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CREDiT's work is carried out through five interrelated work packages.
WP1 – Socio-Technical Design and Development
WP1 – Socio-Technical Design and Development
WP1 lays the foundation for the project by ensuring that energy systems are designed around the real needs of communities. Through stakeholder engagement, participatory workshops, surveys, and energy demand analysis, the work package combines social insights with technical planning to create locally relevant, inclusive, and sustainable energy solutions tailored to each community context.
Stakeholder mapping and governance analysis
Stakeholder mapping and governance analysis
Identifies key actors at community, institutional, and national levels, while assessing existing governance structures to understand roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes that will shape system ownership and management.
Participatory workshops and surveys
Participatory workshops and surveys
Engages community members directly through co-design activities to capture lived experiences, energy needs, and expectations—ensuring that local voices are central to system design.
Energy demand profiling and seasonal load analysis
Energy demand profiling and seasonal load analysis
Analyses how energy is used across households, businesses, and services, including how demand changes throughout the day and across seasons, to inform accurate and resilient system sizing.
Translation of community needs into engineering requirements
Translation of community needs into engineering requirements
Converts social, economic, and behavioural insights into clear technical specifications, ensuring that system design aligns with real-world use cases and long-term sustainability goals.
WP2 – Digital Twin Platform
WP2 – Digital Twin Platform
WP2 develops the project’s digital infrastructure through the creation of advanced Digital Twin systems. Using IoT-enabled monitoring and real-time data, the platform tracks solar generation, battery storage, and system performance to support predictive maintenance, optimisation, and transparent decision-making for communities, operators, and investors.
Development of digital twin architecture
Development of digital twin architecture
Designs and builds a virtual representation of the physical energy system, enabling simulation, analysis, and continuous performance tracking throughout the system lifecycle.
Real-time monitoring of solar, battery, and inverter systems
Real-time monitoring of solar, battery, and inverter systems
Uses IoT-enabled sensors to collect live data on system performance, ensuring visibility of generation, storage, and consumption at all times.
Predictive maintenance and optimisation
Predictive maintenance and optimisation
Applies data analytics to anticipate faults before they occur, reducing downtime, extending system lifespan, and improving overall efficiency.
Transparent dashboards for communities and investors
Transparent dashboards for communities and investors
Provides accessible, user-friendly interfaces that share key performance and financial data, supporting accountability, trust, and better decision-making across all stakeholders.
WP3 – Energy as a Service (EaaS)
WP3 – Energy as a Service (EaaS)
WP3 focuses on creating sustainable service and business models that make energy more accessible and affordable. By introducing flexible tariff structures, performance-based service models, and long-term operational frameworks, this work package ensures that systems remain financially viable, reliable, and community-focused over time.
Development of digital twin architecture
Development of digital twin architecture
Designs and builds a virtual representation of the physical energy system, enabling simulation, analysis, and continuous performance tracking throughout the system lifecycle.
Real-time monitoring of solar, battery, and inverter systems
Real-time monitoring of solar, battery, and inverter systems
Uses IoT-enabled sensors to collect live data on system performance, ensuring visibility of generation, storage, and consumption at all times.
Predictive maintenance and optimisation
Predictive maintenance and optimisation
Applies data analytics to anticipate faults before they occur, reducing downtime, extending system lifespan, and improving overall efficiency.
Transparent dashboards for communities and investors
Transparent dashboards for communities and investors
Provides accessible, user-friendly interfaces that share key performance and financial data, supporting accountability, trust, and better decision-making across all stakeholders.
WP4 – Capacity Building
WP4 – Capacity Building
WP4 strengthens local skills, knowledge, and institutional capacity to support the long-term sustainability of energy systems. Through TEVET-aligned training programmes, hands-on technical education, and inclusive participation pathways for women, youth, and marginalised groups, the project helps build local expertise and create opportunities for employment and long-term community ownership.
TEVET-aligned training programmes
TEVET-aligned training programmes
Develops structured training aligned with Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) frameworks to ensure recognised, transferable skills that support local employment and sector growth.
Three-tier training model
Three-tier training model
Implements a progressive approach to skills development that builds capacity at multiple levels:
Hands-on technical training – practical skills for installation, operation, and maintenance of energy systems
Advanced skills – deeper technical and managerial competencies for system optimisation and oversight
Trainer-of-trainers pathways – enabling local experts to train others, ensuring knowledge is retained and scaled within communities
Focus on inclusion (women, youth, marginalised groups)
Focus on inclusion (women, youth, marginalised groups)
Prioritises inclusive participation by actively engaging underrepresented groups, ensuring equitable access to training opportunities and supporting broader social and economic empowerment.
WP5 – Pilot Solar Implementation
WP5 – Pilot Solar Implementation
WP5 brings the CREDiT approach into practice through the deployment of 30–50 kW solar mini-grids across pilot communities in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia. Integrating digital monitoring, socio-technical testing, and community feedback, this work package validates scalable clean energy models designed to deliver reliable power, productive-use opportunities, and lasting local impact.
Deployment of 30–50 kW solar mini-grids
Deployment of 30–50 kW solar mini-grids
Installs appropriately sized solar mini-grid systems tailored to local energy needs, supporting households, services, and productive-use applications within each pilot site.
Integration of digital monitoring systems
Integration of digital monitoring systems
Embeds IoT-enabled monitoring and digital twin technologies to track system performance in real time, enabling data-driven management and optimisation.
Socio-technical trials and iteration
Socio-technical trials and iteration
Tests systems in live community settings, gathering feedback on technical performance, user experience, governance, and service models—allowing for continuous refinement and improvement.
Development of scalable models across sites
Development of scalable models across sites
Uses lessons learned from pilot deployments in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia to develop adaptable, replicable models that can be scaled to other regions and contexts.
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