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Dr. Rebekah Shirley is the director of research at Power for All and a lead researcher at the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) at the University of California, Berkeley where she completed her doctoral studies in Energy Resources. Her research focuses on power system modeling. Rebekah directs the Platform for Energy Access Knowledge (PEAK), a joint research and outreach initiative between Power for All and RAEL focused on distributed renewable energy technology.
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