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Zero Carbon Charge Starts Construction On First National Network Of 100% Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations in South Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Sales of electric vehicles in South Africa are starting pick up now, thanks to a wider selection of EVs on. continued] The post Zero Carbon Charge Starts Construction On First National Network Of 100% Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations in South Africa appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Zero Carbon Charge To Roll Out Ultra-Fast EV Charging Stations Powered By Large Solar & Battery Storage In South Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 9, 2023

The founders of Zero Carbon Charge have been involved in the utility-scale solar sector in South Africa since 2011.

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Zamlim Is Scaling Up Its Activities In C&I Solar & Electric Mobility in South Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The South African C&I solar sector is red hot right now. South Africa’s national power utility company Eskom reckons that there is now about 4,412 MW of solar PV installed in the South African C&I and residential sectors. That is 4.4

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Driving On Solar Power! MINI & Red Bull Launch Solar-Powered Charging Station In Cape Town

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 31, 2023

MINI South Africa has teamed up with Red Bull to launch the country’s first MINI-branded solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in Cape Town. Head of MINI South Africa, Shaun Willis, noted: “MINI and Red Bull have […] Both connectors are Type 2.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Global clean energy investment was $67.8 billion in the third quarter of 2018, down 6% from the same period last year, according to the latest Clean Energy Investment Trends report from research company Bloomberg NEF (BNEF). billion, down 15% on 3Q 2017, while the purchase of small-scale solar systems of less than 1MW totaled $13.5

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Elon Musk’s Second Cousin, Hilton Musk, Takes Tesla Model X On A 1,400 KM Drive From Cape Town To Johannesburg

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 13, 2023

Tesla’s vehicles are not yet available for people to buy in South Africa. However, Rubicon, the largest supplier of solar systems and components to the commercial & industrial and residential sectors in South Africa, had the honour of bringing in the first ever Tesla vehicle to South Africa.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Asambe & Kuva’s Partnership Shows the Potential of Fintech, E-Commerce, & Electric Mobility to Transform Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 28, 2021

Asambe already has 3rd party last-mile delivery agreements with: FedEx, Zimbabwe (parcel deliveries) Baines Avenue Pharmacy, Zimbabwe (medical supplies) Munch, Zimbabwe (food delivery) UberEats, South Africa (food delivery) Asambe is actively seeking […].

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Not The End Of The World — Africa Moving Towards Decarbonisation

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 11, 2023

Dr Hannah Ritchie of Our World in Data asserts that the rapidity of change will enable us to avoid the worst of the climate catastrophe that is currently building. In a recent Fully Charged podcast, she reiterated what others have said: eating a plant-based diet, using renewable energy, having no car (or, if necessary, an electric […]

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5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 10, 2023

To date, over 90 countries have set net-zero emissions targets, committing to help prevent the most harmful impacts from climate change. But questions remain around the credibility of many of these pledges and whether these goals will be met.

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South Africa’s Rubicon Group Wants to Help Drive The Transition To The Green Economy

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 22, 2021

South Africa’s Rubicon Group enables transformative sustainable and industrial technologies across the energy and manufacturing sectors in Africa and other emerging markets.

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Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The largest percentage increases we recommend compared to 2009 funding levels are for energy storage, buildings, bioenergy, and solar photovoltaics. The remainder of the funding should go to other areas, including Basic Energy Sciences, the report by the team from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs suggests.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

The increase reflected several influences, according to the report, including a boom in solar installations in China and Japan—totalling $74.9 billion) and South Africa ($5.5 Wind, solar, biomass and waste-to-power, geothermal, small hydro and marine power contributed an estimated 9.1% billion), India ($7.4

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Electric vehicles represent a $7 trillion market opportunity between today and 2030, and $46 trillion between today and 2050, according to the new report, “ The Cost of Producing Battery Precursors in the DRC ”, launched at the DRC-Africa Business Forum 2021.

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Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative is working with Redwood Materials to decommission the Anahola Solar Project substation and recycle its lithium-ion batteries in order to make new batteries. The Anahola recycling project is one of the earliest examples of stationary storage recycling.

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EV Driven

Zero Carbon Charge Starts Construction On First National Network Of 100% Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations in South Africa

Zero Carbon Charge To Roll Out Ultra-Fast EV Charging Stations Powered By Large Solar & Battery Storage In South Africa

Zamlim Is Scaling Up Its Activities In C&I Solar & Electric Mobility in South Africa

Driving On Solar Power! MINI & Red Bull Launch Solar-Powered Charging Station In Cape Town

BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

Elon Musk’s Second Cousin, Hilton Musk, Takes Tesla Model X On A 1,400 KM Drive From Cape Town To Johannesburg

Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

Asambe & Kuva’s Partnership Shows the Potential of Fintech, E-Commerce, & Electric Mobility to Transform Africa

Not The End Of The World — Africa Moving Towards Decarbonisation

5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

South Africa’s Rubicon Group Wants to Help Drive The Transition To The Green Economy

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

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