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RESTARTENERGY Basic Review (https://restartenergy.io)
ICO dates (23.01.2018 - 23.01.2018)
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Project details
Name: RESTART ENERGY
Ticker symbol: MWAT
Project type: Energy
Extended company description: The Restart Energy Democracy Platform
comprises software enabling the trading of P2P (peer-to-peer) energy directly in a
simple, decentralized manner. Platform users can access Restart Energy’s services
as well as acquire and use energy resources. The company also offers the first
power retail franchise.
Company: RESTART ENERGY DEMOCRACY SRL
Website
White paper
ICO details
Public ICO start date: 23.01.2018, 10:00 AM (GMT)
Public ICO end date: 23.01.2018, 10:02 AM (GMT)
Token Sale duration: <2 minutes, due to website crash. Likely ~10 seconds actual
duration.
Token type: ERC20
Token emission: 500,000,000
Tokens available (Private Sale + Pre-Sale + Public ICO): 400,000,000
Investment goal:
1 MWAT price: 0.1000 USD
Accepted payment: ETH, BTC, ETC, BCH, XRP, LTC
Bounty: closed after TGE
Token role: functional/utility
Team
Team (number of people): 14
Advisors (number of people): 12
GitHub
Social media
Twitter: Postings: 51, Subscribers: 14,000
Telegram: Subscribers: 10601
Reddit: Subscribers: 470
Medium: Postings: 26
Steemit: Postings: 15, Subscribers: 13
Linkedin: Subscribers: 24
Facebook: Subscribers: 18,092
Youtube: Postings: 8, Subscribers: 312
Project information
The Restart Energy Democracy Platform comprises software enabling the trading of
P2P (peer-to-peer) energy directly, in a simple, decentralized manner. Platform
users can access Restart Energy’s services as well as acquire and use energy
resources.The company also offers the first power retail franchise.
Restart Energy is creating a global energy supply platform that uses the blockchain
protocol to democratize the energy sector, providing direct energy trading based on
the P2P principle whilst using the existing infrastructure.
82% of Restart Energy is owned by the Armand Group, the most successful
renewable project developer in Romania, with more than 500 MW of solar and other
renewable sources developed through its subsidiary Armand Consulting. The other
18% is owned by the TVSat Group – the largest regional Media and Telecom
company in Romania.
Restart Energy is an independent European Union electricity and gas supplier. The
company has 20 million USD in current annual revenue, has developed the first
energy retail franchise and is building a global, decentralized and delocalized
electrical energy supply platform and ecosystem.
Restart Energy is the fastest growing supplier of electricity and gas operating in any
EU country (Romania), and offers an innovative customer-oriented online service
with greater transparency. Currently (January 2018), Restart Energy’s client base
includes over 3000 SMEs and multinational companies that use electricity, gas and
fuel supply packages; there are more than 27,000 household energy and gas
consumers in addition. Restart Energy is the first European energy supplier that
accepts energy bill payments in Bitcoin (September 2017).
The platform offers the following services:
• purchase and sale of energy
• purchase of a franchise for resale of energy
• payment of bills for energy resources
• access to software for forecasting the volume of energy production, known
as WattPredict
• a facility for obtaining certificates of renewable energy for using renewable
sources
Advisors:
Catalin Ivan (Linkedin) - Member of the European Parliament and previously
President of PSD Sector 1, member of the Committee for Development and External
Relations at Consiliul Judetean Iasi, Chairman of the Committee on health at
Consiliul Local Iasi.
Vlad Trifa (Linkedin) - Head of the product management department at Ambrosus,
founder of Web of Things. Previously head of the digital laboratory at Swisscom, co-
founder of EVRYTHNG.
Michael Enescu (Linkedin) - Co-founder and CEO of Energy Adaptive Networks,
consultant at Caltech, Technical Director at Cisco. Previously founding partner at the
Linux Foundation.
Ayako Miyaguchi (Linkedin) - Advisor to the Kraken Digital Asset Exchange.
Previously managing director of Kraken Bitcoin Exchange, co-founder of TABLE
FOR TWO.
Rafael Friedmann (Linkedin) - Member of the board of Chile California Council.
