Shared Economy A path way to local and community solar Chris Mrakas, CEO Matter The Local Energy & Microgrids Conference, Sydney 28 – 29 April 2016

Who owns the power?

Who should or could own the power?

https://youtu.be/OLw2ex-dJME

Energy centralised no more

energy today is

distributed

1,500,000 Dwellings with solar

9 cents / kWh

What it costs for rooftop solar

1,500,000 owner-occupiers already benefit from solar but …

2,400,000 tenanted properties have been excluded

highly physical, shared asset business model

Business model is

highly physical

Business model is highly virtual

Value proposition saves users money

Value proposition

makes users money

Ownership Asset

Owner & User

Usership Asset

Owner User

Owner Occupier

Landlord Tenant

Charged by time used and km driven

Charged by kWh Used

Charged by kWh I/O and time stored

Any Asset can be shared

The internet of things (IoT) makes almost every asset shareable

to make sharing solar real

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busi

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advanced low cost metering

real-time

backhaul com

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pricing plans

internet

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payment gateways

telemetry

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workflows

tenant portals

sensors

education A

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machine learning

trust & transparency

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field force

cloud

asset maintenance

owner portals

losses

utility tariffs

Business Case Procure & Install Monitor & Manage Bill & Collect

Matter’s Digital Solar is an online marketplace for landlords and tenants to share solar. Tenants get clean, cheaper energy without the need to invest in solar. And landlords make extra income. It solves the split incentive problem. It’s a win-win.

Owner: Utility

User: Owner Occupier 10 year deal at 20 c/kWh paid to owner instead of 24 c/kWh ( to utility )

Owner: Landlord

User: Tenant

10 year deal at 9 c/kWh

Pays 19.2 c/kWh instead of 24 c/kWh

Solar PPA Digital Solar

10 year deal at 9 c/kWh (estimated cost)

540,000 viable rental properties in Australia

In Australia there are 14 Digital Solar opportunities for every 1 AirBnB listing.

Olivia

Bob

Kyle

Liz

community power

Asset

Owner User User User Bob Liz Kyle “123 Smith

Street Solar Community”

Solar Power

Digital Solar

Provider Matter

Usership Pay-As-You-Use Payment

Usership Payment

Members Fred 5/30

Mary 10/30

Sue 8/30

Tom 7/30

Real time Metering of Service and associated billing

Imagine someone sitting in a café in Amsterdam sharing the sunshine from a roof in Sydney …

This is an opportunity with over

100 million sites for rooftop solar.

We can now provide solar for a third of society who rent …

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