Here’s a question for you. If the world’s largest taxi company doesn’t own any taxis, and the world’s largest hotel company doesn’t own any hotel beds, then what does the future of an energy company look like in the sharing era?

Forget power plants, and hydro poles. That future may well be a smart peer to peer solar microgrid that lets you control your own electricity use and buy and sell electricity with your neighbours.

Such a revolutionary system currently exists in Bangladesh which, with six million solar home systems installed, is enabling some of the world’s most marginalized communities to take control of their electricity supply for the first time. “We believe that our smart peer to peer grids can be the future for energy utilities globally,” says SOLshare.