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The B-REED approach offers rural energy entrepreneurs, existing companies, or new projects a combination of enterprise development services and early stage financing. This includes training, business plan / project development, financial planning and structuring, and assistance in obtaining co-financing, with the goal of developing promising businesses. For start-ups, this enables them to transform their business plans into early stage companies capable of accessing additional financing. For existing renewable energy companies, the early stage capital allows a company to expand and / or professionalize its operations. Lastly, larger renewable energy projects could benefit from B-REED via catalytic pre-investment stage capital that allows a project to move forward.
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Arent has more than 20 years in renewable energy, strategic planning and policy development. He completed his Ph.D. at Princeton in a dual disciplinary program of solar energy and energy for development. As a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, he contributed to solar energy research at the national laboratory of Belgium. Subsequently, he was a postdoctoral fellow at IBM’s Zurich research facility, and then spent nearly a decade at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. At NREL, Dr. Arent lead the international team supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency programs in India, Southern Africa and Asia. He was Sr. Advisor to the Special Assistant for Sustainable Development to the Secretary of Energy from 1995 to 1997. Dr. Arent has been engaged in clean energy investment and business development for more than a decade.
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