EnAccess shares open source, innovative solutions for the energy access sector. These materials include open source software, hardware, and toolkit solutions that can help others save time and money.
A conversation with James Vasile
James Vasile is a recognized expert on free and open source software. He has over fifteen years of experience as a user, developer, advocate, and advisor in all things open source; and has further expertise in licensing and community-building, as well as non-profit and small business startup. Why should people open source their work? What are the benefits? What are the downsides? What should you consider before you pick which license you want to go with? James helps companies figure out these questions every day.
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A D-REC is a certificate representing one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity that has been generated from a distributed renewable energy source(s). It allows companies and individuals to buy renewable energy that was created in small installations, such as a Solar Home System or a small mini-grid. Currently RECs are only for large renewable projects - such as a solar or wind farm - and small producers are precluded from being part of that market. The D-REC Initiative from Positive.Capital Partners and South Pole aims to change that.
Learn MoreCreated by ANKA Madagascar and Amanhã Ventures
The AgriGrid business model refers to a hybrid organization that combines commercial opportunities in rural electrification with food & agricultural value chain development. The idea is that beyond providing electricity, an AgriGrid operator would also play an active role in providing access to market for a community’s food & agricultural products, resulting in healthier and increased revenue generation for the mini-grid operator.
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The OpenPAYGO Token is an open source token system to enable PAYGO functionality in new products. This system can be used by product manufacturers creating new devices and can be integrated with any PAYGO software platform.
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Many Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG/PAYGO) systems are based on 2G/GPRS communications. But as 2G towers get replaced by 3G and 4G infrastructure, energy access organizations around the world will need to update their hardware. Okra's communications solution, Cicada, is an open source module with 2G, 3G, and 4G capability.
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Energy access organizations do a lot of surveying: of potential customers, sites, and marketplaces. Finding the best platform to manage this data can be hard. Devergy's solution, the Survey Toolkit, provides a simple approach to collecting, analyzing, and presenting field survey data.
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