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

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TFG , which owns well-known retail stores in South Africa, turned to Tesla Powerwalls to keep the lights on throughout daily operations, minimizing load-shedding effects on its businesses. . “In The second batch of Powerwalls was installed at 43 other outlets. TFG plans to install more Tesla Powerwalls at other branches.

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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

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Silverton Assembly Plant (South Africa): Began using a $2.5 Chennai Assembly Plant (India): Installed a new system that began operating in September and allows the plant to recycle 100% of its water. million on-site wastewater treatment plant increasing the amount of water that can be reused by up to 15%.

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GE posts $63M in orders for Durathon sodium-halide battery systems

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The technology is unique because it can function in a variety of extreme conditions and store as much energy as lead-acid batteries twice its size while lasting up to 10 times as long. When the generator is off and the battery is fully charged, it feeds the stored power back to the cell tower.

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

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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.

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