{"id":5001,"date":"2014-05-28T08:49:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T08:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waka-waka.com\/2014\/05\/wakawaka-sets-first-steps-towards-new-energy-ventu\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T10:02:33","slug":"wakawaka-sets-first-steps-towards-new-energy-ventu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waka-waka.com\/en\/2014\/05\/wakawaka-sets-first-steps-towards-new-energy-ventu\/","title":{"rendered":"New Energy Venture in Rwanda: the Virtual Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The relatively large pilot will test both the technology and uptake of this service by approaching 9000 households in three districts, and represents a total investment of $2.1 million USD.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Virtual Grid combines prepaid technology with the WakaWaka Power: after a one-time deposit on the WakaWaka Power, weekly scratch cards are bought to activate the unit. The code on the scratch card, along with a unique code from the WakaWaka Power, is sent by text to a free local service number. A text is instantly returned containing an activation code for the unit. You can watch how this works in our animated video:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The relatively large pilot will test both the technology and uptake of this service by approaching 9000 households in three districts, and represents a total investment of $2.1 million USD.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Virtual Grid combines prepaid technology with the WakaWaka Power: after a one-time deposit on the WakaWaka Power, weekly scratch cards are bought to activate the unit. The code on the scratch card, along with a unique code from the WakaWaka Power, is sent by text to a free local service number. A text is instantly returned containing an activation code for the unit. You can watch how this works in our animated video:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WakaWaka\u2019s Virtual Grid will use prepaid technology to overcome the high upfront costs of solar-powered energy, similar to the payment system already proven by mobile phones. Weekly payments on kerosene and mobile phone charging are now invested in a safe, clean and affordable energy alternative.\u00a0<br \/><em><br \/>You can follow the preparations by signing up for our monthly newsletter below<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>or acquire more information by contacting Elanna Veldkamp at elanna(@)staging.waka-waka.com.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WakaWaka\u2019s Virtual Grid will use prepaid technology to overcome the high upfront costs of solar-powered energy, similar to the payment system already proven by mobile phones. Weekly payments on kerosene and mobile phone charging are now invested in a safe, clean and affordable energy alternative.\u00a0<br \/><em><br \/>You can follow the preparations by signing up for our monthly newsletter below<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>or acquire more information by contacting Elanna Veldkamp at elanna(@)staging.waka-waka.com.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WakaWaka will enter the Rwandan solar market this fall to pilot a new pay-as-you-go energy service, the Virtual Grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Energy Venture in Rwanda: the Virtual Grid | WakaWaka\u00ae - 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