Energy, Empower, Enterprise –

3E SMART Platform for Access to Energy

Munawar Misbah Moin

Managing Director

Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Our Context - SHS in Bangladesh� The largest off-grid SHS program in the world

� 3.8 M SHS installed

� Rahimafrooz Solar has over 500,000 SHS installed

� 50,000 homes connected every month

� System size from 20wp to 130wp

� 15% down payment, Rest in 36 months credit

� 47 participating private organization

� All system components, 'Made in Bangladesh’

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Customer

Rahimafrooz Solar

Energy, Empower, Enterprise –3E SMART Platform

• SMART phone based integrated system

• Monitored, controlled, result oriented system

• large scale commercialization • Green Entrepreneurs • Mobile money/ wallet for transactions

Finance Institution

Issues Addressed

� Credit Collection Control

� Platform for end Consumer Financing

� Village based Women Enterprise Development Opportunity (We DO)

� Commercialization of Energy market

� Technology and service at door step

� Fully integrated product and service

� Other avenue of income generation

� SMART phone based fully automated and integrated system

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� Large commercialization of SHS for access to energy

market and much more…..

� 10K SHS installation per month

� 100 Bio-gas plants per month

� Agent Banking to the unbanked

� Mobile Money services

� In pipeline – modular village homes, e-bikes

� Green Jobs to Green entrepreneurs

� 4000 Solar Promoters

� Village based entrepreneurship for Women (WE DO)

� 200 We DO members and growing

� Complete Eco System for rural development and e-

commerce

Outcome

Thank You