Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

South Africa’s first public battery storage tender has awarded preferred bidder status to a consortium of CIP-owned Mulilo and renewables major EDF for three battery projects totalling 257MW/ 1,028MWh. When completed, the three projects will dispatch electricity under 15-year power purchase agreements to South Africa.

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TechXplore

APRIL 18, 2024

Researchers from The University of Manchester investigating waste management practices for off-grid solar technologies in Malawi have discovered life-threatening quantities of lead pollution from improperly managed battery waste.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

On the face of it, the power sector in Africa seems to be in trouble. Yet, there is another side to this tale of darkness – one in which electrification, light, new interconnections and power developments are springing up all over the continent and innovative technology is being adopted at a rate never seen before. Hydrogen future.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 8, 2022

Italian long-duration storage developer Energy Dome has launched the first CO2 battery demonstration nationally. The facility in Sardinia, Italy is aimed to mark the final de-risking of CO2 battery technology as a long-duration storage option as the company takes it to the commercial scaling phase. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

South Africa’s utility Eskom is preparing to launch a tender for 1.4 gigawatt-hours of battery storage that will need to be installed by December 2021. The second phase will include 60 megawatts of solar to be integrated with the battery storage, along with an asset performance management system.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Samsung’s smart home vision, new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a proposed inflatable moon base are on this week’s technology radar. Satellite data to catalyse energy investment in Africa. Samsung eyes “ultimate sustainable home”. Inflatable moon base.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

More scrutiny is being placed on the carbon cost of battery manufacturing, in both the automotive and stationary storage sectors. Manufacturing emissions are lower for conventional vehicles than for EVs, where the batteries make up around 30 percent of greenhouse gas output. We need to talk about graphite.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2019

BBOXX, an Imperial London College spinout launched in 2010, has installed about 200,000 home solar systems across Africa, many of them coffee and vanilla bean farmers living off-grid. Roughly 600 million of Africa’s 1.2 Overall, the solar home system market has raised more than $1.1 billion through 2018.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Technology company Huawei Digital Power has been awarded a contract to build what is claimed to be the world’s largest battery energy storage system in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government is developing renewable energy and advanced digital technologies to make NEOM a smart city technology hub.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 30, 2020

With that in mind, we acquired Saft , a major battery maker, in 2016, primarily to develop energy storage to support the growth of intermittent renewable energies such as solar and wind. European battery manufacturing is attracting increasing attention from industry and governments alike. billion for battery research and innovation.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Lead acid battery powered hydrogen electrolyser, gyrotron development for geothermal energy drilling, quantum key distribution from space and the planned Urban Tech district of Dubai are on this week’s technology radar. With the development of the technology, the potential for geothermal energy would be opened up across the US.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 8, 2022

Energy Dome and Ansaldo Energia have announced a partnership to bring energy storage facilities to Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Long-duration energy storage solutions provider Energy Dome will provide the CO2 battery technology. CO2 battery technology. Image courtesy of Energy Dome.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

The report warns that not only do 600 million Africans now have access to electricity, but around 25 million more people in Africa are living without electricity compared with before the pandemic. The report emphasises how Africa has huge untapped renewables potential.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 9, 2024

According to IDTechEx, which provides research on emerging technologies and their markets, although the adoption of EVs across all sectors will contribute to a drastic reduction in tailpipe emissions, for economies where grids are already at capacity, the increased load of an electric transport sector risks blackouts and power supply issues.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 11, 2023

Prepaid water meters are not a new thing, even in Africa, but most projects failed before 2010. Amid the development of IoT technology and the popularity of Mobile payment in Africa, manufacturers started to promote smart STS prepaid water meters with different types of communication options, such as LoRa/LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, Bluetooth, etc.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 17, 2022

Jaguar Land Rover is partnering with Italian technology supplier Pramac on a portable energy storage unit with second-life I-PACE batteries. The Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System features lithium-ion cells from Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicle batteries taken from prototype and engineering test models. Have you read?

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Batteries Electric vehicle Recycling Recycling 52

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

A new partnership aims to demonstrate how bespoke circular-economy batteries can tackle the mounting problem of e-waste, specifically in relation to electric vehicles. This will enable Aceleron to repurpose over 90% of Eco Charger’s batteries for a second-life through an innovative ‘buy-back’ scheme.

