Grid, Parts and South Africa

Ballard and Anglo American launch field trial of methanol-fueled fuel cell home generator in rural South Africa

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.

South Africa

South Africa Africa Fuel Grid

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

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.

Land Rover

Land Rover South Africa Batteries Battery

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

Teslarati

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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.

South Africa

South Africa Buy Africa Tesla

Nissan to provide LEAFs and LEAF-to-Home power supplies to roadside rest stations in Japan

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

In normal situations, the LEAF to Home power supply system helps stabilize the electrical grid and balance energy needs by charging an EV with electricity generated during the night, when demand is low, or sourced from solar panels and supplying it to homes during daytime when demand is high. Nissan LEAF to go on sale in South Africa.

South Africa

South Africa Nissan Supplies Japan

Rheinmetall presents solutions in South Africa for producing, storing and transporting green hydrogen

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

At this year’s Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) expo at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Rheinmetall AG is presenting turnkey, mobile modular solutions for producing, storing and transporting CO 2 -free hydrogen. The African Aerospace and Defence Exposition takes place every two years at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa.

South Africa

South Africa Africa Store Hydrogen

Ballard ships 500th ElectraGen-ME methanol fuel cell system for telecom backup

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2013

In regions such as Southeast Asia and South Africa, where Ballard is actively engaged, electricity grids can be unreliable. As a result, telecom networks are vulnerable to frequent grid outages, impacting continuity of service to subscribers.

Fuel

Fuel South Africa Lead Acid Asia

Bounce Infinity Raises $20M in Funding from Existing Investors

Electric Vehicles India

JANUARY 31, 2023

However, the company’s biggest supporter, Sequoia, was part of the latest round. The company ships to South Africa, Nepal, Kuwait, South America, and Sri Lanka. The company could offer customers the option of renting batteries that charge from the grid, similar to how they refuel petrol-powered scooters.

Infinity

Infinity Sri Lanka South Africa Kuwait

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

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

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. Even South Africa, by far the best-supplied country south of the Sahara, suffers from frequent blackouts.

Central African Republic

Central African Republic Sudan Ethiopia Africa

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

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.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen South Africa Universal Renewable

Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

As of 20 July, participating governments include China, France, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN). Other initial partners include the International Energy Agency. Global Superior Energy Performance (GSEP) Partnership.

Washington

Washington Clean Cleaning DC

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

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

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.

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi South Africa Power Powered

The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

IEA states that cities that started adopting EVs early may also face electricity grid congestion as electricity infrastructure catches up to the new level of electricity demand. As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), $7.5 By 2030, EVs may account for 4% of total electricity demand worldwide.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Global Vehicles Tax Credit

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

billion) and South Africa ($5.5 According to Udo Steffens, President of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, however, the oil price is only likely to dampen investor confidence in parts of the sector, such as solar in oil-exporting countries, and biofuels in most parts of the world. billion), India ($7.4

2014

2014 Renewable 2013 Wind

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

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

Detroit Sustainable Transportation Transportation Connect

Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Lithium-ion battery recycling took a big step forward this week, as a Hawaiian utility announced it is undertaking one of the biggest examples of grid-storage recycling in North America to date. By electric grid standards, Anahola’s 4-megawatt-hour storage facility is not big. So the idea is, buy it once and keep it here.”

Grid

Grid Lithium Ion Batteries Battery

EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

The demand for EVs certainly exists, but that is only one part of the equation. The EV revolution will only go as far as the global network of charging stations allows — meaning that the key indicator is not EV sales but how quickly countries and their governments are moving to prepare their grids for the energy demands of those vehicles.

International

International Charging Canada 2020

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The life cycle to which we refer has two parts: The vehicle cycle begins with mining the raw materials, refining them, turning them into components, and assembling them. grid to charge a typical 2018 EV would produce between 80 and 120 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer traveled, compared with about 240 to 320 g/km for a gasoline vehicle.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Vehicles West Virginia Electric

EV Driven

Ballard and Anglo American launch field trial of methanol-fueled fuel cell home generator in rural South Africa

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

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

Nissan to provide LEAFs and LEAF-to-Home power supplies to roadside rest stations in Japan

Rheinmetall presents solutions in South Africa for producing, storing and transporting green hydrogen

Ballard ships 500th ElectraGen-ME methanol fuel cell system for telecom backup

Bounce Infinity Raises $20M in Funding from Existing Investors

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

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

Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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

The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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

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

Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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