The IEEE Global Energy Access Workshop and Empower a Billion Lives Global Final Awards was held on Tuesday, 21 March 2023 at Orange County Convention Center Co-located with the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Orlando Florida. 

The  Energy Access Workshop and Empower a Billion Lives Global Awards was live-streamed on IEEE-TV and will soon be available for viewing on IEEE.tv.

THE WINNERS!!!!

Global Grand Prize Winner – Nanoe – Madagascar

Automation Centric Track Winner – Green Empowerment – Malaysia and the Phillippines

Centralized Model Track Winner – Standard Microgrid – Zambia

Decentralized Model Track Winner – SolarWorx – Cameroon

End-Use Energy Track Winner – D-Olivette – Nigeria

Enabling Technology Track Winner – Atutu – Myanmar – Notable for IMPACT

Student Team First Prize (Shared) – PSUT Engineering 2 and R2P Cube – Jordan

Student Team Third Prize – IITK Smart Grid – India

Honorable Mentions: Living Energy Farm – Puerto Rico; Solar Freeze – Kenya; Scalable Solar Ice Maker – Kenya

Coming Soon – The Winning Team page will be updated with videos and more information about their solutions.