Clementine Chambon

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Clementine Chambon
Alma mater University of Cambridge Imperial College London
Occupation Chemical engineer
Employer Imperial College London
Known forClean energy solutions Off-grid power

Clementine Chambon is a chemical engineer at Imperial College London, who works on energy solutions for energy-deprived countries. She is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Oorja Development Solutions, a social enterprise that focused on providing clean energy access to off-grid communities in rural India.

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Education

Chambon completed her Masters in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2014. [1] During her degree, she was an intern at Mars Petcare in Verden, Northern Germany. [2] She was awarded a graduate prize from the Salters' Institute of Industrial Chemistry. [1] Subsequently, Chambon completed her PhD in lignocellulosic biofuels in 2017, funded by an Imperial College President's PhD Scholarship and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change.

Research

Chambon received an Echoing Green Climate Fellowship with a grant of $90,000 in 2015. [3] She has a technical experience with biomass gasification systems and deployment of viable emerging decentralised energy solutions. [4] In 2017, she won the Institution of Chemical Engineers Young Researcher Award. [5] [6] She is an EPSRC doctoral prize fellow at Imperial College London working on biomass gasification and its application for rural electrification. [7]

Oorja Development Solutions

Chambon is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Oorja. [8] [7] She says that she came up with Oorja during Climate-KIC Journey, a summer school that teaches climate entrepreneurship, in August 2014. [9] Oorja provides clean energy and biochar to rural off-grid communities in India. [10] [11] [12] Chambon is responsible for the design and building of Oorja's easily operable mini-power plants, which transform agricultural waste into affordable electricity and can be run by local people. [11] Oorja's mission is to impact one million people by 2025. [11] They subsidise electricity for low-income households, women-led households, schools, health centres and off-grid street lights. [13]

In 2016, Chambon was included Forbes' 30 Under 30 List for top Social Entrepreneurs. [14] She was also listed in MIT Technology Review's list of French innovators under 35 years old. [15] [16] In 2017, Oorja used electrified 100 homes in Uttar Pradesh's Sarvantara Village, providing energy for 1,00 people. [17] [18]

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Sarvantara is a small rural village located in the block of Nawabganj in the district of Bahraich of the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a Dalit-dominated village which was in the dark even after 69 years of Independence. With no electricity network, the natives had to cover distances to nearby electrified villages. The villagers had to walk miles to charge their cell phones, what to speak of lighting and fans. They village was finally received light with Oorja, a London based social enterprise, launched its 8 kW solar mini grid.

References

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  7. 1 2 "Home - Dr. Clementine Chambon". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
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  10. ↑ "Universities should lead the fight for gender equality in business". Times Higher Education (THE). 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
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  12. ↑ "Clementine Chambon". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  13. ↑ "Businesses That Change Society: OOrja". The Global Entrepreneur's Blog. 2016-08-03. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  14. ↑ Tindera, Michela. "Clementine Chambon, 23 - pg.5". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  15. ↑ "Le MIT récompense 10 jeunes innovateurs français". start.lesechos.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  16. ↑ "Clémentine Chambon, la fée électricité". The Good Life (in French). 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  17. ↑ "UK Student Clementine Chambon Uses Solar Power To Light Up Indian Village". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  18. ↑ "UK student Clementine Chambon lights up Sarvantara village in Uttar Pradesh with solar power". The Financial Express. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
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