Establishing Mutually Beneficial Local Energy Markets (EMBLEM) Phase 2

Establishing Mutually Beneficial Local Energy Markets 2 (emblem 2) will test the feasibility of peer-to-peer energy trading for the Global South in two novel ways. The first P2P market is an flexible DC nanogrid, where solar home-systems can be interconnected and augmented by additional generation and storage incrementally over time, providing a new approach to energy services in off-grid areas.The second is AC on-grid urban and peri-urban locations where there are significant network constraints and the cost of adding renewable energy is unaffordable. emblem integrates cutting-edge UK innovations from Scene Connect, Swanbarton and Connected Energy Technologies and is supported by international partners Dassy Enterprise and GhamPower in Rwanda and Nepal, respectively. This product will disrupt current energy markets by increasing the viability of small-scale renewable energy installations, and the ability of AC and DC electrical grids to incorporate them.

REGION

Rwanda, Multi-region

TECHNOLOGY

Other

SECTOR

Energy Networks and systems

SCALE

Off Grid

STAGE

Mid

ROUND

Round 6