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National Electrification Forum: Mini-grid action learning event
February 12th, 2020 Suman [email protected]
To End Poverty, We Must End Energy Poverty
HOUSEHOLDCONSUMPTIONNATIONAL CONSUMPTION
World Bank, 2018
Mini Grids:Connecting Rural Communities
Mini Grids:Connecting Rural Communities
Mini Grids:Connecting Rural Communities
Mini Grids:Connecting Rural Communities
Mini Grids:Connecting Rural Communities
Mini Grids:Connecting Rural Communities
Smart Power India Has Developed Best-in-Class Mini-Grid Evidence & Analytics
Tata Power & The Rockefeller Foundation Launch Breakthrough EnterpriseTo Power 25 million
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The Innovation Lab field tests 8 innovations across more than 70 sites in rural Africa to improve the mini-grid business model
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Financing programs for energy-efficient productive use
appliances
Assessing the price sensitivity of rural customers
Competing with the arrival of the main grid
Providing internet services alongside electricity
Deploying larger, denser grids in anticipation of customer
demand
Testing smart meter technologies
Negotiating lower equipment price through bulk
procurement
Testing smart inverters and other modular technology
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Mini Grids Are Preferred by Households and Businesses
Rural Electrification in India: Customer Behaviour and Demand, Feb 2019
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Mini-grid innovation has the potential to reduce the amount of subsidy needed by reducing the capex per connection and increasing Average Revenue per User (ARPU)
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Lab's Impact on ARPU and Capex per Connection, by Prototype
Appliance Financing:+$3 / month
Appliance Financing PU:+$7 / month
Bulk Procurement: -$200 / connection
Internet:+$0.50 / month
Metering:-$25 / connection
Modular Grids:+$1 / month and -$100 / connection
Tariff Reduction:+$1 / month
Mini-grid todayGrid Densification:-$175 / connection
Future mini-grid
Not financeableFinanceable
Dramatic Cost Reductions Benefit Mini-Grids
Freeing Energy Project
The Product Development Cycle ofMini-Grids is Accelerating
AGRICULTURE-ENERGY NEXUS