Open Energy Access

Jul 08 2022 32
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All things Open Source in Energy Access. In an effort to make safe, affordable, and clean energy available for every person on the planet, we're going to need to remove some of the most common barriers. By open sourcing software, hardware, and knowledge, we can save very valuable time and money for the companies that are building mini grids in rural villages, setting up solar home systems on remote islands, building the technology to make appliances PAYGO compatible.

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How to bring WiFi connectivity to very remote areas: Interview with Oscar Aitchison from Okra Solar

Jul 08 2022 38 mins  
Picture a remote island, populated by many small and medium-sized communities. The local economy largely runs on a fishing industry. Children go to school, markets sell food & goods, but two important things are missing: reliable energy access and connectivity. There's no real cell signal in the village of Maybuuho, Philippines. This means that not only do people lack the abili

How project developers can generate income with Distributed Renewable Energy Certificates

Jun 10 2022 36 mins  
In this episode of Open Energy Access, I talk with Ricky Buch (Tech lead) about why project developers should start integrating into the D-REC platform today. The D-REC, or Distributed Renewable Energy Certificate, was created to solve a problem that will have a direct benefit for Energy Access project developers and for corporates who want the biggest return on their investment in

The D-REC Initiative from Positive Capital Partners and South Pole

Aug 30 2021 33 mins  
Today, I'm talking with Paul Needham and Ricky Buch from Positive Capital Partners. EnAccess is one of the funders of a project they are working on, together with South Pole, called the D-REC Initiative. The D-REC, or Distributed Renewable Energy Certificate is being created to solve a problem that will have a direct benefit for Energy Access project developers and for corporates w

All Things Open Source with James Vasile, Partner at Open Tech Strategies

Jun 09 2021 30 mins  
In this episode, I’m talking with James Vasile, a Partner in Open Tech Strategies, a consultation firm based in New York City. This conversation is going to explore the why/why not, the upsides and any downsides about open source in energy access. I’m going to try and cover some of the most common questions that I hear.James Vasile is a recognized expert on free and open source

OpenO2 (now called Resilient Oxygen R-O2)

Jul 20 2020 27 mins  
**This project has been moved over to Resilient Oxygen and their sister organisation CREATIVenergie. Learn more at https://www.resilientoxygen.org/The Resilient Oxygen (R-O2) Project centers around the development of an oxygen concentrator specifically designed for robustness and reliability in challenging conditions whilst being simple and affordable to repair in low resource sett

Open Source R&D project: AgriGrid by Anka Madagasgar

May 28 2020 31 mins  
Today I'm going to be talking with Camille André-Bataille, the CEO of ANKA Madagascar, about an idea for a new business model called AgriGrid - the idea of pairing access to electricity with local agricultural sectors. The AgriGrid business model refers to a hybrid organization that combines commercial opportunities in rural electrification with food & agricultural value chain

A game changer: The OpenPAYGO Token by Solaris Offgrid

Nov 27 2019 35 mins  
Anyone that is selling a pay as you go device or service should know about the OpenPAYGO Token. When PAYGO technology arrived in the energy access sector, it was a game-changer. By paying small amounts of money over a longer time period, families could afford better quality and safer lighting, phone charging, and much more. But there was a frustrating problem that emerged - the int

Solving the connectivity problem with Cicada - an Open Source IoT Communications Module by Okra Solar

Oct 01 2019 35 mins  
Today we’re going to talk about a really cool open source hardware solution with Damian Veling, the CTO of Okra Solar - this episode is definitely going to be more interesting for the engineers and developers out there, though anyone working in the IoT space will find the conversation interesting. Okra is an Australian technology startup based in Cambodia. They work with local ut

Starting a podcast about Open Source in Energy Access with our first project: Devergy's Survey Toolkit

Sep 30 2019 35 mins  
The EnAccess Foundation is proud to present the first episode of a new podcast, Open Energy Access. The EnAccess Foundation is passionate about open source solutions, efficiency, and transparency in energy access. In this episode, we discuss the first project that we published - a Survey Toolkit that was developed by Devergy, a company that operates solar mini-grids in rural Tanzan