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Charged

MAY 9, 2023

The trucks will be converted from gas to electric power using the ZeroNox Electric Powertrain Platform (ZEPP), which uses LFP batteries. I am delighted about this partnership, which holds great prospects for the sustainability agenda of Ghana and Africa as a whole,” said Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“Africa is full of potential infrastructure project opportunities in the pipeline. This is according to Hendrik Malan, CEO and partner at Frost & Sullivan and one of many expert speakers who will address the upcoming Africa’s Green Economy Summit taking place from 22–24 February 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Insiders predict agricultural companies could become major adopters of solar power in Africa as farmers seek to improve the cost and reliability of energy supplies. “We envisage this trend to continue as solar PV technology matures and the costs continue to decrease.” To overcome this problem, Nhimbe is procuring around 1.9

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Norwegian PV developer Scatec Solar has acquired hydro developer SN Power and detailed its plans for expansion in new geographies and new technologies. Scatec has “several hundred megawatts” of wind projects in development in Africa and Southeast Asia, according to Carlsen. Fitting technologies together.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Machine learning based battery charging protocols, propane as an energy efficient and environmentally friendly coolant for space cooling, the remotely controlled Robobug and a new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a zero emission luxury catamaran are on the technology radar.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

UK developer secures investment to expand development of EV and grid storage batteries that can be repaired, reused and upgraded. Battery storage is set to play a central role in decarbonising the global economy, critical for renewable energy, electric vehicles and other key technologies.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Also of interest is new debt financing for 80 microgrids in India and a successful Series A for Silicon Anode Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, aiming to bolster the market in Europe. Husk is also present in Nigeria, with plans to further expand in Sub-Saharan Africa. Series A for silicon Li-ion battery anode.

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Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 95

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support smallholder farmers in East Africa through a collaboration with in-region technology and weather partners. PARTNERSHIPS + DEPLOYMENTS American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) started operating its lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Nevada.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

Eric Ménard writes The Operational IoT market continues to expand as organisations across the world imagine an extraordinary range of opportunities to leverage sensor technology. Charities are monitoring water quality across Africa to ensure remote communities have reliable access to safe drinking water.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2020

Distributed renewables — mainly solar PV, increasingly combined with battery storage — now have highly convincing economics against costly and polluting distributed diesel for commercial and industrial demand applications. Technology can play a key role in integrated electrification planning. Globally, nearly 3.5

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 28, 2022

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has announced that its first 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Salisbury, Wiltshire, will be delivered by technology group Wärtsilä. The partnership marks an important step in the UK’s path towards net zero.

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Batteries Africa Energy Energy 98

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 2, 2019

This week on Watt It Takes : how a computer nerd who loved assembling electronics became obsessed with designing a solar-storage system to light up Africa. In this episode, Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch sits down with Xavier Helgesen, the co-founder and chief technology officer at Zola Electric.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

European energy giant inks three year partnership with leading distributed solar charity to help boost clean energy access across Africa. The company's donations will be used to increase access to solar light and power across Africa, with a particular focus on critical rural health clinics. Together we can end the darkness.".

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Auto manufacturer announces partnership with Pramac to repurpose old electric vehicle batteries into portable energy storage units. Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled plans to give a second life to electric vehicle (EV) batteries with the launch of a new portable zero-emission energy storage unit.

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Batteries Electric vehicle Africa Lithium 39

Greentown Labs

JUNE 22, 2022

AeroShield , Eden , and Radical Plastics received SBIR Targeted Technologies (START) grants from MassVentures. Advent Technologies announced a $821M project to develop fuel cells and electrolyzers in Greece over six years. Energy Dome launched its first CO2 battery long-duration energy storage plant. Deployments + Partnerships.

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Startups Plastics Africa Investment 98

Charged

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Vehicle temperature control system manufacturer Thermo King, a brand of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), plans to invest more than $100 million over the next three years to deliver a fully electric product in every segment of the cold chain. Source: Trane Technologies.

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Electricity HVAC Africa Innovation 90

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) currently lags behind its counterparts due to the lack of targeted storage policies and incentives, which BNEF finds surprising, considering Europe’s ambitious climate targets. Customer-sited batteries, both residential and commercial & industrial ones, will also grow at a steady pace.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Alstom to deliver new battery electric trains for Chemnitz-Leipzig line. Engineering giant Alstom has signed a landmark deal with two German rail operators that will see it manufacture, deliver and maintain eleven Coradia Continental battery-electric trains for the Leipzig-Chemnitz route.

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Batteries Africa Investment Automotive 46

Business Green

MARCH 19, 2020

Two major deals agreed this week, as new projections point to upbeat long term prospects for global battery sector. Two major deals between UK-based and international battery producers have been unveiled this week as companies move to seize on the opportunities created by the low carbon transition.

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Charged

JULY 3, 2023

We’ve been reading a lot about looming shortages of battery raw materials such as lithium, nickel and graphite. The EU is heavily dependent on imports of these metals because extraction is concentrated in a few countries such as China, South Africa and Brazil,” says Chalmers Associate Professor Maria Ljunggren.

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