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Australian startup Okra Solar has taken out the champion prize for the “Hardware Battlefield” at the TechCrunch conference and VC meetup in Shenzhen in November.
Okra’s plug-and-play smart grid technology enables rapid electrification for last-mile communities.
Using mobile payments, modular grid design and remote monitoring, the firm provides utility companies with a low-cost, data-driven solution to operating solar networks in hard-to-reach places.