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

小规模交通占撒哈拉以南非洲所有道路交通的50%（麦肯锡，2023年），80%以上的太平洋岛屿社区拥有一辆摩托车（ImpactEntrpreneur），摩托车可以经济而快速地电气化，每年可节省约2.53亿吨碳排放（CO2e） （OurWorldinData）。然而，非洲和太平洋大部分地区的小规模运输电气化受到电网容量不足的阻碍。越来越多的人要求化石燃料发电机来填补间歇性电网供电的空白，并为离网电动汽车（EV）充电提供服务。Zephattan项目将在Côte科特迪瓦和斐济展示三种可扩展的零排放风力发电机技术的潜力，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/滑板车、小船舷外板和无人机。该项目将证明风力发电机已经准备好为偏远和离网的非洲和太平洋岛屿供电，并且可以在六个月的现场测试中节省约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将领导该项目，并将展示：* 5 x 1.5kW低成本的“盒子里的能源”（EnergyBox）风力发电机**只使用当地可回收的材料，这些材料由妇女和青年在Côte科特迪瓦的四个农村社区建造。* 1 × 5kW英国制造，高弹性/低维护**混合风/太阳能螺旋风漏斗“独脚架”**，由分包商Amphibious Energy提供86kWh电池，将在Côte科特迪瓦的阿比让安装和测试。* 1 * 14kW美国制造，高度便携**混合风能/太阳能“移动发电站”** **(MPS)**，由分包商upprise Energy提供20kWh电池，将在斐济各地进行运输和测试。Aegis正在与总部位于阿比让的当地性别和社会包容规划专家、社区风能企业家KOC和平之桥（KOC Bridges to Peace）以及总部位于苏瓦的可再生能源发展融资专家Leaf Capital合作。与专业风力涡轮机供应商Amphibious Energy和upprise Energy签订了许可和创新协议。Zephattan项目满足了目前由化石燃料发电机组在Côte科特迪瓦和斐济提供服务的用例：1)离网电池充电，2)电网备用电源。安装在科特迪瓦村庄的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。在Côte科特迪瓦和斐济的Monopod风能+太阳能和起义- mps风能+太阳能将展示更高的功率和电网备份发电。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点提供方便、负担得起和可靠的能源，或者像Monopod和rise- mps这样的高规格产品和组件是否需要纳入Aegis的充电点设计中。

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.