IEEE Empower a Billion Lives: An Opportunity for Innovation and Entrepreneurship [Entrepreneur Viewpoint]

Abstract

In 2018, the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) launched a biennial global competition known as Empower a Billion Lives (EBL). As a global initiative, EBL aims to crowdsource regionally relevant innovation to accelerate deployment of energy access solutions at scale to nearly three billion people who live in severe energy poverty. Providing affordable energy access to them can dramatically impact their living standard, health, education, productivity, and ability to be a part of modern society.