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Solar project's innovative                For  their  part,  the  operators  —
                   prepaid billing system                    ANTECO  and  OREEI  —  have
                                                             increased  efciencies  in  meter
                   However difcult, logistical challenges   r e a d i n g ,   b i l l i n g ,   c o l l e c t i o n ,
                   involving  the  project's  construction   disconnection, and reconnection as a
                   paid off. After all, the Malalison Island   result of digitization of the system.
                   project offered several innovations that
                   distinguished  itself  from  other  solar   As a result of this prepaid system, the
                   energy projects.                          investors  are  assured  a  return  on
                                                             investment  because  the  services  are
                                                             completely  paid  as  soon  as  they  are
                   One  such  innovation  is  its  prepaid
                   billing system that positively impacts all   delivered.
                   three  types  of  stakeholders:  the
                                                             Increasing solar PV use cuts
                   consumer,  the  operator,  and  the
                   investor.                                 diesel consumption
                   The  consumer,  which  mostly
                                                             Operation of the hybrid solar PV power
                   comprises  households  on  the  island,   plant began on December 2018, with
                   have full control of energy use because   solar  production  at  around  135.40
                   of the prepaid system. The system also
                                                             kWh and genset production at around
                   prevents monthly payments which can       335.65  kWh.  During  the  start  up
                   be a burden if income is insufcient.     phase, more power was generated by
                                                             the genset.
                   The  prepaid  billing  system  is
                   connected  to  their  mobile  phones,     However,  the  next  three  months
                   making  it  very  convenient  to  pay  for   painted  a  different  picture.  Around
                   their bills. Subscribers receive an SMS   1307.55 kWh was generated for genset
                   every 5PM documenting their energy        production while around 1973.20 kWh
                   consumption.  This  was  done  in         for solar production for the month of
                   partnership  with  Smart  as  the         January. The energy generation trend
                   telecommunications network provider.      is shifting towards the use of the solar


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