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"The development of sustainable
solutions is accelerating – which should
mean brighter times lie ahead!"
production sur le prix de vente. Il deviendra
alors plus rentable d’investir dans des unités
de production électrique privées. Dans
la région, et à Madagascar en particulier,
les systèmes hybrides permettront de
garantir une production électrique fiable à
chaque instant. De plus, faute de capacité
d’investissement, la JIRAMA souhaite sous-
traiter la production électrique en remplaçant
des centrales thermiques en centrales
hybrides… Le développement des solutions
durables s'accélère et a assurément de beaux
jours devant lui ! including work sites outside the mains
electricity network, isolated houses and
hamlets, and business activities that cannot
afford power cuts. Green Module and Green
Station are containerised power plants, able
to supply electricity to much larger sites, such
as hotels, schools, factories, isolated villages,
shopping centres and hospitals. These plug
and play units are able to run on up to four
sources of energy (whether solar, wind,
battery, group or network) at the same time.
What’s behind the founding of
Switch Energy? My Grid is a power production and
management unit that incorporates racks
of batteries and an intelligent management
system in a fixed-frame chamber. In addition,
it provides for the connection of solar
panels, power generator, wind turbine or a
conventional power network. It can be fully
controlled at a distance using a smartphone.
It is as suitable for installations without
access to network electricity as to customers
who are seeking to move to green modes of
energy. In either case, My Grid enables users
to enjoy real energy autonomy.
Switch Energy was set up in August 2017
by Chantier Naval de l’océan Indien Ltd’s
shareholders in order to market the hybrid
electric solutions of a French company called
Erma Energy.
What’s your company’s vision and
how does it fit into the market for
green solutions?
In line with our strategy based on both
the meaningful optimisation of existing
resources, and on promoting the use of
alternative and renewable energy sources,
following an energy audit, Switch Energy
provides a way of embracing concrete and
sustainable practices. Our greatest strength
lies in the recycling of worn-out materials,
particularly batteries, and our decision to
use lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries,
which last for more than ten years. Switch
Energy has also identified companies able
to recycle almost all the components of our
solutions, including lithium.
What kind of customers do you
target?
Switch Energy is able to provide effective
solutions for a number of situations,
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What is your star product?
What sustainable solutions do you
foresee within the Indian Ocean
Region?
In Mauritius, the setting up of the Utility
Regulatory Authority provides for the
indexation of the selling price to production
costs. It will thus become more profitable
to invest in private electricity projects. In
the region, and in particular in Madagascar,
hybrid systems shall ensure continuous and
reliable energy supply. Moreover, because
of a lack of investment capacity, the state-
owned utility company JIRAMA, intends
to outsource power production by replacing
thermal power stations with hybrid power
plants. The development of sustainable
solutions is accelerating – which should
mean brighter times lie ahead!