The Energiewende 3.0 Smart Peer-to-Peer Solar Grids for Rural
Electrification & Empowerment
www.me-solshare.com
Hannes Kirchhoff
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5 million Solar Home Systems
Bangladesh
1:4 has solar in rural areas
& 60 million w/o any access
US$ 3.50/kWh
US$ 10.50/kWh
Average rent-out price for light:
Average rent-out price for mobile charging:
For those in the dark, no access to electricity means:
800,000 kWh
daily excess energy in Bangladesh that cannot be stored by individual solar systems
Opportunity
Gain flexibility and get more power whenever you want
A platform where solar home system users and non-users can exchange electricity
Save Money through better energy access
Generate Income by trading electricity
SOLUTION
P2P solar grids built bottom-up
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Peer-to-Peer Solar Microgrids
SOLbox net metering device
PRODUCT
mobile money enabled
plug & play
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• Data-Management Services
• Mobile-Payment PAYG Back-End
• Grid Management Services
• Machine Learning Data Analytics
• Agent and System Tracking
• Customer Support Infrastructure
Products & Services
Data Services
The Energy Bank of the Future? Credit Top-Ups
• SHS owners top up their credit 2.1 times/month
• Non-SHS owners 4 times/month
• Users see their SOLBox as a saving account. Instead of cashing out they save the money there.
SOCIAL IMPACT
Mollar Bazar (Rangabali)
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Consumer Sanjay Shil I don't have to pay
as much as I used to pay my neighbor before. Also, I only
pay for energy when I need it!
• 35% cheaper than a new SHS
• Pay per use
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Producer I can sell all my excess energy now and not
worry about collecting money by hand. Also
from now on I can even run a nebulizer!
Bimol Das
Making money from the SUN
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Prosumer More customers
are attracted to my shop now as it looks so much
brighter. I’m also making some extra
income with the energy I sell +
Sumon • 50% cheaper than new
SHS
• Pay per use
Solar Cold Storage
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Women Empowerment
Solar Rickshaw
Charging Station
Thank you
Our Development and Strategic Partners
Our Implementation Partners
THANK YOU !
www.me-solshare.com Hannes Kirchhoff [email protected]