Our first update was focused more on our global expansion, hence the title “Expanding on All Fronts”, but this time the update article is focused on building a strong foundation that will help us reach the next level in our development.

In this update article, you will find news about what we believe is a strong foundation: team members, partnerships, and acquisitions.

Enjoy!

Restart Energy Partners with First Biogas International and its Chinese JV Firm

First Biogas International AG (FBI AG) is a Swiss-based company, which is run in a joint-venture system — it is made up of several companies which complement each other’s expertise. Thus, it has several overseas holdings in Germany (Biolyse Biogas International GmbH), Hungary (First Biogas Eastern Europe Kft.) and importantly for our interests — China (Hebei Jing’an Ruineng Environmental Technology, jointly owned with Hebei Jing’an Biomass Energy Technology Co. Ltd).

FBI AG is a well-known company that has operated in the biogas power generation sector since 2010, with some of the constituent partners being active in this field as early as the late 1970s.

Feel free to read more about this huge partnership and what this means for RED’s expansion here.

Restart Energy Meets with NEO

Restart Energy will be meeting with NEO blockchain’s Founder and CEO, Da Hongfei and his associates, Fabio C. Canesin (Neon Exchange, NEX Co-Founder) and Li Jun (Onchain co-founder, Ontology founder), on May 2nd at the European Parliament in Brussels for the Conference Blockchain Smart Economy — hosted by our advisor and MEP Catalin Ivan — as part of the Smart Economy Expo 2018.

You can read more about it here.

Restart Energy Meets with Heliopolis & Alerion Clean Power Italy

Restart Energy CEO, Armand Doru Domuța, met at RED’s headquarters with Paolo Signoretti, CEO of Heliopolis and Member of the Board of Alerion Clean Power — one of the biggest independent power producers in Italy with over 300 MW of installed wind capacity. Restart Energy and Heliopolis are preparing a Joint Venture enterprise that will lead to RED entering the Italian market — one of the top-5 European energy markets.

Alerion is among the leading independent energy companies in the renewables sector in Italy, with a potential capacity of 270 MW and an annual production of 414 GWh, from 10 wind farms across the Italian Peninsula and one in Bulgaria.

You can read more about it here.

Restart Energy Partners with Opiria

We have a new partner, this time from the crypto space — Opiria.

In short, Opiria is building a decentralized marketplace for the secure trading of personal data and it’s already an established company, with several Fortune 500 clients - such as BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Nissan, Intel, Procter & Gamble and many others.

This partnership is about more than shared values and beliefs, as our two companies will be working together to ensure that Restart Energy’s users and customers can sell their personal energy data on the Opiria platform and earn PDATA tokens from companies that are interested in this energy data.

You can read more about this partnership here.

You can also read about how much personal data is worth and why Opiria thinks it’s the “oil of the 21st century” here.

Restart Energy Signs Contract with Romania’s Biggest Energy Producer: Hidroelectrica

Recently, we have signed an energy acquisitions contract with the most recognizable household name on the Romanian energy market, having achieved 1st place in the top 100 most valuable Romanian companies, 2 years in a row, as well as being Romania’s leader in energy production and a pure-hydro, renewable energy producer at that — Hidroelectrica SA.

Hidroelectrica’s 210 power plants and pumping stations have an installed capacity of 6,382 MW and in an average hydrological year, can produce over 17 TWh of electricity. In order to provide a broader view, this is the equivalent of approximately 30% of Romania’s energy production output.

You can read more about this here.

New Ambassador: Adriana Istrate — World Record Holder

Winning the Antarctic Ice Marathon in less than 24 hours for her 34th birthday.

We are honored to announce that World Record holder Adriana Istrate, the most resilient marathon runner in the world, has joined Restart Energy as our newest ambassador.

Adriana’s 7–7–7 Project: to run 7 marathons and 7 ultra-marathons, on 7 continents, in 777 days. You can read more about her journey and how she managed to accomplish this goal here.

The next step in Adriana’s distinguished sports career is quickly approaching — on April 15th, this year, Adriana is planning on running in freezing conditions again; this time on the opposite side of the world to where she started her legend. She will be competing in the North Pole Marathon and this time, she will be wearing RED across the finish line.

