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03 DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR ENERGY ACCESS<br />

Figure ??. BlindNumber of Renwable Energy Policies, by<br />

Type,<br />

Figure<br />

2011<br />

34.<br />

– Early-2015<br />

Number of Pay As You Go Enterprises by<br />

Country/Region<br />

EAST AFRICA<br />

Kenya<br />

10<br />

Uganda<br />

Tanzania<br />

6<br />

6<br />

Rwanda<br />

3<br />

Ethiopia<br />

2<br />

WEST AFRICA<br />

Ghana<br />

2<br />

Sierra Leone<br />

2<br />

Burkina Faso 1<br />

Côte d’Ivoire 1<br />

Nigeria 1<br />

NORTH AFRICA<br />

Mauritania 1<br />

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA<br />

Sudan<br />

2<br />

Zambia<br />

2<br />

Comoros<br />

1<br />

DR Congo 1<br />

Namibia 1<br />

Somaliland 1<br />

South Africa 1<br />

South Sudan 1<br />

Zimbabwe 1<br />

DEVELOPING ASIA<br />

India<br />

6<br />

Cambodia<br />

2<br />

Lao PDR 1<br />

Philippines 1<br />

INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT<br />

AND BUSINESS MODELS<br />

In addition to enhanced investment and positive market trends,<br />

2015 saw the continued maturation of innovative business<br />

models. The use of mobile payment systems and scratch cards<br />

continued to flourish, especially as energy companies began to<br />

collaborate with the telecommunications industry to design and<br />

implement solutions (such as Mobisol, a company that combines<br />

solar energy with an affordable payment plan via mobile phone)<br />

that result in modern energy services and business opportunities<br />

for people in rural areas. 65 In India, SunEdison and Omnigrid<br />

Micropower Company are electrifying rural villages by pairing<br />

commercial solar customers with telecom companies that need<br />

to power their cellular towers. A solar-powered mini-grid is first<br />

built to power the phone tower, on which additional mini-grid<br />

capacity is developed that can be sold to local villagers.<br />

The year 2015 also saw the launch in East Africa of the “Powerhive”<br />

business model, which combines solar PV arrays, battery storage<br />

and smart metering systems with mobile telecommunications<br />

and payment applications. 66 M-KOPA uses charging outlets<br />

for mobile phones as a key part of its business model in Africa.<br />

More than 280,000 homes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda used<br />

M-KOPA’s solar systems with mobile payment and charging<br />

configurations during the year. 67<br />

Peru<br />

Colombia<br />

Guatemala<br />

Haiti<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

Pacific Islands<br />

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN<br />

3<br />

1<br />

1<br />

1<br />

PACIFIC<br />

1<br />

1<br />

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