Project Zephattan: Demonstrating three wind-generator technologies to power e-mobility charging in West Africa and the Pacific

Zephattan 项目：展示三种风力发电机技术，为西非和太平洋地区的电动汽车充电提供动力

• 批准号: 10107747
• 金额: $ 127.33万
• 依托单位: AEGIS ENERGY LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Demonstrator
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10107747
• 关键词: Project; Zephattan; Demonstrating; three; wind

Small-scale transport forms 50% of all road-traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa (McKinsey,2023), and +80% of Pacific island communities own a motorbike (ImpactEntrpreneur) which can be electrified economically and quickly to save ~253 million-tonnes of carbon emissions (CO2e) per year (OurWorldinData). Small-scale transport electrification in large parts of Africa and the Pacific however is held-back by inadequate electricity grid capacity. Fossil-fuel generators are increasingly called-upon to fill the gaps in intermittent-grid electricity supply, and to service off-grid electric vehicle (EV) charging.Project Zephattan will showcase the potential of three scalable zero-emission wind-based generator technologies in Côte d'Ivoire and Fiji to supply sufficient power to charge ~400 e-mobility batteries/day suitable for electric motorbikes/scooters, small boat outboards and drones. The project will demonstrate wind-generators' readiness to power remote and off-grid African and Pacific island electricity needs, and can save ~500-tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions in six-months of field testing.British SME and e-mobility chargepoint developer Aegis Energy is leading the project and will demonstrate:* 5 x 1.5kW low-cost "**Energy in a Box**" **(EnergyBox) wind generators** using only locally available recycled materials built by women and youth in four rural communities in Côte d'Ivoire.* 1 x 5kW British-built, high-resilience/low-maintenance **mixed wind/solar helical wind-funnel "Monopod"** with 86kWh battery supplied by subcontractor Amphibious Energy, to be installed and tested in Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire.* 1 x 14kW US-built, highly-portable **mixed wind/solar "Mobile Power Station"** **(MPS)** with 20kWh battery supplied by subcontractor Uprise Energy, to be transported and tested in a range of locations across Fiji.Aegis is collaborating with Abidjan-based local gender and social inclusion programming specialist and community-wind entrepreneur KOC Bridges to Peace, and Suva-based renewables development finance specialist Leaf Capital. Licensing and innovation agreements are in place with specialist wind-turbine suppliers Amphibious Energy and Uprise Energy.Project Zephattan meets use-cases currently served by fossil-fuel gensets in Côte d'Ivoire and Fiji: 1) off-grid battery charging, and 2) grid backup power. EnergyBox generators installed in Ivorian villages will demonstrate the ability of small-scale wind generators to replace gas generators at off-grid 12 volt battery charging stations. Monopod wind+solar and Uprise-MPS wind+solar in Côte d'Ivoire and Fiji will demonstrate higher-power and grid-backup generation. The project will test whether low-cost, locally-sourced technology like EnergyBox can deliver accessible, affordable, and reliable energy to small-scale electric vehicle chargepoints, or whether higher-specification products and components like those supplied in the Monopod and Uprise-MPS may need to be incorporated into Aegis' chargepoint designs.

小型交通占撒哈拉以南非洲所有道路交通的 50%（麦肯锡，2023 年），超过 80% 的太平洋岛屿社区拥有摩托车 (ImpactEntrpreneur)，可以经济、快速地实现电动化，从而节省约 2.53 亿美元——每年吨碳排放量 (CO2e) (OurWorldinData) 然而，非洲和太平洋大部分地区的小规模交通电气化却因电力不足而受到阻碍。越来越多的人需要化石燃料发电机来填补间歇性电网电力供应的空白，并为离网电动汽车（EV）充电提供服务。Zephattan 项目将展示三种可扩展的零排放风力发电机的潜力。基于科特迪瓦和斐济的发电机技术，每天可提供足够的电力为约 400 个电动汽车电池充电，适用于电动摩托车/踏板车、小型船舷外机和该项目将证明风力发电机能够满足偏远和离网的非洲和太平洋岛屿的电力需求，并且在六个月的现场测试中可以减少约 500 吨二氧化碳当量的排放。移动充电点开发商 Aegis Energy 正在领导该项目，并将展示：* 5 x 1.5kW 低成本“**盒装能源**” **(EnergyBox) 风力发电机** 仅使用科特迪瓦四个农村社区的妇女和青年使用当地可用的回收材料建造。* 1 x 5kW 英国制造，高弹性/低维护**混合风能/太阳能螺旋风漏斗“独脚架”** 86kWh 电池由分包商 Amphibious Energy 提供，将在科特迪瓦阿比让安装和测试。* 1 x 14kW 美国制造，高度便携的**混合风能/太阳能“移动电站”** **(MPS)**，配备由分包商 Uprise Energy 提供的 20kWh 电池，将在斐济各地进行运输和测试。Aegis 正在与阿比让合作当地的性别和社会包容规划专家和社区风能企业家 KOC Bridges to Peace 以及苏瓦的可再生能源开发融资专家 Leaf Capital 与专业风力涡轮机供应商签订了许可和创新协议。两栖能源和 Uprise Energy.Zephattan 项目满足科特迪瓦和斐济目前使用化石燃料发电机组的用例：1）离网电池充电，2）安装在科特迪瓦村庄的电网备用电源。小型风力发电机能够取代离网 12 伏电池充电站的燃气发电机。科特迪瓦和斐济的风能+太阳能将展示更高功率和电网备用发电，该项目将测试 EnergyBox 等低成本、本地采购的技术是否可以为小型电力公司提供可获取、负担得起且可靠的能源。车辆充电点或更高规格的产品和组件（例如 Monopod 和 Uprise-MPS 中提供的产品和组件）可能需要纳入 Aegis 的充电点设计中。