Our CEO Spoke at 10th Energy Day Brașov

Friday, March 16th 2018, Restart Energy’s CEO Armand Doru Domuta, attended the 10th annual Energy Day Brașov as a Gold Partner. This prestigious event was hosted by one of our partners, REPOM.

Armand was also a speaker during the ‘The Future of Energy is “SMART” ’ panel where he presented the transformative power of blockchain and peer-to-peer technologies, as they apply to the energy sector and the benefits of the innovations that the RED platform will bring to that sector.

Two other Restart Energy partners were present — PATRES and HelioExpert — along with representatives of key players in the energy, motor, and finance industries: Transelectrica, the European Climate Foundation, BMW Group, BCR Leasing, NORDEX SE, Schneider Electric, Hidroelectrica, the Romanian Commission of Industry and Commerce, and several others.

You can read more about this event here.

Restart Energy Sponsored Romanian Snooker Masters

Ryan “Dynamite” Day, seen here supporting RED, claimed his third championship title this season.

Restart Energy was one of the main sponsors of this huge event that took place in the capital of Romania, Bucharest between March 14th and 18th. The tournament has featured 16 of the top-20-ranked snooker players in the world, including John Higgins, Mark Selby, and Judd Trump.

As a matter of fact, Mark Selby, who’s currently the number-one-ranked snooker player in the world, had a few words to say about Restart Energy and its franchises.

The Romanian Snooker Masters tournament was televised live by Eurosport world-wide to an estimated audience of over 20 million.

Hosted Our First AMA Session

This is something our community craved since the end of the public sale. Questions were answered by our CEO, Armand Doru Domuta, and the CTO, Andrei Avram.

They were able to cover 14 questions, from marketing concerns to platform and franchises updates. You can read the answers in this article. Below is one of my favorite questions and answers.

“Where are you in getting the product launch in Australia and other countries?”

Australia is a specific deregulated energy market, with very specific aspects. It has 4 major energy suppliers and more than 30 smaller private suppliers. While in recent years, many new companies attempted market entry in the retail of electricity, very few succeeded so the market entry in Australia needs to be very carefully planned.

As such, RED has commissioned a detailed market study of the Australian energy market and also started procedures for registering a local subsidiary. We expect to enter Australia sooner than planned and a JV with a local energy company is also a possibility.

You can see more updates on our global expansion in this article.

Q&A

From now on, our core team will be holding a Q&A session, two times per month, directly in our TG channel!

The first one is scheduled to begin on April 23rd, at 3 PM GMT.

RED Platform Update

As stated in the previous updates article, the team is working on the alpha version of the platform, where users will be able to sign up/login — based on the MWAT token and will allow a verification of ownership for MWAT tokens and as such is crucial for the entire RED ecosystem.

The alpha version should be available to the public as soon as our tech team has ironed out all the bugs.

Automatic Bounty Program

Further down the line, immediately following the launch of our platform, we intend to release an Automatic Bounty Program, that will also incorporate a ranking system.

Buy MWAT & KWT directly on RED-P for FIAT or CRYPTO

We aim to develop an internal exchange on our RED Platform Software, where both MWAT and KWT can be purchased directly for either fiat or cryptocurrencies. We expect this feature to offer full credit-card compatibility.

Global Expansion Update

The process of obtaining an energy supply license has already been initiated for Singapore, which usually takes between 8 to 12 months.

We have also started partnership procedures with the biggest energy brokering company in Hungary, as the first step to penetrating the Hungarian energy market in the near future.

The team is still working on expanding to the following countries, as mentioned in our first update article: Germany, Austria, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece & Turkey (cross-border operations managed by RED Bulgaria).

We’ll have more exciting news here in the following months, but we can’t disclose anything until it is 100% official.

Restart Energy Acquired…

#1. Six Solar Parks

Our CEO Armand Doru Domuță signed off on the pre-agreement to start the acquisition process for six photovoltaic (PV) power stations, located in three separate parts of the country: Izvorul (Dâmbovița County), Prundeni (Vâlcea County), Broșteni (Dambovita County), and in Tureni (Cluj County).

Combined, the six solar parks have a production capacity of 47,327,634 kWh per year, significantly boosting our own power production capacity — all of which is in renewable energy production.

You can read more about this acquisition here.

