Mobile Power’s combined ‘battery-as-a-service’ and ‘vehicle-as-a-service’ business model pilot in rural Nigeria

尼日利亚的交通依赖于昂贵的燃料，通常质量差，依赖政府补贴。尼日利亚是非洲最大的石油生产国，但对燃料的补贴导致了国家的成本。中国和印度电动汽车的技术进步，使廉价的电动摩托车和电动农用三轮车出现爆炸式增长。非洲拥有地球上最丰富的太阳能和生物质形式的可再生能源资源。然而，问题是电力分配，而不是发电。移动的电力公司设计并测试了一个能源分配生态系统，利用即用即付的智能电池租赁系统，为西非离网社区的贫困家庭和企业提供负担得起的清洁电力。核心创新在于具有成本效益的离网配电。移动的电力公司的电池在名为“MOPO Hubs”的太阳能充电站充电。MOPO电池直接从中心租用，或通过MOPO代理商使用我们的智能电池技术进行分销。我们的内置安全系统可防止未经授权的电池组激活和未经授权的充电。该项目将专注于尼日利亚的农村市场，通过以下方式为75个村庄提供清洁、价格合理的电力：1.更换家用发电机：MOPO电池为家庭和微型企业提供电力，用于手机充电、照明、电视、收音机，并运行其他直流电器，如冰箱、缝纫机或农业机械。2.改善农村交通网络：MOPO电池将为电动摩托车和农用三轮车提供动力，使用电池交换模式，出租摩托车和电池。BIOMASS PILOT：我们的MOPO集线器将主要由太阳能供电，但我们也将通过PyroGenesys的PyroPower过程使用木薯废料产生的电力为电池充电。已经在奥约州确定了一个试点地点。妇女占尼日利亚农民的60-80%，但与男子相比，她们获得机动运输的机会要少得多。这与典型的与性别有关的角色（对子女承担更大的责任）、与性别有关的财务和经济状况（获得金钱的机会较少）以及与性别有关的对获得交通的期望有关。Tearfund尼日利亚将在这75个社区开展工作，提供已被证明可以改善性别平等和妇女获得清洁电力和交通的转变男性气质培训。

Transport in Nigeria is reliant on fuel that is expensive, often poor quality & reliant on government subsidy. Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producing country but subsidises fuel resulting in a cost to the state.Technical advances in electric vehicles in China and India has seen an explosion in cheap electric motorbikes and electric agricultural tricycles. Africa has the richest renewable energy resources on the planet in the form of solar and biomass. However the issue is power distribution not generation. An innovate battery technology is needed to unlock an electric vehicle revolution in rural Africa.Mobile Power has designed and tested an energy distribution ecosystem that supplies affordable, clean power to poor households and enterprises in off-grid communities across West Africa using a pay-as-you-go smart battery rental system. The core innovation is in the cost-effective distribution of electricity off-grid. Mobile Power's batteries are charged at solar charging stations called "MOPO Hubs". The MOPO Batteries are then rented directly from the Hub or distributed through MOPO Agents using our smart battery technology. Our inbuilt security system prevents unauthorised activation of battery packs and unauthorised charging.This project will focus on the rural Nigeria market providing clean affordable power to 75 villages by:1. REPLACING HOUSEHOLD GENERATORS: The MOPO Batteries provide electricity for households and micro-enterprises for phone charging, lights, TVs, radios and run other DC appliances such as freezers, sewing machines or agricultural machinery.2. IMPROVING RURAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS: The MOPO Batteries will power electric motorbikes and agricultural tricycles, using a battery swap model, renting out the motorbikes and batteries. This rental model makes it affordable to the market - cheaper than fossil-fuel alternatives.BIOMASS PILOT: Our MOPO Hubs will be powered mostly by solar but we will also charge the batteries using electricity generated from cassava waste through the PyroGenesys' PyroPower process. A site has already been identified in Oyo State as a pilot site. This will demonstrate our model with multiple renewable energy sources.Women make up 60-80% of the Nigerian farmers and yet have significantly less access to motorised transport than men. This is associated with typical gender-related roles (greater responsibility for children), gender-related financial and economic situations (less access to money) and gender-related expectations about access to transport. Tearfund Nigeria will work in these 75 communities to provide Transforming Masculinities training that has been proven to improve gender equality and women's access to clean electricity and transport.