The G-HiTech SIMBA Energy Box

According to the International Energy Agency (Energy Access Outlook ,2016), about 1.1 billion people worldwide, lack access to electricity and about 95% of these people are in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Moreover the electricity needs of many people who have access to electricity in these regions are not met at all, because of unreliable energy supplies. Access to electricity is very vital in promoting socio economic development and impacts very largely on many different economy sectors, especially in African countries. Thus new smart energy supplying solutions must be explored to combat this challenge. The aim of this project is to address the energy need by harnessing the abundant solar photo voltaic (PV) energy from the sun. We designed a compact solar  (PV) energy absorbing unit called the Simba Energy Box. The Simba Energy Box is a solar energy based intelligent system that consists of a solar panel, DC/AC inverter, battery and controllers. The main idea is to allow the Simba Energy Box units to be able to communicate and to do electrical energy transactions (sharing) over a blockchain architecture.