Previously worked extensively at the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Junko Nagao (Linkedin) - Founder of Vision Sprout. Previously executive director
for C4, graduate manager of the U.S.-Japan Council.
Nicoleta Almaj - Murariu (Linkedin) - Managing Partner at Almaj & Albu SCA.
Previously senior associate at Garrigues, Stefanica Dutu & Asociatii SCA.
Alexandra Cristina Popa (Linkedin) - Director, Head of Investment Banking at BT
Capital Partners, managing director of Investment Banking at Oaklins;
Thomas L. Rosenberg (Linkedin) - Founder, director and consultant for
management/trainer at Regenerate Coaching. Previously trainer for sustainable
development at REV!, co-founder of HeartStorm Collective.
Alex S. Vlaicu (Linkedin) - Investment analyst at BT Capital Partners, previously:
Senior Financial Analyst at Libra Internet Bank, Financial Analyst at Tradeville.
William Davis (N/A).
Susaye Greene (Linkedin) - National Director of Music, Film and Art Department of
Peace Prize Foundation and SRN, member and ambassador of Goodwill for Peace
in All world, president of Dollface Music International.
Partners:
THT – Technology and software partner.
innovation. 44 – Partner for commercialization and deployment of technologies.
ROSENC – Partner for promoting Romania and the Western region as a leader in
the field of renewable energy sources to enhance competitiveness of organizations.
LDJCapital – Development consulting partner.
Block X Bank – Investment bank.
Armand Group – Owner of Restart Energy.
AmaZix - ICO consultant.
Monaco Growth Forums – Exclusive conference for developing companies.
Clearify – Security partner.
Bancor – Enabling MWAT liquidity, conversion, and the Bancor Protocol™.
BoostIT HUB – IT&C company, blockchain consultant.
PATRES – NGO representing 100 renewable energy producers’ interests, to join the
RED Platform when launched.
Alive Capital – The largest renewable energy asset management group in Romania.
REPOM – Clean energy producer.
Helioexpert (N/A) – Solar energy producer.
Energy supply partners: Profi, Valeo, Ertex, Otmar, Ecoland, italplast and others
(3000 companies).
Investments attracted: N/A
Company key numbers:
• Revenues in 2016: 5.45 million USD (>400% growth from 2015)
• Revenues estimated for 2017: 20 million USD (+425%); revenue forecast for
2018 is 100 million USD (+500%)
• 30,000 customers (27,000 households + 3,000 companies)
• 40,000 payment locations in Romania
• 300+ energy franchises sold to business partners in Romania
• Monthly growth rate is over 10%
• Strong partners: EuroGSM (Orange Telecom Dealer) + InterBroker + GRS +
AMVV
According to the project, Restart Energy was recognized as the number one
independent energy supplier in the Romanian deregulated domestic gas market and
is second in the Romanian deregulated energy market.
Summary
The project is led by Restart Energy - part of the Armand Group - a group of
companies that specialize in renewable energy and have developed numerous
renewable energy projects in Romania. Restart Energy has had facilities
successfully operating and developing since 2015.
Strengths of the project:
• The project has a strong management team, partners and advisors.
• The market niche has broad prospects, especially in the light of reduction in
regulation of the electric power industry.
• The project is led by a working business which has users and partners.
Weaknesses of the project:
• The project team does not have blockchain technical specialists.
• There are risks associated with the legal and administrative regulation of trade
and the provision of energy resources for cryptocurrency.
Market and Industry
According to the annual Energy Information Administration report, total energy
production will grow by more than 20% from 2016 to 2040, mostly due to the
increased production of renewable energy sources, natural gas and crude oil. The
same figures are confirmed by an ExxonMobil report.
Regarding the natural gas market, EIA predicts that demand will reach 3.9 trillion
cubic meters in 2021 with an average increase of 1.5% per year, equivalent to an
increase of 340 billion cubic meters between 2015 and 2021.
For the period 2006 – 2030, the amount of consumed energy will increase by 44%,
again according to Energy Information Administration forecasts. According to experts
from Frost & Sullivan, Europe, with its obsolete generation capacity, will require the
commission of about 25 GW of additional capacity every year until 2020.
