© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B © 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Speaker Name | Speaker Title March 2013 GAME ANALYSIS: Top 25 Zones of Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

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© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Small, off-grid energy sources in rural and other unconnected areas are not particularly new, but people are beginning to take advantage of the green economy by turning their lack of government-provided energy into an entrepreneurial opportunity. Local communities can generate new sources of vitality, resilience, and independence by leveraging lightweight clean energy and water solutions and fostering individual enterprise based on these goals. 3 7 | Peer-to-Peer energy Sales | Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

When taken on their own, many of the individual ideas from the game represent a tiny potential fix to a systemic issue: access to energy and water. But when gathered together they paint a powerful picture of a future in which each community or household can draw from a plethora of solutions in order to maintain its own energy needs and build up local economies. Some player ideas pushed the limits of this innovation to provide income sources for nomadic homeless communities or revenue for schools. 4 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | From the Players © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

5 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment.* Mexico** *Cards have been lightly edited for readability **Player location was self selected

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 6 Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 7 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game Fit the homeless with portable solar panels and kinetic energy capturing devices. They can become mobile energy stations. #urban USA All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 8 “Green teams" out of unemployed and homeless. They'll install all kind of green stuff (wind power generators, panel solar, urban agriculture) Mexico 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India Fit the homeless with portable solar panels and kinetic energy capturing devices. They can become mobile energy stations. #urban USA

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 9 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game A device in the works: uses the energy from dung and provides clean water to a family and produces some energy for family use. USA All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India Fit the homeless with portable solar panels and kinetic energy capturing devices. They can become mobile energy stations. #urban USA “Green teams" out of unemployed and homeless. They'll install all kind of green stuff (wind power generators, panel solar, urban agriculture) Mexico

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 10 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game Imagine this off grid technology provides both renewable energy and wifi? Power and data! The next revolution Nigeria All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India Fit the homeless with portable solar panels and kinetic energy capturing devices. They can become mobile energy stations. #urban USA “Green teams" out of unemployed and homeless. They'll install all kind of green stuff (wind power generators, panel solar, urban agriculture) Mexico A device in the works: uses the energy from dung and provides clean water to a family and produces some energy for family use. USA

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 11 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game Create energy from human waste sewers by turning them into Modified bacteria energy plants USA All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India Fit the homeless with portable solar panels and kinetic energy capturing devices. They can become mobile energy stations. #urban USA “Green teams" out of unemployed and homeless. They'll install all kind of green stuff (wind power generators, panel solar, urban agriculture) Mexico A device in the works: uses the energy from dung and provides clean water to a family and produces some energy for family use. USA Imagine this off grid technology provides both renewable energy and wifi? Power and data! The next revolution Nigeria

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 12 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game Wow I already see cities in the deserts of the Sahara with no wires or electricity poles fully connected to electricity and the Internet Nigeria All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India Fit the homeless with portable solar panels and kinetic energy capturing devices. They can become mobile energy stations. #urban USA “Green teams" out of unemployed and homeless. They'll install all kind of green stuff (wind power generators, panel solar, urban agriculture) Mexico A device in the works: uses the energy from dung and provides clean water to a family and produces some energy for family use. USA Imagine this off grid technology provides both renewable energy and wifi? Power and data! The next revolution Nigeria Create energy from human waste sewers by turning them into Modified bacteria energy plants USA

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 13 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game Selco solar is a good model of service design for local user needs, instead of product focus: gn-selco/ USA All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India Fit the homeless with portable solar panels and kinetic energy capturing devices. They can become mobile energy stations. #urban USA “Green teams" out of unemployed and homeless. They'll install all kind of green stuff (wind power generators, panel solar, urban agriculture) Mexico A device in the works: uses the energy from dung and provides clean water to a family and produces some energy for family use. USA Imagine this off grid technology provides both renewable energy and wifi? Power and data! The next revolution Nigeria Create energy from human waste sewers by turning them into Modified bacteria energy plants USA Wow I already see cities in the deserts of the Sahara with no wires or electricity poles fully connected to electricity and the Internet Nigeria

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 14 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Micro-forecasts from the Game All schools with wind power generators and solar panels. Then the school can use the energy and sell it to maintain and improve equipment. Mexico Off grid solar power works just as well. Example solar water pumps and street lights. India Fit the homeless with portable solar panels and kinetic energy capturing devices. They can become mobile energy stations. #urban USA “Green teams" out of unemployed and homeless. They'll install all kind of green stuff (wind power generators, panel solar, urban agriculture) Mexico A device in the works: uses the energy from dung and provides clean water to a family and produces some energy for family use. USA Imagine this off grid technology provides both renewable energy and wifi? Power and data! The next revolution Nigeria Create energy from human waste sewers by turning them into Modified bacteria energy plants USA Wow I already see cities in the deserts of the Sahara with no wires or electricity poles fully connected to electricity and the Internet Nigeria Selco solar is a good model of service design for local user needs, instead of product focus: ign-selco/ USA

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Signals from the Present 15 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 16 Solar Sisters combines the breakthrough potential of solar technology with a deliberately woman-centered direct sales network to bring both light and income to even the most remote communities in rural Africa. Homeless Wireless Hotspots Mirroring the potential of peer-to- peer energy sales, during the 2012 SXSW festival, a marketing firm teamed up with a homeless shelter to transform homeless individuals into 4G wireless hotspots. The project has produced much controversy. 7 | Peer-to-Peer Energy Sales | Signals from the Present Solar Sisters Image Source: Image Source: