
Energy Peace Partners
Model & Strategy
Energy Peace Partners (EPP) was founded in 2017 and leverages climate finance solutions to support peace in communities affected by violent conflict. EPP works at the unique intersection of peacebuilding and renewable energy and brings together experts in both fields. The EPP team believes that renewable energy delivers a range of positive outcomes that contribute to building peaceful, stable societies. EPP’s efforts are focused on catalyzing new renewable energy development in fragile, energy-poor countries, primarily in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia – where renewable energy investment is limited.
EPP launched the Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) as an innovative financing solution that extends the USD 1 billion+ international market for Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) to nascent renewable energy markets in some of the most fragile and least electrified regions. P-RECs allow renewable energy project developers in conflict-affected regions to monetize renewable energy while providing corporate renewable energy buyers with entry points to support high impact projects that extend the promise of the renewable energy revolution to the planet’s most vulnerable communities.



Before they met, Dave Mozersky and Sherwin Das carved out separate careers in international peacebuilding and conflict transformation. Dave specialized in mediation and peace processes in the Horn of Africa, working for organizations such as the International Crisis Group, the African Union, and Humanity United. Sherwin worked on conflict prevention and peacemaking for the United Nations in Central Africa, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the UN Secretariat. The two connected when Dave founded the Program on Conflict, Climate Change, and Green Development at UC Berkeley’s Renewable Energy and Appropriate Laboratory (RAEL). Sherwin came on board as a Senior Fellow.
At UC Berkeley, they first identified a strong overlap between countries with high energy poverty levels and those affected by conflict and climate impacts. Observing that the global renewable energy revolution was not reaching the kinds of fragile states where they had worked, they sought to develop the potential of renewable energy as a tool for peace. By assessing different economic instruments that have supported renewable energy development around the world and which could be adapted to fragile settings, they conceived the idea of the Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) to support new renewable energy projects in conflict-affected countries. Their commitment to develop and introduce P-RECs into the marketplace led to the founding of Energy Peace Partners.
Impact
Microsoft’s purchase of the first-ever P-RECs – issued by EPP from local solar developer Nuru’s new 1.3-megawatt solar plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – financed the installation of streetlights in a recently electrified neighborhood of Goma, the capital of conflict-affected North Kivu province, where only 3% of residents have access to electricity in many neighborhoods.
The P-REC-funded streetlights have been transformative as 28,000 residents have benefitted from improved nighttime safety and security, increased commercial activity as businesses now stay open at night, and reduced reliance on expensive and polluting diesel generators in an area that has never had electricity grid infrastructure.
With the first P-REC transactions executed, EPP is expanding its pipeline of P-REC projects across its target countries in Africa while exploring the first P-REC projects in Asia. The aim is to scale up the P-REC market so as to unlock more renewable energy project funding for more communities in some of the most fragile and energy poor regions in the world.
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RT @Denmark_UN: 🇩🇰 key priorities at the meeting in Group of Friends of climate & security today: 1) Accelerate energy transition in 🇺🇳 pe…
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Congratulations to our partners @CongoNuru and @Camco_tweets for their groundbreaking efforts in DRC! https://t.co/XRozkg3GwN
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With generators the primary source of electricity in #SouthSudan, our report found diesel to be part of the war eco… https://t.co/luykGHh5yV
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Our new Powering Peace report on #SouthSudan by @telegramwriter and @McCroneFlora highlights the unique opportunity… https://t.co/uYg0RkQM4I
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EPP & @StimsonCenter with partners @NorwayMFA @NorwayUN @UAEMissionToUN @UNPeacekeeping @IRENA launched the Energy… https://t.co/Pw2DhI9qTP
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RT @IRENA: The transition of @UNPeacekeeping operations☮️to #renewableenergy is critical to reducing environmental footprint. The #IRENA1…
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Honored to spend time reflecting on impact and scale with @mulagostarr @MulagoFound team and other Henry and Raine… https://t.co/hhVDlQXXiz
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Thanks to @UNPeacebuilding and @GermanyDiplo for hosting this recent discussion on Innovative Financing for Peacebu… https://t.co/GVDDZGMAdi
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Big thanks to @HumanitarianGC for organizing this fascinating discussion on innovative financing models for humanit… https://t.co/ckc2AI0Ya0
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Thank you to @HumanitarianGC and the many inspiring partners working on humanitarian innovation at the… https://t.co/ge1nMHtQOB
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RT @HumanitarianGC: We’re hearing from David Mozersky, President and Co-Founder of @Energy_4Peace. EPPs Peace Renwable Energy Credit (PR…
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Marking the #internationaldayofpeace, we offer some reasons for optimism amid the rise in #conflict and… https://t.co/gJhsxhUmgd
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We're seeking corporate buyers for P-RECs issued from our first project in Chad, commissioned by #ZizEnergie. Join… https://t.co/xacRz4cFVo
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Check out the @Chronicle_LU interview with EPP's Sherwin Das about the P-REC Aggregation Fund. Sherwin shares why E… https://t.co/BubL6yb0s8
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EPP is honored that our P-REC Aggregation Fund has been selected @icfa_luxembourg to be part of their 2022 cohort.… https://t.co/GgjHRy9dtc
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RT @Denmark_UN: 📣Happening now📣 Want to know more about how to transition 🇺🇳peacekeeping operations? If you cannot join us in person, you…
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RT @Energy4Impact: Excited to see @MercyCorps partner with @Energy_4Peace to explore the viability of a financial mechanism that creates re…
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Please to announce our partnership with @mercycorps to support #humanitarianenergy, starting in Ethiopia. Mercy's C… https://t.co/xdQS50Q3Jo