Managing, monitoring, evidencing solar system productivity - REMOT

管理、监控、证明太阳能系统生产力 - REMOT

• 批准号: 10041195
• 金额: $ 35.22万
• 依托单位: FUTURE EARTH LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10041195
• 关键词: Managing; monitoring; evidencing; solar; system

Solar energy for productive uses like grinding corn or refrigerating produce in small businesses or homes can significantly improve agricultural productivity and socio-economic living standards for poor African off-grid communities. The required power output compared to typical home systems is generally greater and quite expensive, so most customers prefer credit-based payment models and require reliable system performance. Solar distribution companies have tapped into this fast-growing market but market penetration is hindered by manual solar system performance monitoring across wide geographies, and rudimentary systems for managing payments. Digital systems for automatic payment management, real-time performance monitoring, and pre-emptive troubleshooting, can ensure quick and effective system maintenance and system reliability and provide the data evidence base for solar distributors and development finance institutions to really accelerate the uptake of productive use solar systems.Our Remote Energy Management and Monitoring Technology (REMOT) at TRL7 is currently deployed in \>1500 solar PV installations across 8 SSAf countries with field trials underway of our 3rd generation hardware in \>1,100 of these. The hardware is the only unit on the market which is entirely fabricated in Africa in our new factory in Uganda. Matching our hardware innovation, our vision under this IUK competition is to develop:1. New innovative software capability for primary (solar distribution companies) and secondary (international development finance institutions and insurance company) clients2. Transformational software-as-a service subscription model to make REMOT even more affordable and accessible3. Trial the software with existing and new clients to provide the evidence base for a Series A investment raise of $1 millionImportantly, through the total project we will impact an estimated 74,769 persons and enable 452,600 kWh solar energy generated per year.Our short term vision after this project is to reach a client base of 200 B2B clients across 15 African countries and \>1,000,000 beneficiaries in health clinics, schools, small businesses and households by 2025\.

太阳能用于生产用途，如研磨玉米或在小企业或家庭中冷藏农产品，可以显着提高非洲贫困电网社区的农业生产率和社会经济生活水平。与典型的家庭系统相比，所需的功率输出通常更大且相当昂贵，因此大多数客户更喜欢基于信用的支付模式，并要求可靠的系统性能。太阳能分销公司已经进入了这个快速增长的市场，但市场渗透受到广泛地区的手动太阳能系统性能监控以及管理支付的基本系统的阻碍。用于自动支付管理、实时性能监控和先发制人故障排除的数字系统可以确保快速有效的系统维护和系统可靠性，并为太阳能分销商和发展融资机构提供数据证据基础，以真正加快生产性太阳能系统的普及。我们在TRL7的远程能源管理和监控技术(Remot)目前部署在8个SSAF国家的1500个太阳能光伏设施中，我们的第三代硬件正在其中1,100个国家进行现场测试。硬件是市场上唯一完全在非洲制造的部件，我们在乌干达的新工厂生产。与我们的硬件创新相匹配，我们在本次IUK竞赛中的愿景是：1.为一级(太阳能配电公司)和二级(国际开发金融机构和保险公司)客户开发新的创新软件能力2.变革性的软件即服务订阅模式，使Remot更实惠、更易于访问3。与现有和新客户一起试用该软件，为A系列投资募集100万美元提供证据。重要的是，通过整个项目，我们将影响大约74,769人，并实现每年452,600千瓦时的太阳能发电。我们在该项目后的短期愿景是，到2025年，覆盖15个非洲国家的200个B2B客户群，以及医疗诊所、学校、小企业和家庭的1,000,000受益人。