900 Million People Without Power
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Okra provides end-to-end services tailored to the needs of energy companies and utility providers.
IoT Smart Grids
Setup plug-&-play smart grids using our innovative hardware, software and mobile money technology.
Network Planning
Identify off-grid communities, analyse project pipelines, and generate BOMs automatically using our network planning software.
Project Development
Enter new markets confidently by leveraging our relationships with regulators, proven business structures and project financing options.
1240
Lives Empowered
3
Countries
12
Villages energized
Why Smart Grids?
Okra’s modular DC smart-grids enable households to receive 24/7 electricity for half of the operating costs of traditional AC minigrids. Our modular node-to-node distribution architecture and IoT to remotely control and monitor, enables unparalleled reliability for end-users and grid operators.
The Okra Pod
Putting every ray of sunlight to good use.
The Pod is the brainy building block of every Okra smart grid. It allows households to interconnect so that they can share energy to where it’s needed when it’s needed. This ensures each and every family has uninterrupted power for their essential needs – lighting, fans, mobile phone charging and TVs.
Power distribution is automatically balanced which means families can also use freezers, cooking equipment, washing machines and water pumps, without fear of blackout.
Okra Harvest
Enabling remote operation of data-driven smart grids.
Manage
Track inventory, plan installs, assign assets, and generate custom reports for all projects – big and small.
Mobile Payments
Keep tight control of billing statuses, update energy packages remotely and check balances for all customers.
Remote Monitoring
See what’s going on in granular detail: energy consumption, battery SoC, panel generation and more.
Alerts & Insights
Action maintenance tasks efficiently based on real-time alerts and insights delivered via machine learning.
Remote Monitoring
See what’s going on in granular detail: energy consumption, battery SoC, panel generation and more.
Alerts & Insights
Action maintenance tasks efficiently based on real-time alerts and insights delivered powered by machine learning.
Pipeline
Billions of dollars stand to be saved while achieving rapid electrification of the last mile.
Extending the grid to the last mile becomes exponentially more expensive as last mile communities are in some of the hardest to reach areas. Explore some of Okra’s target locations where microgrids make for profitable high impact solutions and let us know where you’d like to start building.
Our Customers
“We’ve deployed Okra projects in 2 countries now – it’s the most flexible solution we’ve found to setting up microgrids.“
Alex Bourme | Energy Program Manger
Entrpreneurs Du Monde
“Automation and digitisation of energy assets through Okra is key to mobilising the large scale capital required to catalyse the sector.“
Mason Wallick | Managing Director
InFunde Development
Awards
IEEE Empower 1 Billion Lives
Best Emerging Utility Solution
PFAN
Winner of Business Plan Competition
IoT Hub
Best IoT Startup
Booking Booster
Global Winner
TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield
Winner
Chivas Venture
Global Winner
Contact
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Latest Updates
A few weeks ago we had about 50% of our boards failing the End-of-Line Automated Testing 😅 😅. There were a few of us ageing faster than a cheap whisky at that point. But with a bunch of fixes to our jig, a few firmware updates from the team, and a few more greying hairs from our latest and greatest addition, Sam Bucca in 🇨🇳 we're now up to 95.45% pass rate. Okra pods ready to hit the field!
Lesson here is :
-Patience : dont be too quick to jump to conclusions on a year of hardware design or manufacturing quality.
-Automated Testing Equipment is a product in the same way our Okra Pod is a product - it requires clear definitions, a dedicated team of developers and some tender TLC.
Other notable takeaways for Hardware Startups:
- residual flux on PCB testing points causes problems
- use flat test points and spiky test pins that can punch through dust / flux
- make sure your manufacturing engineers spend time with a freshly delivered testing machine until you have undisputed reliability.
As always thanks for the support SVV 🙏
#timetochurnemout #okra #hardware #IoT #china #svv
UNDP the UN's global development programme took us out to a site visit with the Ministry Of Mines and Energy in Cambodia. It was exciting for us to be able to introduce our next gen Okra Pod to the community. We also had a discussion with MME around the prospects of using smart microgrids to energise the roughly 100 villages (of the 900 unenergised) where off grid solutions like distributed solar are looking like the only way to bring #powertothepeople ! ⚡️🔌
#okrasolar #okrapod #smartgrid #EnergyAccess
Know how to execute? Are you process orientated? Do you love nurturing teams to be the best they can?
We're looking for someone to help our partners succeed as they scale to energizing thousands of households for the first time using Okra. 🔌⚡️🏠
If you're interested to know more please follow the link below or direct message us for more details 🙂
okrasolar.com/careers/job-openings/
Thanks pv magazine for shedding light on the journey. It's been a fun ride, from ping pong table days to now hanging out from 8 countries over google hangouts. Times have changed but our mission remains the same - get more energy out there. fast. Checkout some updates here -> ✊🏽 ⚡️🌍
#powertothepeople #okra #moreenergy
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