PowerPath creates value locally by putting electrification within the technical and financial reach of rural Malagasy entrepreneurs, empowering people and offering a progressive path to develop their own businesses.
This approach is achievable and desirable as no single company can efficiently supervise and control an army of employees spread over thousands of remote villages or islands across an entire country.
In order to bring people together and deliver the anticipated results, the development of smart bi-directional DC-DC converters able to pilot energy-sharing among the nanogrids without communication is important while ensuring the stability of the entire power system.
A proof-of-concept has been created and industrial research is being undertaken to improve the technology, extend it to the operational, social, marketing and business aspects of the lateral electrification model, and demonstrate its superiority compared to current solutions in terms of cost and impacts, while assessing its market potential.