Open Energy Access
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.
Episodes
9 episodes
How to bring WiFi connectivity to very remote areas: Interview with Oscar Aitchison from Okra Solar
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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38:33
How project developers can generate income with Distributed Renewable Energy Certificates
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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36:10
The D-REC Initiative from Positive Capital Partners and South Pole
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 Dist...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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33:49
All Things Open Source with James Vasile, Partner at Open Tech Strategies
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 w...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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30:00
OpenO2 (now called Resilient Oxygen R-O2)
**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
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:12
Open Source R&D project: AgriGrid by Anka Madagasgar
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:00
A game changer: The OpenPAYGO Token by Solaris Offgrid
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:21
Solving the connectivity problem with Cicada - an Open Source IoT Communications Module by Okra Solar
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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35:07
Starting a podcast about Open Source in Energy Access with our first project: Devergy's Survey Toolkit
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 epi...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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