SOLshare

SOLshare is a green-tech utility company founded in 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that builds peer-to-peer solar electricity trading networks for communities without reliable grid access. It grew out of research at MicroEnergy International to let households and small businesses buy and sell surplus solar power directly to their neighbours.

Its SOLgrid platform uses a smart device called SOLbox to interconnect individual solar home systems into a local microgrid with automated, metered peer-to-peer trading, while SOLroof adds commercial and industrial rooftop solar and SOLmobility extends the network to electric three-wheelers. SOLshare works with mini-grid developers, utilities and development partners across Bangladesh and India.

1. SOLgrid platform: interconnects solar home systems into a local peer-to-peer trading microgrid.

2. SOLbox device: smart meter and controller that manages bidirectional electricity flow.

3. SOLroof: commercial and industrial rooftop solar installation service.

4. SOLmobility: extends the microgrid to power electric three-wheeler charging.

5. Automated billing: transactions are metered and settled without manual reconciliation.

6. Partner network: deployed with mini-grid developers and utilities in Bangladesh and India.