A demo of Unified Energy Interface, a Beckn-powered open network for energy #UEI

Summary

The video presents a solution to streamline EV charging through an open energy network. Alice, an electric vehicle owner, faces challenges managing multiple apps to find chargers. The solution connects energy service providers, allowing Alice to easily find, assess, and reserve green energy chargers via a unified app. This network facilitates seamless transactions, from charging session bookings to payments. Additionally, virtual energy aggregator Sheru helps manage green energy demand and surplus, ensuring efficient energy distribution from sources like solar-charged batteries. The open network benefits both consumers and the grid by promoting sustainable energy use and cost savings.

Takeaways

• 🚗 Alice, an eco-conscious citizen, commutes using her electric car and faces challenges in finding and booking EV chargers during emergencies.
• 🔌 The city introduces an open energy network that connects multiple energy service providers and simplifies energy transactions.
• 📱 Alice can now use a UEI app of her choice to discover nearby EV charging stations, check availability, and reserve a charging slot.
• 🔋 When Alice searches for a charging station, the network broadcasts her request to all providers, offering a list of available chargers.
• 🌱 Alice chooses a green energy charging option, receives a quote from Pulse Energy, and confirms the order with a digital payment.
• 💡 Pulse Energy dispenses green energy to Alice’s car, sourced from the city’s energy grid, using the open energy network.
• ⚡ Pulse Energy creates demand notes based on energy consumption, while Sheru, a virtual energy aggregator, accumulates green energy demand.
• 🔋 Sheru also aggregates surplus green energy from sources like Turno’s refurbished battery banks, which are charged by solar panels.
• 🏙️ The open energy network allows surplus green energy to flow back into the city’s grid, improving the overall energy ecosystem.
• 💸 Alice benefits from lower energy costs by using the open network, where green energy is priced more competitively than regular options.

Q & A

What problem is Alice facing in the current EV charging ecosystem?

Alice has to toggle between multiple apps to find and book EV chargers during emergencies, which makes the process inefficient and frustrating.

How does the proposed open energy network solution address Alice's problem?

The open energy network allows Alice to use a single UEI app to discover, book, and pay for EV charging services from multiple providers, simplifying the process and eliminating the need for multiple apps.

What is the role of Pulse Energy in the open energy network?

Pulse Energy manages EV chargers on the open network and provides green energy options to users like Alice. It sends quotes for charging sessions, accepts payments, and supplies energy sourced from the city's energy grid.

What is Sheru’s role in the network?

Sheru is a virtual energy aggregator that discovers green energy demand on the network, purchases energy demand notes from providers like Pulse Energy, and aggregates surplus green energy to release it to the grid.

How does Turno contribute to the energy ecosystem described in the script?

Turno refurbishes idle batteries and generates energy storage from them using rooftop solar panels. It supplies green energy stored in these batteries to the grid and EV charging stations through the open network.

How does Alice benefit financially from using the UEI app?

By using the UEI app, Alice discovers that she can purchase green energy for her EV at a lower rate (rupees 13 per unit) compared to the original price (rupees 15 per unit) on Pulse Energy's app.

What happens when Sheru discovers a demand note created by Pulse Energy?

Sheru purchases the demand note from Pulse Energy, paying for the amount of energy consumed by Alice during her charging session. This allows Sheru to aggregate the energy demand and manage surplus energy on the grid.

How does the open energy network promote green energy usage?

The network encourages green energy usage by interconnecting providers like Pulse Energy and battery banks like Turno, allowing users to access and purchase green energy more easily and at competitive rates.

What is the process of releasing surplus green energy to the grid?

Sheru aggregates surplus energy from providers like Turno's battery bank and releases it to the city's energy grid, which then replenishes the EV charging stations with this green energy.

How does Sheru earn a profit in the described scenario?

Sheru purchases energy at a low rate (rupees 1 per unit from Turno and rupees 2 per unit from Pulse Energy for a demand note) and releases it to the grid, earning rupees 4 per unit, thus making a profit by managing and reselling surplus energy.