#2. Two Hydro Power Plants — Hidroprod

As of 2012, the Hidroprod company has been operating two hydropower plants, located on the Valea Neagră river — Valea Neagră 1 and Valea Neagra 2 — with a total combined energy production capacity of approximately 22,440,960 kWh per year.

The great news is that 10% of the yearly energy production of the newly purchased renewable power plants will be allocated to the RED Loyalty System.

You can read more about this acquisition here.

New Animated Video on MWAT Token Utility

We know that it can be hard, sometimes, to understand how the entire RED ecosystem works, that’s why we’re constantly working on improving our materials and making it as easy as possible for you to understand how extraordinary our project is.

This time, we’ve been working on a short video explaining the MWAT token utility. We’d appreciate it greatly if you could take a moment to share this video with your friends on your favorite social channels.

New and Improved Whitepaper — Coming up

For the past couple of weeks, our Chief Editor — Denis Rouă, has been actively working on updating our Whitepaper together with our CEO, Armand Doru Domuța. The community has signaled a few errors and unclarities, and we want the WP to be as clear and accurate as possible. These changes will also be reflected on our website, at the same time.

Update on the Number of Customers

In the first quarter of 2018, Restart Energy has managed to add, on average, 2,500 new customers per month, proving once again our strong business fundamentals. As we penetrate new markets and open franchises, this number will grow exponentially in the coming years.

Hired Business Development Manager — Mihaela Cristea

Mihaela was the first natural person in Romania to contribute to RED’s private sale, after she learned about the project on a cryptoanalysis platform in November 2017. In her own words:

“At that time, I was avidly researching and looking for innovative projects with good fundamentals, that could provide long-term value and withstand the inherent volatile crypto markets. I was so inspired by RED’s vision and business model, that soon after I learned about the project, I participated in both the private and the public sale.

After that, I have closely been following the evolution of the project and remained up-to-date with RED’s news and community feedback via the Telegram channel — btw, hello everyone!

Since I was already passionately advocating for and “selling” the RED project to my community of friends, colleagues, and family; I have decided to put my energy and passion to a good cause, and join the Restart Energy team, and through this, help transform the vision of ‘building a sustainable future for everyone’ into a reality.”

Mihaela brings nearly a decade of business management experience in different industries, that range from business development, software development to human resources, e-commerce, and logistics, that will help RED expand globally at a fast pace. We welcome her on board!

You can find out more about Mihaela by visiting her LinkedIn profile.

Hired a Chief Operations Officer (COO) — Catalin Scurtu

Catalin has a ton of experience in research and managing projects — he has worked at a big corporate company, Continental, for the past eight years.

He is always looking to grow, both professionally and personally, that’s why he recently joined the Restart Energy team as a COO.

Catalin is an optimist, always looking for the bright side of life, with an affinity for innovation and creativity.

His favorite quote:

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi

You can find out more about Catalin by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Hired New Director for Serbia — Marija Vranic

We hired a new Director, Ms. Marija Vranic, to take care of our operations in the beautiful country of Serbia.

Marija has extensive experience in the field of both finance and audit, having worked in the past for Societe Generale Serbia and BDO BC Excell Audit. She studied at the Belgrade University and graduated in 2008 from its Economics division.

Her skills in banking and audit, as well as her attention to detail, made her our first choice for the position of director and a valuable addition to our global executive team.

She will ensure the smooth integration of Restart Energy into the vibrant Serbian energy market, as part of our first-wave worldwide expansion.

Hired UX Developer — Alex Stanciu

Alex Stanciu is our new UX developer lead — we’ve been looking for someone of his talents for some time now and finally — here he is!

Not only is he an expert in UX, but he also has years of experience working with big names, including being the Senior Graphics Designer for Imobiliare.ro, Creative Director & Partner for DND Mobile, Creative Director for EBIG and MegaFlip, Creative Director for Business Plus SRL, and has been involved in the PROFI supermarket chain TV campaigns since 2011.

You can find out more about Alex by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Hired 6 More Tech Developers

Mihai Darzan — Tech Team Leader

Mihai has been the General Manager of Ringhel for over 7 years, a software company that specializes in the energy sector. He also graduated with a Masters Degree in Energy Efficiency from the Politehnica University of Bucharest. In his own words, he is an “Experienced General Manager with a proven competence in the computer software industry. Skilled in Energy Markets, Power Plants, Energy Efficiency, Quality Assurance, and Electricity.”

