Remove Companies Remove Grid Remove Parts Remove South Africa
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

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.

article thumbnail

South African firm buys 307 Tesla Powerwall batteries to help with load shedding

Teslarati

South African retail firm TFG has bought 307 Tesla Powerwall battery storage units to support operations while state-owned power utility Eskom continues load shedding practices. . Load shedding is the practice of switching off parts of the electric grid when there is insufficient capacity. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

article thumbnail

Bounce Infinity Raises $20M in Funding from Existing Investors

Electric Vehicles India

Bounce Infinity, an electric scooter and removable battery company, has raised $20 million from existing investors, including Sequoia. Co-founder and CEO of the company, Vivekananda Hallekere, confirmed that the Bangalore-based company has completed its first tranche. Hallekere said it was not in talks to sell the company.

article thumbnail

Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

Green Car Congress

South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge.

Hydrogen 239
article thumbnail

Mitsubishi Heavy Signs MOU with PBMR Pty on Development of Small-size Nuclear Power Generation Plant

Green Car Congress

MHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd ( PBMR Pty ) of the Republic of South Africa to study the area of collaboration in the development of the helium-cooled, High Temperature Reactor (HTR) Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

article thumbnail

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

billion) and South Africa ($5.5 Equity raising by renewable energy companies on public markets jumped 54% in 2014 to $15.1 There are also structural challenges in the electricity system as grids and utilities in many countries struggle to cope with the increasing penetration of wind and solar in the generation mix.

2014 150
article thumbnail

SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

Green Car Congress

SMART is now part of Alcoa Foundation ’s $4-million initiative: Advancing Sustainability Research: Innovative Partnerships for Actionable Solutions. If you think about the new mobility grid—all the places where two or more things connect across a region—a whole region of these connection points are nodes—like neurons.

Detroit 342