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Hugo LE PICARD
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LE PICARD

Associate Research Fellow, Center for Geopolitics of Technology, Ifri

Research Areas:

  • Industrial Economy
  • Generative Artificial Intelligence
  • Technological Innovation
  • Digital Markets
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Hugo Le Picard is an Associate Research Fellow at Ifri's Center for Geopolitics of Technology.

Hugo Le Picard is an Associate Research Fellow at Ifri's Geopolitics of Technology Center and co-founder of Clone, a start-up specializing in image generation. Previously, he was a researcher at Ifri's Energy & Climate Center, which he joined in 2018. His work focused on electricity access and the development of electrical infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa, using satellite image analysis and deep learning methods. He has also taught at the University of Paris-Dauphine, where he gave courses on image analysis, introduction to deep learning, and microeconomics. Additionally, he contributed to master’s courses at Sciences Po Paris and holds a PhD in economics from PSL University.

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New Paradigm for Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Are Decentralized Hybrid Systems Changing the Game?

23 September 2022

After several decades of reforms, the situation in centralized power sectors has hardly changed. The sub-Saharan power sector remains underdeveloped, and power sectors are experiencing significant financial difficulties that have been further exacerbated first by the effects of the pandemic and then the war in Ukraine.

Hugo LE PICARD
Memos

Booming Decentralized Solar Power in Africa’s Cities. Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning Provide Cutting-Edge Data on Electrification

18 January 2022

The market for decentralized solar systems first developed in rural Africa, and today it is expanding to the continent’s cities, though these areas are already covered by each country’s central network.

Hugo LE PICARD Matthieu TOULEMONT
Papers

The Potential of Digital Technologies for Centralized Electricity Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

22 October 2020

Affordable and reliable electricity access is a prerequisite for the economic development of sub-Saharan Africa. 

Hugo LE PICARD
Editorials

Solar Power in Sub-Saharan Africa after COVID-19: Healing the Ills of the Sector

29 May 2020

The electrification of sub-Saharan Africa is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. It is essential if we are to succeed in creating the 20 million jobs each year necessary to absorb the demographic growth of the region,[1] which is set to have 2.1 billion inhabitants in 2050, compared to 1.1 billion today.[2]

Hugo LE PICARD
External Articles

Contribution to the Task Force Sustainable Energy, Water and Food Systems of T20 Saudi Arabia

30 March 2020

Waste-to-energy plants appear as an effective means of dealing with two problems of electricity access and waste management at once.

Hugo LE PICARD
Articles from Politique Etrangère

The Gulf Economies and Energy Transition

10 March 2020

The economies of the Persian Gulf are highly dependent on their petrol exports, particularly to Asia.

Hugo LE PICARD
Studies

Waste Management and Electricity Generation in Africa: Developing Waste-to-Energy to the Benefit of Sustainable Cities?

18 September 2019

With the expansion of modern production and consumption patterns to large African cities, population growth and urbanization, production of municipal waste has risen sharply. Unregulated dumps are becoming numerous and have strong negative health effects by polluting the local environment. 

Hugo LE PICARD
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