??? Upya's News | October 2024

Highlights and insights from the 2024 GOGLA forum in Kenya.

The 2024 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum served as a pivotal platform for exploring the intersection of productive use equipment, e-mobility, and the pressing challenges of financing and forex in the off-grid solar sector. The heightened focus on Productive Use Equipment underscores its crucial role in driving economic growth and expanding access to electricity for underserved populations. As the e-mobility sector continues to evolve, the insights shared between solar and mobility stakeholders promise to foster innovation and collaboration, paving the way for a more integrated approach to off-grid solutions.?While significant strides have been made in investment and development, the industry must address the ongoing financing barriers that small and mid- sized companies face. The discussions around forex volatility highlight the need for comprehensive strategies to ensure sustainable growth in diverse markets.?Read more

Three takeaways from this year's IETA Asia Climate Summit.

Restoring Credibility: as expected, at the heart of discussions and presentations is the credibility of the market and the whole carbon credit ecosystem. After a challenging year, project developers and independent crediting programmes are working hard to restore confidence by generating high integrity credits.?

Spotlight on Nature Based Solutions (NBS):?NBS are currently in the spotlight, while less focus is given to projects related to renewable energy, energy efficiency and cookstoves. As investments in clean cooking drop, it will be interesting to see how prominent project developers in that space will move their focus to Agriculture and Forestry.?

NBS needs a robust framework: as focus shifts to NBS solution so should the work around creating a robust framework to enhance transparency. At the heart of the work organisations need to address land and farmer issues.?

In recent weeks, Upya has expanded its suite of data collection tools with the introduction of “Polygon,” enabling onsite land marking, zoning, and geo-fencing capabilities. Visit our blog, for a brief introduction about the Polygon.

Despite challenges, there is no doubt that the Issuance of carbon credits remains a necessary mechanism to the energy transition, the growing focus on NBS is an opportunity for involved stakeholders to get it right and build on that momentum putting in place solid frameworks for transparency, accountability and ultimately investor confidence.

ALLIANCE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION WEBINAR.

Join Upya at the Alliance for Rural Electrification Webinar on October 31st at 14:00 (CEST).Adriano de Melo, Customer Success Manager at Upya will be talking about the Polygon tool’s transformative impact on field operations and explore the future of clean energy.Visit our blog for a quick insight about the Polygon and Sign up Now ?? https://lnkd.in/duNJrpBD

FEATURE HIGHLIGHT

Validation Steps in Data Monitoring: as data is collected about the beneficiaries, the field agent syncs his Upya Mobile App to send off all the data to head office. Upya allows many validation procedures to assure data accuracy before sign-off. When reviewing incoming data, significant issues like “Wrong Picture” “Missing Signature” “Picture not clear” can be identified. Compliance with standards is then ensured by corrective actions. Project developers can tailor these phases to their internal and external processes.

Geofencing: this new feature lets office supervisors define a map region to monitor field staff and limit activity. The supervisor simply pins out an activity area for each ground agent on our map. This generates GPS coordinates for each pin point, allowing the supervisor to track agent sales and after-sales activity. Even better, this feature integrates with Upya's advanced commission module to calculate commissions only if the action occurred within the agent's territory.

The Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)?launched a latest Clean Cooking report, co-authored by?MECS programme and Universidad Pontificia Comillas, that highlights the role of electric cooking as a key element in addressing both clean cooking and electricity access in developing countries. Learn more.

The?Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA)??has launched a public review period for Controlled Cooking Test (CCT) protocol version 2.0, most recently updated in 2004, and the Kitchen Performance Test (KPT) protocol version 4.0, most recently updated in 2018. Comments on either protocol are open till?Friday November 15, 2024.?Visit??https://lnkd.in/d4fJviFZ to learn more about the CCT and KPT protocol.

The latest Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report (MTR) 2024, warns that a 6-fold increase over current investment levels – or $21 billion – is required to realize off-grid solar’s potential to contribute to universal energy access, or this opportunity will be missed. For more info, see the?2024 GOGLA?latest Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report (MTR)?

As the share of renewables such as solar, wind and hydro energy grows, and? the electrification of various sectors increases, digitally enabled end-use technologies, such as smart meters, pay-as-you-go (PayGo) systems, and remote monitoring, are stepping up to respond to the demand. Read?ARE′s?latest article?Leveraging Digital Technologies for Universal Energy Access?for more insights.?