Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2014
Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum, the world’s largest primary producer of platinum, launched a field trial of a methanol-fueled home generator system in an off-grid residential application. This configuration will power the 34 rural homes in the Naledi Trust community.
Green Car Congress
MAY 9, 2012
The companies deployed and demonstrated a 150 kW fuel cell system near the 17 th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Durban, South Africa in late-2011. COP17 was a high-level summit on climate change.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 13, 2013
Ballard Power Systems has shipped its 500 th methanol-fueled telecom backup power system, since expanding its product line in August 2012 via the acquisition of key assets from IdaTech. In regions such as Southeast Asia and South Africa, where Ballard is actively engaged, electricity grids can be unreliable. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
With more than one billion people—and potential cell phone subscribers—living in remote areas with no accessible power grid, operators are often forced to continuously power cellular base stations using diesel fuel. These batteries will ensure the continuous operation of telecom installations in Nigeria.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2014
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. 2012.08.066.
Blink Charging
APRIL 6, 2023
Perhaps nothing illustrates the rise of electric vehicles over the past decade more than this statistic: In 2012, the total number of electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the entire world was 120,000. In Africa , South Africa is leading the way on the continent as far as EV adoption, although it remains low.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 6, 2015
The 103GW of capacity added by new renewable energy sources last year compares to 86GW in 2013, 89GW in 2012 and 81GW in 2011 and made 2014 the best year ever for newly installed capacity. billion) and South Africa ($5.5 billion, up 39% from 2013. Investment in developing countries, at $131.3 billion, up just 3% on the year.
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