[https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/0383(2017).pdf],
[http://cdn.exxonmobil.com/~/media/global/files/outlook-for-energy/2016/2016-
outlook-for-energy.pdf], [https://www.mckinseyenergyinsights.com/services/market-
intelligence/reports/global-gas-and-lng-outlook/],
[http://neftegaz.ru/analisis/view/7547-9-tendentsiy-razvitiya-mirovoy-energetiki-do-
2020-goda]
According to research undertaken in 2016 by the project team, worldwide electricity
consumption reached 21,908 TWh (terawatt hours). Asia and the Americas account
for 43.1% and 27% of the total respectively.
China accounts for 58% of the Asian market while India accounts for 12%. In other
words, China consumed about 25% of global electricity in 2016.
The annual value of the global electricity market is about $2 trillion.
Comments: Based on the above analysis, the key point is rapid growth in the energy
market which will assist the company to consolidate its position.
Competitors
The following competitors are represented in the white paper:
Enel - A global vertically integrated energy company that manages electricity
networks and is updating them in three regions: Banat, Dobrogea and South
Muntenia.
CEZ - The Czech national energy company, which owns one distribution region in
Romania.
EON - A German vertically integrated energy-supply company that supplies some
natural gas and electricity to Romania.
Electrica - A leader in the energy supply market for Romania, as well as one of the
most important companies in the energy supply sector.
Amongst blockchain-based platforms in the energy sector, the following competitors
can be distinguished:
WePower - WePower's goal is to build a decentralized platform for trading renewable
energy. WePower is planning to commence operations in Spain in 2018.
EnergiMine - EnergiMine's goal is to build a global decentralized energy supply
market by encouraging energy-efficient behavior.
PowerLedger - Power Ledger is aimed at creating a decentralized platform that will
ensure interoperability between various market management/pricing mechanisms
and power objects using tokens.
There are also the following competitors:
Prosume - A blockchain-based platform that enables users to buy and sell electricity
and gas from renewable and fossil energy sources using smart contracts.
Gridplus - A platform using the Ethereum blockchain to provide consumers with
direct access to wholesale electricity markets (solar batteries, solar energy).
Summary: The main differences from competitors whose platforms are also built on
blockchain technology are the provision of licenses and turnkey franchises, the
facility for obtaining certificates of renewable energy, an existing client base, global
tokenization of energy, p2p energy producer/user trading and Green Certificates for
users (not producers) of renewable energy.
Engineering features of the platform
Restart Energy uses the Ethereum platform and smart contracts.
Restart Energy has also invested in the development of a wireless smart metering
system that estimates solar energy production for the next day. It takes into account
data from various sources such as the history of sunlight levels, solar radiation and
cloud cover at different times in different places.
Technical description
The platform grants access to the following services for token holders:
• The purchase and sale of energy.
• Franchises:
• 1st type - Resale / Mediation.
• 2nd type - Franchise owner of a retail energy company.
• Renewable energy certificates (Green Certificates). These will store
information on energy source, producer, consumer/user, and certificate
holder.
• Web and mobile application: all services are accessible via web interface
or web browser and smartphone using the Restart Energy mobile
application, which supports both iOS and Android (already functioning).
• Restart Energy enables its customers to pay bills for energy and gas in
Bitcoin, via ZebraPay POS terminals (already functioning).
- WiFi Counters provide real-time consumption/power generation (already
functioning).
• Software for predicting solar energy – Watt Predict (already functioning).
The Restart Energy Democracy platform (RED-P) will directly connect end-users to
producers through the existing network via smart contracts, with licensed local
private energy suppliers managing all their procurement activities as a service and
including them in the same virtual regulatory group managed by the system.
Comments: As stated in the white paper, Restart Energy has already reached 75%
percent of development of the required software components and automation
process which will constitute the RED Platform. In addition, screenshots of platform
applications already functioning are presented.
We also note that Restart Energy owns a license for the supply of electricity.
Technical roadmap
In the future, with the development of technology and the amount of data it is
planned to implement the following:
• February 2018: Integration of blockchain into the RED platform.
• March 2018: Development of a module for the P2P exchange of
energy.
• April 2018: Development of MVP.
