Bill Lenihan's guest appearances

Bill Lenihan

Macro Micro Michael Marco & Startups at the Edge (M4Edge)

WattPod

Colin Fraser

Mick Liubinskas

Ron Carucci

Dennis Freedman

Nancy Pfund

Greg Mark

Tom Miller

Dror Tamir

David Hall

Paul Appleby

James Bradley

Allison Kopf

Evan Caron

David Yang

Apoorv Sinha

OwlTail

In episode 10 of the WattPod we speak to Bill Lenihan, CEO of Zola Electric about how their technology is improving the lives of millions. Energy access remains one of the world's great problems and is being addressed front-on by some amazing and innovative companies such as ZOLA. Bill reminds us that energy access is not an off-grid issue that affects only the underprivileged people in rural Africa. Unreliable and unaffordable energy impacts the lives of over 2 Billion people globally who lack a primary power source - be they rich or poor, on-grid or off. He also highlights the social impact of ZOLA's work. ZOLA Electric has its roots in providing clean energy access to Africa and emerging markets and today is a leading technology company delivering energy access in 10 countries across 3 continents. I like to think of ZOLA as the Tesla of off-grid solutions. They are a leading technology developer working with amazing partners such as Tesla, EDF, Total, ADP, DBL Ventures, Vulcan Ventures, FMO and USAid who are supporting ZOLA's unique purpose, market position, and customer proposition to deliver energy solutions to millions globally.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/watt-pod/message

In episode 10 of the WattPod we speak to Bill Lenihan, CEO of Zola Electric about how their technology is improving the lives of millions. Energy access remains one of the world's great problems and is being addressed front-on by some amazing and innovative companies such as ZOLA. Bill reminds us that energy access is not an off-grid issue that affects only the underprivileged people in rural Africa. Unreliable and unaffordable energy impacts the lives of over 2 Billion people globally who lack a primary power source - be they rich or poor, on-grid or off. He also highlights the social impact of ZOLA's work. ZOLA Electric has its roots in providing clean energy access to Africa and emerging markets and today is a leading technology company delivering energy access in 10 countries across 3 continents. I like to think of ZOLA as the Tesla of off-grid solutions. They are a leading technology developer working with amazing partners such as Tesla, EDF, Total, ADP, DBL Ventures, Vulcan Ventures, FMO and USAid who are supporting ZOLA's unique purpose, market position, and customer proposition to deliver energy solutions to millions globally.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/watt-pod/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/watt-pod/message</a>

Bill Lenihan - CEO @ Zola Electric

The World Bank was gracious enough to host us for our 2nd live audience show. Along with the World Bank Global lead for Energy Access, Dana Rysankova, and Jon Exel, the Global Lead for Mini-grids, we interviewed Bill Lenihan, the CEO of Zola Electric.We discuss the challenge of electrification: close to 900 million people still have no access to electricity at all, and over 2 billion don't have reliable power. Bill explains how Zola has brought power to 1 million people (and counting) in 5 countries. We discuss the trade-offs of extending the grid versus providing off-grid solutions, we discuss the difficulties of scaling business models in developing countries, and we discus the Bank's experience in multiple countries. Lots of really meaty discussion, both on building the business and on the policy and economic problems involved. Enjoy, share the episode!Additional links to follow:World Bank stats on Electricity AccessEnergy Data Info, including link to new tool mentioned by Dana during the showWorld Bank research papers

The World Bank was gracious enough to host us for our 2nd live audience show. Along with the <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Bank</a> Global lead for Energy Access, Dana Rysankova, and Jon Exel, the Global Lead for Mini-grids, we interviewed Bill Lenihan, the CEO of <a href="https://zolaelectric.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zola Electric</a>. We discuss the challenge of electrification: close to 900 million people still have no access to electricity at all, and over 2 billion don't have reliable power. Bill explains how Zola has brought power to 1 million people (and counting) in 5 countries. We discuss the trade-offs of extending the grid versus providing off-grid solutions, we discuss the difficulties of scaling business models in developing countries, and we discus the Bank's experience in multiple countries. Lots of really meaty discussion, both on building the business and on the policy and economic problems involved. Enjoy, share the episode! Additional links to follow: <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Bank stats on Electricity Access</a> <a href="https://energydata.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Energy Data Info, including link to new tool mentioned by Dana during the show</a> <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Bank research papers</a>

A 2 Billion person market: electricity access with Bill Lenihan of Zola Electric, live at the World Bank