Remove Cleaning Remove Electric Remove Energy Storage Remove Zambia
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

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. —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF.

Africa 221
article thumbnail

Could The Transition To Electric Mobility On The African Continent Support Development Of Local Battery Manufacturing?

CleanTechnica EVs

The transition to electric mobility presents a major opportunity for the African continent to leapfrog into the age of electric mobility, allowing most of the continent’s population to bypass the ICE age. Africa’s low motorization rates compared to other parts of the world makes this highly probable.