The Platform
Enterprise-grade energy management,
built for real communities.
Grid Ubuntu is not a monitoring dashboard. It is a complete end-to-end energy management system — from physical hardware nodes to AI-powered insights — that runs automatically, enforces fairness, and gives every stakeholder exactly the visibility they need.
Real-Time EMS
Geospatial Mapping
AI Energy Advisor
Token Billing
Weather Forecasting
Role-Based Security
Community Overview Dashboard
Operators get a live, real-time view of the entire energy network — every node, every community, every watt. Data refreshes automatically without page reloads.
- Live node status: online, offline, overloaded
- Community-wide load distribution chart
- Network health ring and grid utilisation gauge
- One-click access to pending approvals and alerts
Geospatial Node Registry
Every household node is pinned on an interactive map. Operators click the map to register GPS coordinates during field commissioning — no manual coordinate entry needed.
- Live status colours: green (online), grey (offline), orange (alert)
- Cluster view for dense community deployments
- Click any pin to view node details and send relay commands
- Map picker integrated directly into the node registration wizard
Household Portal — Mobile First
A lightweight, low-bandwidth portal designed for rural residents on 2G/3G connections. Loads instantly. Supports English, Shona, and Ndebele.
- Look up balance by family ID code or MAC address
- Live power draw, token balance ring, and time-remaining estimate
- Power usage history charts — daily, weekly, monthly
- Appliance runtime estimator: 'how long can my fridge run?'
- EcoCash top-up deep link with household reference code
AI Energy Advisor
Powered by Groq's llama-3.3-70b model, both household users and operators get an intelligent assistant trained on their real energy data.
- Household: 'How long will my tokens last? Which appliances should I turn off?'
- Operator: 'Which nodes are at risk in the next 24 hours?'
- Responds in English, Shona, or Ndebele based on user language
- Uses live node data — never makes up statistics
Under the Hood
Everything else that makes it work
The four screenshotted features above are just the visible surface. Behind them sits a set of purpose-built systems that keep the network reliable, fair, and secure around the clock.
Automated EMS Rules Engine
- Token balance → 0: relay cuts in <2 seconds
- Watt limit exceeded: relay trips, auto-restores in 60 s
- Battery < 20%: emergency caps activate fleet-wide
- All events written to immutable audit log
Finance & Token Management
- Revenue dashboard: today / week / month / all-time
- 30-day revenue trend with community breakdown
- Full paginated transaction ledger + CSV export
- EcoCash webhook for automatic token crediting
Live System Configuration
- 8 setting categories: tariff, EMS, payments, AI, security…
- Changes take effect immediately — no restarts
- Settings cache refreshes automatically every 5 min
- Per-section save with full audit trail
ESP32 Hardware Nodes
- SCT-013 CT clamp for non-invasive current sensing
- Sonoff / Shelly relay for remote power control
- Local flash storage fallback during outages
- Sub-2-second relay response to EMS commands
Ready to see it live?
Grid Ubuntu is currently in active pilot deployment. If you represent an organisation interested in evaluation, partnership, or co-deployment, we'll walk you through a full live demo of the system.
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