• May 2018: Platform testing (internal).
• June 2018: Launch of the product with selected producers/consumers.
Comments: The roadmap presents a strategy for product development.
However, the team does not have blockchain technical specialists; this entails that
the development of the platform is handled by a third-party company.
The following active modules are available in the open repository:
Comments: there is one open module.
• RestartEnergyICO - smart contract. The repository belongs to
TransylvaniaHighTech, and all changes were made by the technical director
of Restart Energy. Last modified 5 days ago (on 19.01.2018).
Summary: the project team is developing its franchise in addition to the platform.
Documentation
We have analyzed the RESTART ENERGY website and documentation for
sufficiency and consistency regarding an investment decision.
Information about the project is contained in the white paper, Terms and Conditions,
Privacy Policy and Summary in English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, French, Korean,
Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Vietnamese. The project is described in sufficient
detail in the white paper. The main focus is on the development of the energy market
and of Restart Energy.
The website also provides information about the project, the roadmap, frequently
asked questions, company, franchise, bounty campaign (closed), advisors and the
team. The website is available in Russian, Spanish, Italian, French, Korean,
Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Vietnamese. Features of the site include a question
and answer column, links to blogs and a bounty campaign (closed).
Summary: The documentation enables a comprehensive view of the project.
Components of the platform are described in sufficient detail.
ICO
Tokens issued for sale: 80%
Public ICO start date: 23.01.2018, 10:00 AM (GMT)
Public ICO end date: 23.01.2018, 10:02 AM (GMT)
Token type: ERC20
Accepted payment: ETH, BTC, ETC, BCH, XRP, LTC
1 MWAT price: 0.1000 USD
Main Sale duration: <2 minutes, due to website crash. Likely ~10 seconds actual
duration.
RED MegaWatt tokens are tokens that are supported by real opportunity.
Each RED MegaWatt (MWAT) token enables the trading and storage of 1 MWh of
energy. Restart Energy will provide an initial charge of 0.11 kWh for each MWAT.
Over time, the amount of energy in each MWAT will continue to grow from an energy
community fund that collects 1-5% of total grid energy.
Restart Energy will operate with a two-token model, the MWAT and KW tokens, with
each token being ERC-20 compliant.
Transactions on the RED platform will be implemented using KW tokens. Each KW
token will equal 1 KWh of energy; it can be purchased by RED platform users with
crypto or fiat currencies, for consumption or selling of energy on the RED platform.
KW will be used internally and will be directly subordinate to MWAT; it cannot be
bought or sold anywhere else.
Using tokens on the platform:
Token limitation: 500,000,000
Advantages for token holders: MWAT holders can trade tokens on exchanges or
gain access to the platform, where MWAT enables them to trade, consume or sell
energy to other users.
Token holders having access to the RED platform will have their MWAT
automatically charged by a certain number of KW tokens each month (one KW token
corresponds to one KWh of energy), directly proportional to the number of MWAT
Tokens owned. Token holder accounts will be actively replenished every month from
the Community Energy Fund in proportion to the number of available tokens, i.e. will
be rechargeable.
Dividends: No
Additional token emission: N/A
Escrow: N/A
Max goal: 30,000,000 USD
Current amount: 30,000,000 USD
MWAT tokens are planned to be listed on exchanges a few weeks after the TGE.
Bounty
Link to the bounty program
The project allocated 3% of sold tokens for the Bounty program. It is now closed.
Summary: The project offered an extensive bounty program. All bounty conditions
prior to the end of the program, are indicated at the link above. Rewards will be
distributed within 30 days of the end of the TGE.
Token and capital distribution
Tokens and capital are distributed according to the following scheme:
Use and lockup of team tokens (12%):
• 50% will be available at same time as for the public, roughly 1 week after the
TGE.
• 25% will be locked for 6 months.
• 25% will be locked for 12 months.
Summary: Tokens do not affect the distribution of shares in the company. The
incentive system is built in such way that it is more profitable to buy tokens earlier.
Development plans
The roadmap
Restart Energy is planning to acquire 10 MW of renewable energy production assets
at the beginning of 2018.
February 2018: Integration of blockchain into the RED platform.
