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.

在撒哈拉以南非洲地区，小型交通占所有道路交通的50%（麦肯锡，2023年），超过80%的太平洋岛屿社区拥有一辆摩托车（ImpactEntrpreneur），这种摩托车可以经济快速地实现电气化，每年可以节省约2.53亿吨的碳排放量（CO2 e）（OurcrowdinData）。然而，非洲和太平洋大部分地区的小规模运输电气化因电网容量不足而受阻。化石燃料发电机越来越多地被用来填补电网电力供应的缺口，并为离网电动汽车（EV）充电提供服务。Zepheland项目将展示科特迪瓦和斐济三种可扩展的零排放风力发电机技术的潜力，以提供足够的电力，每天为约400个电动汽车电池充电，适用于电动摩托车/踏板车，小船舷外机和无人机。该项目将展示风力发电机为非洲和太平洋岛屿偏远地区和离网电力需求提供电力的准备情况，并在六个月的实地测试中节省约500吨二氧化碳当量的排放。英国中小企业和电动汽车充电点开发商Aegis Energy领导了该项目，并将展示：* 5 x 1.5千瓦低成本“** 能源盒 **”（EnergyBox）风力发电机 ** 仅使用当地可用的回收材料，由科特迪瓦四个农村社区的妇女和青年建造。* 1台5千瓦英国制造、高弹性/低维护 ** 混合风能/太阳能螺旋风漏斗“独脚架”**，配备86千瓦时电池，由分包商Amphibious Energy提供，将在科特迪瓦阿比让安装和测试。1个14千瓦的美国制造的高度便携式 ** 混合风能/太阳能“移动的发电站”*（MPS）**，由分包商Uprise Energy提供20千瓦时电池，将在斐济各地进行运输和测试。Aegis正在与阿比让的当地性别和社会包容规划专家和社区风能企业家KOC Bridges to Peace合作，和苏瓦的可再生能源发展融资专家Leaf Capital。与专业风力涡轮机供应商Amphibious Energy和Uprise Energy签订了许可和创新协议。Zephibious项目满足了科特迪瓦和斐济目前由化石燃料发电机组提供服务的用例：1）离网电池充电，2）电网备用电源。在科特迪瓦村庄安装的EnergyBox发电机将展示小型风力发电机取代离网12伏电池充电站的燃气发电机的能力。科特迪瓦和斐济的单足风能+太阳能和Uprise-MPS风能+太阳能将展示更高的功率和电网备用发电。该项目将测试像EnergyBox这样的低成本本地技术是否可以为小型电动汽车充电站提供可获得的，负担得起的和可靠的能源，或者是否需要将Monopod和Uprise-MPS中提供的更高规格的产品和组件纳入Aegis的充电站设计中。