Clean energy is becoming the top most priority for nations worldwide, and more so in developing countries of Africa, Latin America, where access to any form of energy has been a longstanding problem. It is estimated that nearly 15% of the world’s population lives without access to electricity. Solving this problem has opened up opportunities for companies and projects like Bitlumens looking to provide off-grid solar power to the population inhabiting in rural areas. Bitlumens’ aim is to offer reliable energy services and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a cost competitive manner!BitLumens also fulfills the requirements based on the clean development mechanism (CDM) under the article 12 in Kyoto’s protocol and earn certified emission reduction (CER) credits! For this, technology capable of handling such requirements is needed.
Solar System
Our Solar kit is manufactured by sunking and currently uses a 15/20/50W solar panel and 3000 mAh, Lithium Ferro-Phosphate (LFP) Battery. We loan and sell 3 systems coming with different appliances, i.e. two USB charging ports; integrated dimmable LED lights; LED Backlit LCD TV; Radio and TV. The battery should last for 5 years and the system has a 2 years warranty minimum. This system provides the final user available credit, battery availability, electricity consumed, lighting duration, daily cost and energy output. This data can then be sent to the network on a daily basis!
Smart meter
This solar kit is also connected to a smart meter and to the user’s cell phone. We use programmable logic controllers (PLC) that allow the current to be measured as well as several circuits which can be used to determine the voltage and current generation/consumption. Each sensor must be connected to a analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in the Controller Hardware. We use at least one circuit at the Solar Panel input and another at the battery output. With these values it calculates the power produced and consumed. The smart meter works LPWAN solutions for IoT, which can work for several kilometers distance and the sensors will provide the data in the form of text messages. This smart meter has been tested and is continuously being optimized by the Bitlumens team for low connectivity areas. Currently, sensors can be as far as 10–15Km from the gateway!
More about Bitlumens
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