March 2018: Development of a P2P module for the exchange of energy.
April 2018: Development of MVP.
May 2018: Platform testing (internal).
June 2018: Launch of the product for selected producers/consumers.
August 2018: Country-wide launch.
October 2018: Beginning of expansion on global scale.
Summary: The team has presented a plan for the development and expansion of
the product. A detailed plan for scaling can be seen on the website and in the white
paper.
A business plan is also presented, detailing the expansion of the RED platform’s
activities in more than 45 countries, opening more than 4,000 franchises and
attracting more than 9 million customers. By implementing this plan, according to
project estimates revenues will reach $3.78 billion in 2023 with a total annual growth
rate of 161%.
Team
The team consists of 14 people and 12 advisors. Information about the main team
members based on LinkedIn is given below:
Armand Doru Domuta (Linkedin) - CEO and Founder. Owner of Watt Predict,
executive director of Armand Energy, CEO and owner of Lotus Energy SRL.
Renato Doicaru (Linkedin) - Operating Director and Co-Owner. PV Plant operational
manager at Armand Group, previously PV project manager for Armand Group.
Cristian Bogdan (Linkedin) - CFO. Previously director of BRD - Groupe Societe
Generale, corporate director at BCR and corporate regional manager for Raiffeisen
Bank Romania.
The team has 11 people in addition to the above.
Summary: All team members have indicated their affiliation with Restart Energy,
except for the head of business development.
The team possesses the following specialists: A technical director, a software
architect, head of sales department, head of international business development,
TGE sales manager, PR manager, marketing manager, market specialist,
accountant, gas supply head and and online sales manager.
Marketing
Information about the project is available via various popular services such as
Twitter, Telegram, Reddit, Medium, Steemit, LinkedIn, Facebook, GitHub,
BitcoinTalk and YouTube. The project undertook a bounty program that ran until the
TGE finished.
The team is active on social media. Twitter and Facebook regularly update news.
The team leads two blogs and communicates with users on Telegram.
The format of blog articles about the project indicates that they were written mainly in
house.
Comments: Interest in the project is at a high level. The marketing campaign is
developed mainly on Facebook, Twitter, and BitcoinTalk.
Traffic analysis of the RESTART ENERGY website based on Similarweb.com data
showed the following (pre-TGE):
Traffic source: Similarweb
Comments: direct link: 41.72% , referrals: 30.72%, search: 5.88%, social media:
21.34%, mail: 0.33%
Search traffic: 5.88%, 100% of which is 'organic'.
Referral links: 30.72%
Analysis of the social activity on the RESTART ENERGY website based on BE1.ru
data showed the following:
Referral links: icoalert.com - 54.56%, bitcointalk.org - 29.10%, bountylord.com -
10.81%, hacked.com - 4.45%, ico-blockchain.online - 0.81%.
Social activity: Reddit - 50.42%, Facebook - 36.14%, YouTube - 9.58%, LinkedIn -
3.19%, VK - 0.67%
Traffic analysis of the RESTART ENERGY website based on analysis data showed
the following:
Traffic source: https://a.pr-cy.ru/restartenergy.io
Website rating: 0.69
Activity: visitors: 15,533, views: 62,130.
Social activity: score: 13,186, source: VK - 10, Facebook reposts -13,176.
Summary: Based on the available data, the community is interested in the project.
The team conducts an advertising campaign on Twitter, Facebook, BitcoinTalk, and
communicates with users on Telegram, leads two blogs and uploads videos on
YouTube.
There are many media publications. Over the last month, website traffic has grown 5
times. The number of visits to the website is about 26,000 per month.
[https://be1.ru/stat/restartenergy.ro]
Contacts
The developers may be contacted using the links below:
Website
Telegram
Medium
Steemit
GitHub
BitcoinTalk
YouTube
The information contained in the document is for informational purposes only. The views
expressed in this document are solely personal stance of the ICOrating Team, based on
data from open access and information that developers provided to the team through Skype,
email or other means of communication.
Our goal is to increase the transparency and reliability of the young ICO market and to
minimize the risk of fraud.
We appreciate feedback with constructive comments, suggestions and ideas on how to
make the analysis more comprehensive and informative.