NextBillion - A WDI Publication

Vivien Barnier, a renewable energy engineer by education, has more than nine years of professional experience in the renewable energy sector for the Global South. He has extensively worked in the planning, implementation, operation, financial planning, business model development, policy and regulation of mini-grid projects in sub-Saharan Africa. He has lived and faced the challenges in operating in deep remote areas and felt the importance but also the technical and practical limitations in the use of digital tools in electrification projects. He has advised developers, development banks, agencies, governments and investors on setting up rural electrification programs.

As the Managing Director of EnAccess, Vivien leads a team of experts that supports, co-develops and promotes open source innovations (software, hardware, business models) to expedite the implementation of decentralized energy systems and erase sectors’ inefficiencies to accelerate universal access to energy. Open Access, collaboration and knowledge sharing are Vivien’s core mission with EnAccess.