Dr Sebastian Rodriguez

Smart micro gridsFor energy access

seb@i4sd.com

www.i4sd.com

932 Columbus Ave Suite 5s

NYC, NY, 10025. USA

Universal Access to energy

Double the rate of renewable energy in

generation

Double the rate of energy efficiency

Batteries Piles

Kerosene lamps Mobile charging

1,300 million people,

87% living in rural

areas

Mali (Tiby)

Tanzania (Mbola)

Ruhira (Uganda)

Coming soon:

Ethiopia

Tanzania

Expenditures in energy are

small and variable across

different households and

times of the year

Electricity is an aspiration

and a need

Levels of Access to electricity:

National: 27.08% Rural: 14.89%

Mobile phone penetration: 57% *

Expenditures in lighting (kerosene, batteries

and piles):

$6 a $10 per household

(5% of hh income) **

*Rapport 2010 de mise en œuvre du Cadre Stratégique pour la Croissance

et la Réduction de la Pauvreté (CSCRP) 2007-2011

** Millennium Village Project Survey (2010) 296 hh/ SharedSolar Survey

(160 hh)

Example: MALI

Situation des Ménages

Situation:

>20 households within

100 m radius

Radius 100m

Photograph Credits: Jose Barnuevo

Potou cluster, SENEGAL, firstElectricity for

social institutions

Stand-

alone

technolog

ies

mini-grids

Local Level Planning

and Priorities

Grid

extension

Decision-making thru data (WB Report)

Local Priorities and Constraints

Roll-out plans and timelines with

costing

Rural and national

linked

100m or 300 ft

Uganda

Conection to

national grid

What is SharedSolar?• It’s a SMART renewable energy micro-

grid

•Platform that allows aggregation of

services and infrastructure via Smart meters

Features•Pre-paid electricity via mobile pone and

local data network

•Control and monitoring of electricity

production and demand

•Investments based on demand are

competitive, verifiable and gradual

Pre-paid scratch card

Terminal wifi

Diakoroba, MALI

Storage systems

Modular systems

Smart meters

Underground and

aerial conections

Pre-financing of

internal

installations

LED lamps.

Energy

efficiency (5W)

International electric

standards

High quality materials

for long duration

Red Nacional

(eventualmente)

Clientes

Clientes

Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em

bedded&v=8IPM2oH8IAo

3.06 USD/kWh Day3.83 USD/ kWh Night

1.15 USD/kWh Day3.06 USD/kWh Night

$2.50/

hh

pm

$9/hh

pm

www.sharedsolar.org

Website view

Graph of comsumption

ManagementBENEFITS:

Management in real time of demand and

production for a progressive planning of

investment

AfterBefore

After

Sustainability

Technology Financial Operational

Scale-up

• Investment

aggregation

• Verified digital

payments

• Low operations

and maintenance

costs

• Modular

• Easy installation

• Incremental

infrastructure

• Planning and

monitoring tools

• Flexible platform,

designed for future

upgrades

• Productive uses

• Intuitive and field

tested software

Refrigeration and food

storage

Productive

Activities

TV and satellite

receivers

Health centers

SharedSolarPumpWater Storage

MeteringVegatable garden Households

Electric connections

Hydraulic connections

Lighting, TV,

Freezer

PV system

1000L container

200W pump

5W LED lamps 150W Freezer

75W TV

Perspectives

Irrigation•

Irrigation

IrrigationGaban Wolof

SENEGAL

2 Ha of vegetable

production

Energy for 20

families

Power <10kWp

Water at 60m

depth

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

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Mobile towers

Energy for nearby

households

Power approx 20 KWp

Working @ 99%

Peri-urban Segou

Peri-urban

Electrification

Control

room

Dóla

res p

or

con

exió

n

(US

D)

Total investment per connectionSystem equivalent 70Wp with storage of 500Wh/day.

Lifecycle of over 12 years

Approx. 80 USD/year/connection

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

SharedSolarv3.0

SharedSolarv2.0

SharedSolarv1.0

Medidores intelligentes Instalaciones interiores

Red eléctrica Resto de sistema

Produccion Electrica

SC-20

DIN mounted meter

wired LAN

Low used base

Centralised metering

Trinity

10x channel IP65 Case

wired LAN

High client density

Centralised metering

Glen Canyon

WIFI and 3G options

End of the line metering

GSM BTS

Wifi router

Plug computer

Ethernet (RJ45)

Mobile device

Meter

Wifi (IEEE 802.11)

range 100m

2G/3G

SMS/SMPP

Ethernet (RJ45)

GSM modem USB serial

airGrid antenas

airMax sector antena

Base station

(Internet Service Provider)

Wifi router

Plug computer

Ethernet (RJ45)

Ethernet (RJ45)

Mobile device

Meters

Wifi (IEEE 802.11)

range 100m

AirMax 2.4Ghz*

range up to 30km

*AirMAX is a proprietary Wi-Fi protocol with Time

Division Multiple Access (TDMA) that

allows each client to send and receive data

using pre-designated time slots managed

by an intelligent AP controller. This “time

slot” method eliminates hidden node

collisions and maximises airtime efficiency

ADSL wired connection

Ethernet (RJ45)

Wifi (IEEE 802.11)

range 100m

Airmax+Wifi

Infrastructure

(MALI)

airGrid antenas

airMax sector antena

Gateway (access point)

Household with meter

Electric distribution grid

Typical 200m

Line of sight 1000m*

802.11 n wireless mesh network

Gateway

(Access

point)

Wide Area

Network

Glen Canyon meters

with wifi mesh network

Utilty

Neighbourhood Area

Network

Cloud Applications3G/Airmax/Wimax

Data connectivty

IP enabled meter

(WIFI, ethernet, GSM)NAN

WAN

Cloud and

Hybrid Cloud

Applications

Data 128-bit AES encrypted and

carried using IPV4/IPV6 Internet

protocol3 trough 3G/GPRS,

Ethernet, WiMAX

Register Billing API, Automatic Meter Reading,

Power Outage Reporting, Analytics, Administration

and Provisioning, Remote Connect and

Disconnect (load shedding), Utility Branded

Consumer Portal, Mobile Field Deployment,

Prepayment

Data structure

www.sharedsolar.org

SharedSolar Development Team: Edwin Atkins, Matt Basinger,

Michael Benedict, Matt Berg, Eric Brewer, Jonathan Carbajal,

Harrison Chiu, Justin Elszasz, Kate Kennedy Freeman, Renaud

Gaudin, Emilio Jiménez, Levi Kingery, Yancheng Li, Achintya

Madduri, Scott McNeil, Rajesh Menon, Chris Natali, Javier Rosa,

FS Rodriguez Sanchez, John Sarik, Daniel Soto, Ivan Willig,

Groundlabs,

Associated reasearchers: Mark Johnston, Andrew Marder, Alex

Dorey, Prabhas Pokharel, Kate Freeman, Shaky Sherpa

ADVISORY BOARD: Jay Dobson, Jill Watz, A. Morton, Vic

Khaitan, Vijay Modi

Connectivity: Ericsson, Airtel and Malitel

Hardware: Scatec, Trinity Meters Trina Solar