marion: solshare is also planning another pilot project.his one will offer solar charging stations for the battery rickshaw drivers in the country. there are about 800,000 of them. the plan is to have local microgrids sell their excess energy to the charging stations. sebastian: our goal is to help develop rural areas. energy trading is already helping with that, and it's helped boost efficiency. local people are trading energy, and allocation is improving. but we also need to bring money from outside into the villages. when the rickshaw drivers come into the villages, they bring entirely new opportunities for development with them. marion: bangladesh is one of the world's poorest countries. more than 1000 rivers make developing infrastructure difficult. we're back on rangabali island, which is only accessible by ferry. next to roads, utility poles are lying on the ground, unused. it's a common sight. 17 million households are too isolated to be connected to the national grid. in the village of mollarbazaar, the shops are open late into the