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Open source standardised paygo appliance communication protocol

IATI Identifier: GB-COH-6983727-EforARD1007

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  • date_range Apr 01, 2019
  • autorenew Closed (Status)

Off-grid appliances, whether working under a PAYG plan or in-conjunction with a power generation system that has a PAYG activation mechanism, don't currently have a common ecosystem to communicate within. This typically means that each appliance manufacturer has to individually adapt its firmware code to communicate with external systems (PAYG hardware or management software). The implication is that manufacturers have large R&D expenses to enter and grow in the off-grid/PAYG sector; that the appliances provided are often limited to those provided by PAYG system manufacturers; and that appliances are locked to a single PAYG system with customers locked into a narrow appliance ecosystem. To solve this problem, Solaris Offgrid is proposing to start to develop an open-source communication protocol that would allow appliance manufacturers to adopt along with PAYG systems so that all could be interoperable under the standard. With scaled adoption, as well as providing a wider range of appliances for PAYG distributors to select from and providing a larger market for appliance manufacturers to engage with, fundamentally it would provide greater choice and better products for the end-users. Furthermore, due to the common protocol, the appliance manufacturers could also receive key data points on the usage and performance of the appliance via a software platform such as PaygOps from Solaris Offgrid.

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Sectors:
  • Technological research and development

Participating Organisations

Energy Saving Trust Other Public Sector Funding

Transaction

Transaction Value Provider
Receiver
Type Date
9,200 GBP Provider N/A Receiver N/A Incoming Funds
date_range Feb 02, 2021
18,000 GBP Provider N/A Receiver N/A Incoming Funds
date_range Jan 22, 2021
32,800 GBP Provider N/A Receiver N/A Incoming Funds
date_range Jul 17, 2020
20,000 GBP Provider N/A Receiver N/A Incoming Funds
date_range Dec 20, 2019
12,191 GBP Provider N/A Receiver N/A Incoming Funds
date_range Nov 04, 2019
15,809 GBP Provider N/A Receiver N/A Incoming Funds
date_range Aug 30, 2019

Budget

171,966 USD
  • 21,406 GBP (Valued at Apr 01, 2019)
    date_range Apr 01, 2019 - Jun 28, 2019
  • 11,906 GBP (Valued at Apr 01, 2019)
    date_range Jul 01, 2019 - Aug 30, 2019
  • 29,375 GBP (Valued at Apr 01, 2019)
    date_range Jul 01, 2019 - Oct 31, 2019
  • 27,500 GBP (Valued at Apr 01, 2019)
    date_range Nov 01, 2019 - Jan 31, 2020
  • 41,406 GBP (Valued at Apr 01, 2019)
    date_range Feb 03, 2020 - Apr 30, 2020
access_time Updated on May 04, 2023 09:33:15