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Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

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Called the Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System (ESS), Pramac’s technology—which features lithium-ion cells from Jaguar I-PACE batteries taken from prototype and engineering test vehicles—supplies zero-emission power where access to the grid supply is limited or unavailable.

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These Courses Will Sharpen Your Knowledge On 6 Emerging Technologies

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Internet of Things Security Internet-enabled devices including connected lighting fixtures, voice-activated virtual assistants, doorbell cameras, and smart appliances “all serve as data-transferring endpoints in a system known as the Internet of Things,” expert Brooke Becher said in her article about the importance of IoT security.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. This means that in 2019 about 770 million people had no electricity, three-quarters of them in Africa.

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GlobalData: Global battery energy storage market to grow by 7% to reach $13.13B by 2023

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billion in 2023, as countries are increasing investments for improving their grid infrastructure and improving the market structure to attract foreign investments. Middle East and Africa are small markets with demand for storage expected to increase once renewable power generation gains significant traction in the market.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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Minigrids use distributed off-grid energy solutions that operate independently from the national transmission grid. Orajaka says his off-grid system of the first of its kind developed and implemented in Nigeria. Orajaka and the other founders have set their sights higher than just providing off-grid rural areas with electricity.

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Second-life EV batteries market expected to reach $34.7B by 2027

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Europe, Middle East & Africa: $7,460.03 The uses of these batteries include commercial and industrial energy storage, EV charging, grid charging, and off-grid and residential energy storage. million in 2021. Expected to reach $8,153.66 million in 2022, at a CAGR of 9.89% to reach $13,140.00 million by 2027. Key Players.

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Siemens building HVDC transmission system with record capacity of 2,000 MW

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This system, which is being partially funded by the EU, connects the French and Spanish grids between Baixas and Santa Llogaia. At present the two countries’ grids are linked only by low-capacity lines.

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