics of interest highlighted by the survey include mobilizing private finance and how to better enhance the climate resilience of energy systems.

Watch a replay of the discussion here:

Program

Renewable Energy Integration (REI)

SPEAKERS

Jimmy Pannett

Co-lead, Renewable Energy Integration Program

Climate Investment Funds

SEE BIO

Jimmy joined the Climate Investment Funds in 2019. He leads the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries (SREP) and is Co-lead of the Renewable Energy Integration Program.

Specializing in energy at the World Bank since 1996, Jimmy has extensive experience working in international development and program management in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East. Jimmy’s specialization in infrastructure and policy projects in complex and challenging environments adds to his considerable expertise. In his prior role, Jimmy also served as the World Bank’s Operations Officer in the Caribbean Country Management Unit. Jimmy has a Master’s degree in Engineering Project Management from the University of Maryland.