Silviu Oanca — Project Manager & Energy Trading Expert

Silviu has over 7 years experience as the Head of Trading at both Aderro GP Energy and Getica 95. He studied at the “Dunarea de Jos” University in Galati, where he earned his Engineering degree.

Lucian Boca — Blockchain Expert Developer & Consultant

Lucian is an expert developer and Blockchain researcher. He was the co-founder and Technical Product Manager at dev.Label, Technical Lead and Business Analyst at Inevo Labs and Lead Software Developer for Madrivo Media.

Peter Lupu — Web & Blockchain Developer

Peter Lupu has years of experience in the field of web development and has previously worked at Customsoft Romania as its Lead Software Developer. He graduated from the University of Bucharest with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.

Vlad Calatiou — Web Developer

Vlad previously worked as a Software Developer for Customsoft Romania, a development company that specializes in tailored software solutions.

Sorin Cristea — Web Developer

Sorin was previously the IT Project Manager and a Software Developer at Customsoft Romania and a Web Developer for both Amorphys Design and Radacini SRL. He holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the Politehnica University of Bucharest.

Restart Energy is (Still) Hiring!

We are hiring passionate and ambitious professionals that want to forever change the energy world with us. The following positions are available:

#1. International Positions

RED Franchise Business Developer

RED Platform Marketing Manager

Blockchain developer (Solidity)

Full stack developer (Node, Angular, Truffle experience is appreciated)

For development positions, be sure to include your Github profile.

#2. United Kingdom

Energy Supply Manager

Franchise Sales Manager B2B

#3. Singapore

Energy Supply Manager

Franchise Sales Manager

Renewable Energy Business Developer

Job applications can be sent along with a professional CV and short description to: hr@restartenergy.ro

New Telegram Group for all Things “Franchises” — Starting May

As per our community’s suggestion, we’ll start a new Telegram group in May, this time dedicated to people who applied for a franchise or want to get more details about how this business model works.

Hopefully, this will improve our communication with our beloved community and we’ll be able to provide faster answers related to franchises, which are the backbone of our business model.

The launch will be announced in the main Telegram Group and in our Announcement Channel.

Meanwhile, you can read this article or this one to find out more info about how our franchises work. If you’re ready, you can apply for an energy supply franchise here!

Marketing Efforts Update

We are working hard on developing different press angles and getting Restart Energy in the mainstream press like Forbes, INC, Bloomberg, Fast Company and so on. Truth be told, the bear market made it a bit harder since reporters’ interest in crypto has waned, but we are keeping our hopes high and are tweaking our press strategy continuously.

The team is also working on partnerships with YouTubers & Twitter influencers, which should bring more people into our awesome community.

Special thanks to a couple of community members, like Grizzy, who offered to connect us with some crypto-bloggers, or Guna - who contacted a big crypto community on our behalf, convincing them to promote MWAT. Karsten is another member of the community who offered to help spread the word about RED in any way possible and has always been a positive force within our TG community.

These are examples from the past week only and I apologize if I left anyone out. You all rock!

In the past couple of weeks, RED was featured by these Youtubers.

#1. Crypto Coin News

#2. Crypto Spark

#3. Mike B

#4. Crypto Rich

#5. Mentioned by Aussie Crypto Hunter

#6. Mike B again

#7 Mike B once more

Here are some of the news outlets where RED was recently published:

71Republics — why RED has massive potential in the energy and cryptocurrency markets: https://71republic.com/2018/03/09/mwat-massive-potential/

AltEnergyMag — how easy it easy to open a RED franchise: https://www.altenergymag.com/news/2018/03/29/can-a-european-energy-franchise-be-as-easy-to-start-as-a-mcdonald%E2%80%99s-in-the-us-this-company-says-yes/28236/

SeeNews — about our public sale success: https://seenews.com/news/romanias-restart-energy-raises-30-mln-in-ico-607884

RenewablesNow — also about our public sale success: https://renewablesnow.com/news/romanias-restart-energy-raises-30-mln-in-ico-607884/

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Milestones on our Social Channels

In the past month, we’ve hit a couple of milestones regarding our social media presence: