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Researchers from The University of Manchester investigating waste management practices for off-grid solar technologies in Malawi have discovered life-threatening quantities of lead pollution from improperly managed battery waste.
As part of a microgrid system, a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) captures energy from different sources, accumulates this energy, and stores it in rechargeable batteries for later use. The stored energy from a BESS can be discharged to supply power to office, industrial, and commercial facilities, electric vehicles, or the grid.
A few years ago, Zang Luka Bot saw an opportunity to transform electronic waste, diverting it from landfills and giving it a new life as power banks and solar lanterns. He became a self-taught scholar, devouring textbooks, and online videos, and conducting his experiments, like the time he boiled kerosene to witness the reaction (not recommended!).
Seeking the cheapest sources of power, miners often face challenges due to fluctuating cryptocurrency prices. The recent surge in Bitcoin’s value has renewed interest in mining operations, making it more profitable to continue supporting the network. Gridless aims to bridge the gap between power generation and capacity in Africa.
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You might think that there is hardly anything less exciting than innovative products and business ideas that come from a university context: Too much theory, too little practical relevance. The 12 participants of the Clean Energy Bootcamp of Startup|Energy from April 10 to 15, 2024 in Nairobi proved the opposite.
While solar irrigation has potential for reducing poverty and improving livelihoods and incomes in low and middle income countries (global south), greenhouse gas emissions reductions are not likely to meet expectations, and the groundwater use will increase.
South Africa-based S Mile Solutions is developing vehicle-integrated photovoltaic (VIPV) mobile systems built onto commercially available pickup trucks with mobile clinics as its first target market. The system is completely removable and can be adapted to fit on various pickup truck makes.
Essentially, a mesh-grid is a connection of individual clean energy installations which are able to function collaboratively as a unit to provide reliable clean energy. By combining the energy potential of mini-grids with the ease of use and low cost of solar home systems (SHS), mesh-grids are well-suited for many communities.
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Around 600 million people in Africa still lack access to electricity. Despite recent progress, electrification efforts face new headwinds since the Covid-19 pandemic, with a growing debt crisis, poor utility financial health, and increased affordability challenges.
According to a statement by the scientists, the study aimed to evaluate the threat of mining to the ape population in Africa which makes up over one-third of the entire population with 180,000 gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees. These animals are now at risk of endangerment.

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