Chris Mrakas - Matter - Can the shared economy offer a path to local & community solar?
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Transcript of Chris Mrakas - Matter - Can the shared economy offer a path to local & community solar?
Shared Economy A path way to local and community solar Chris Mrakas, CEO Matter The Local Energy & Microgrids Conference, Sydney 28 – 29 April 2016
1,500,000 owner-occupiers already benefit from solar but …
2,400,000 tenanted properties have been excluded
highly physical, shared asset business model
Business model is
highly physical
Business model is highly virtual
Value proposition saves users money
Value proposition
makes users money
Charged by time used and km driven
Charged by kWh Used
Charged by kWh I/O and time stored
Any Asset can be shared
The internet of things (IoT) makes almost every asset shareable
to make sharing solar real
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busi
ness
mod
els
advanced low cost metering
real-time
backhaul com
munications
pricing plans
internet
IoT Gatew
ay
payment gateways
telemetry
cont
ract
s
workflows
tenant portals
sensors
education A
llocation schem
es
machine learning
trust & transparency
Mon
itorin
g &
co
ntro
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Prov
isio
ning
field force
cloud
asset maintenance
owner portals
losses
utility tariffs
Business Case Procure & Install Monitor & Manage Bill & Collect
Matter’s Digital Solar is an online marketplace for landlords and tenants to share solar. Tenants get clean, cheaper energy without the need to invest in solar. And landlords make extra income. It solves the split incentive problem. It’s a win-win.
Owner: Utility
User: Owner Occupier 10 year deal at 20 c/kWh paid to owner instead of 24 c/kWh ( to utility )
Owner: Landlord
User: Tenant
10 year deal at 9 c/kWh
Pays 19.2 c/kWh instead of 24 c/kWh
Solar PPA Digital Solar
10 year deal at 9 c/kWh (estimated cost)
540,000 viable rental properties in Australia
In Australia there are 14 Digital Solar opportunities for every 1 AirBnB listing.
Asset
Owner User User User Bob Liz Kyle “123 Smith
Street Solar Community”
Solar Power
Digital Solar
Provider Matter
Usership Pay-As-You-Use Payment
Usership Payment
Members Fred 5/30
Mary 10/30
Sue 8/30
Tom 7/30
Real time Metering of Service and associated billing
This is an opportunity with over
100 million sites for rooftop solar.
We can now provide solar for a third of society who rent …
Matter Positive Disruption Technology +61 3 8825 3200 [email protected] www.smartmatter.com
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