Open Source for Energy Access: How Open Innovations Promote Interoperability & Efficiency
Talkat Open Source Summit Europe 2023 · on Tuesday, 2023-09-19· at 14:30· Room 5A (Floor 5), Abandoibarra Etorb., 4, 48011 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain·
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Energy access needs low‑cost, interoperable tools not repeated proprietary work, and open funding of single solutions scales reuse across the sector. EnAccess funds and open‑sources projects used by many players: Open PayGo token enables pay‑as‑you‑go tokens adopted by 15–20 manufacturers, a Libel Solar open BMS supports 12–48V up to 16 cells with multiple comms, and Okra Solar’s Cicada comms module provides 2G/3G/4G connectivity. The sector still faces 770 million without electricity and a ~$51B financing gap.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Open source energy access
- 2:13Global electricity access
- 7:27Energy access underfunded
- 9:54Collaborative innovation power
- 12:01PayGo token protocol success
- 13:46Interoperability energy transition
- 15:09Nexus Foundation innovation
- 16:57Open battery management
- 18:23Cicada IoT modules
- 20:08Open smart meter
- 22:11Call to action open energy
- 24:57Q&A
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