Product
Book on product development. Metering, Microgrid OS, Batteries, Invertors, Solar panels
Capability Evaluation Criteria
Attribute Cost Interoperability Long term relationship Deployment readiness Build Qu...
Microgrid OS
Monitoring and Steering assets on the microgrid
Microgrid OS Evaluation
OS Cost (money) Interoperability long term relationship Deployment Readiness Quality ...
GxF Platform Evaluation
Overview GxF is an opensource platform (set of capabilities; metering, public lighting) for dist...
Microgrid Design with OpenSolar
We have an OpenSolar NFE account, reach out to aaron.tushabe@nearlyfreeenergy.com for an invite. ...
Target Architecture
Metering
Metering Evalutation
Attribute Cost (money) Interoperability long term relationship Deployment Readiness Bu...
Wired vs Wireless meters
Wireless open standards Comparison Protocol Frequency Range Data Rate Topology Powe...
CalinMeter
We got the API docs here: Calin_API_for_NFE.postman_collection.json User Manuals User instru...
A2EI Data
Thank you for showing interest in our data and our efforts here at the A2EI! We are happy to pro...
NFE metering strategy + Glen Street-EMS
Authoritative page for NFE's role in the IEEE Smart Village meshEMS / Street-EMS initiative. Com...
Phase Balancing Recommendation (Sezibwa)
Recommendation for re-assigning Sezibwa's single-phase customers across the three phases of the S...
Storage
Batteries and invertor
Cost Analysis: Procurement and Shipment of 60kWh LFP BYD Batteries from China to Uganda
1. Executive Summary: This report provides a comprehensive cost estimate for purchasing and sh...
Battery as a service Provider
SLS energy based in Rwanda Cost: USD 4.40-6.48 kwh of system capacity available per month. A...
SRNE
See product catalog here: https://www.srnesolar.com/ They have a factory showroom in Naguru. P...
FENECon - Germany
They shared their quote here Fenecon quote.pdf. It's a detailed plug and play system at about 10k...
Solei Power - Uganda
https://www.soleilpower.ug/ They are offering LFP batteries (locally manufactured) with BMS. T...
Billing
Microgrid Capability Map
Microgrid Capabilities This diagram shows the distinct capabilities the microgrid will have and ...
Microgrids 101
This page and Wikipedia go into great detail to describe the concept of a microgrid. I would like...
OpenEMS
Getting Started
ZeroTier Remote Access Guide This guide explains how to connect to the NFE Raspberry Pi from anyw...
DDSU666 (Direct chint meter ) + mbpoll Command Reference
Version: 1.0Prepared For: Field & Deployment TeamsPlatform: Raspberry Pi / LinuxTool: mbpoll ...
Running OpenEMS Edge on a Raspberry PI
This guide explains how to: Install and run OpenEMS Edge on a Raspberry Pi Configure We...
DTSU666 3‑Phase + mbpoll Command Reference
🔌 Standard Communication Settings (DTSU666) Most DTSU666 meters use: Prot...
SRNE ASP48120SH3 (Direct Hybrid Inverter) + mbpoll Command Reference
Version: 1.1 Prepared For: Field & Deployment Teams Platform: Raspberry Pi / Linux Tool: mbpoll /...
SRNE ASP48120SH3 Modbus Register Map (validated)
Validated Modbus register map for the SRNE ASP48120SH3 three-phase hybrid inverter, verified regi...
SRNE ASP48120SH3 Safe Settings Write: design, registers, and commissioning (#53)
Purpose and scope This page documents the SRNE ASP48120SH3 safe settings write feature (story #53...
SRNE charge/discharge scheduling registers (self-decoded, #67)
Summary We self-decoded the SRNE ASP48120SH3 settings registers (V1.7 protocol PDF + a live read-...
SRNE phase balancing: big consumers on one phase trip the inverter on battery
Problem When the site runs on battery (grid outage, typically evening or night), switching on a l...
OpenEMS Backend InfluxDB Data Model and Edge-ID Collision
[!warning] Verification statusThe storage-key collision vulnerability is confirmed in source cod...
Pre-Commissioning Process for CHINT Meters
Document Information Version: 1.0 Last Updated: 2026-04-04 Target Audience: Field Operations Tea...
Towards a Framework for Autonomous Microgrids
Table of Contents Introduction Core Concepts Assets Foundational Capabilities...
Metering protocols: DLMS/COSEM, OBIS, Modbus, MQTT (and NFE CHINT register map)
Traceable explainer: how metering data actually moves, where DLMS/COSEM, OBIS, Modbus, MQTT and ...
Inverter-monitor notifications: hardening + tuning (ADR-012)
How the NFE inverter-monitor decides what to alert on, and the 2026-08-10 hardening pass that ki...
SRNE TOU arbitrage: plan (#67)
The plan to turn on time-of-use battery arbitrage on the Sezibwa/Nansana SRNE inverter (logger i...