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

小型运输占撒哈拉以南非洲地区所有道路交通的50%(麦肯锡，2023)，+80%的太平洋岛屿社区拥有摩托车(ImpactEntrpreneur)，这种摩托车可以经济、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能力不足的阻碍。化石燃料发电机越来越多地被用来填补间歇性电网电力供应的缺口，并为离网电动汽车(EV)充电服务。Zephitan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，为电动摩托车/滑板车、小型船舷外和无人机每天为约400个电子移动电池充电。该项目将展示风力发电机为非洲和太平洋岛屿的偏远和离网电力需求提供电力的准备，并可以在六个月的现场测试中节省约500吨二氧化碳当量排放。英国中小企业和e-Mobility ChargePoint开发商Aegis Energy领导该项目，并将展示：*5 x 1.5kW低成本“**箱中的能源**”**(EnergyBox)风力发电机**仅使用科特迪瓦四个农村社区妇女和青年在当地建造的可回收材料。*1 x 5kW英国制造，高弹性/低维护**混合式风力/太阳能螺旋风漏斗**，由分包商两栖能源公司提供86kWh电池，将在科特迪瓦的阿比让安装和测试。*1 x 14kW，高度便携**美国建造，高度便携**风能/太阳能混合“移动发电站”*(MPS)**，20kWh电池，将在斐济各地运输和测试。Aegis正在与阿比让当地的性别和社会包容规划专家和社区风能企业家KOC合作，通向和平之桥，以及总部位于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两栖能源公司和联合能源公司签订了许可和创新协议。Zephitan项目满足科特迪瓦和斐济目前由化石燃料发电机组提供服务的使用案例：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在离网12伏电池充电站取代燃气发电机的能力。在科特迪瓦和斐济，独脚架风能+太阳能和UEEP-MPS风能+太阳能将展示更高功率和电网备份发电。该项目将测试像EnergyBox这样的低成本、本地来源的技术是否能够向小型电动汽车充电站提供可获得、负担得起和可靠的能源，或者是否需要将Monopod和UEnterprise-MPS中提供的更高规格的产品和组件纳入Aegis的ChargePoint设计。

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.