SOLshare
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Florian Guillaume: “Letting neighbors share their solar power makes clean energy reachable for the poorest, which is the whole point.”
The world's first peer-to-peer solar electricity trading network, operating in rural Bangladesh since 2015. SOLshare's smart boxes (SOLbox) connect off-grid homes equipped with solar panels into a local microgrid: households with surplus power sell it to neighbours using mobile money (bKash). 2,000+ homes in 15+ microgrids. Founded by Sebastian Groh (German-Bangladeshi) and backed by USAID, Grameen Shakti and impact investors. Winner of the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2020. The key insight: inste
Antikythera · Co-Being · Resolve · Renewable energy
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