{"id":3701,"date":"2023-03-01T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/locelh2org.wpengine.com\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:56:54","slug":"locel-h2-kick-off-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locelh2.org\/fr\/locel-h2-kick-off-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"LoCEL-H2 Kick off Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Clean Energy and Cooking Fuel Solution to Help Solve Energy Poverty for Isolated Communities in Africa<\/h2>\n<\/div>
By Carl Telford<\/span><\/div>\n\n
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Planning is Underway for LoCEL-H2, a Four-Year, \u20ac10million Sustainable Energy Storage Project, Co-funded by the European Union<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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[LE BOURGET-DU-LAC, February, 2023] \u2013 A recently won European Union project by the Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI) will pair advanced lead batteries with green hydrogen to deliver a new source of clean, reliable, and sustainable energy storage for off-grid communities in Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Awarded through Horizon Europe, this collaborative, four-year project called LoCEL-H2, (or Low-cost, Circular, plug & play, Off-grid Energy for remote Locations including Hydrogen), combines the expertise of lead battery manufacturers, academia, national laboratories, component manufacturers, and companies who are focused on integration, microgrids and renewables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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LoCEL-H2 will generate renewable energy, storage, and fuel for deployment in isolated and remote regions of Africa, to support communities that cannot connect to an electricity grid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The excitement around this innovative project is reflected by everyone involved,\u201d said Dr. Carl Telford, the senior research and innovation manager at CBI. \u201cEnergy poverty is a problem that affects millions of people worldwide because they lack consistent access to electricity.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The majority of the world\u2019s population living in energy poverty are in Sub-Saharan Africa and are dependent on traditional stoves and fuels for their cooking. As a result, most of the domestic chores are handled by the women in these households, who then develop an increased health risk from a constant exposure to biomass, kerosene and\/or coal fuels used for cooking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Angel Kirchev, a senior expert, PhD, HDR, at CEA Tech and LoCEL-H2\u2019s project coordinator holds up a sign during the kick-off meeting showing what this project will mean for off-grid communities in Africa.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The LoCEL-H2 project will provide a sustainable energy source as well as access to clean fuels. Another benefit will result in the education levels within these communities being positively impacted since they will now have access to online information through a reliable energy connection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cThis project is important to help address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), while having an impact on other areas such as health,\u201d noted Dani Strickland, professor of electrical power engineering at Loughborough University and a member of the LoCEL-H2 partnership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cThis project is important to help address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), while having an impact on other areas such as health,\u201d noted Dani Strickland, professor of electrical power engineering at Loughborough University and a member of the LoCEL-H2 partnership.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n

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This project involves nine partners in Europe, North Africa, North America and South Asia who will develop new technology for a novel distributed microgrid, as well as a Battolyser. The Battolyser is a new solution for producing clean hydrogen technology to power cooking surfaces and would replace biomass fueled stoves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Whether as a response to climate impacts or future energy storage needs, advanced lead batteries are often an overlooked and innovative technology that bring safe, reliable, low-cost solutions to pair with a renewable source.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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By combining lead batteries with wind and solar power, this forward-looking energy storage project will deliver ongoing, affordable electricity to off-grid communities and become a deployable solution for other energy-deprived areas around the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The two pilot areas for the project will be focused in Zambia and Ivory Coast. Angel Kirchev, a senior expert, PhD, HDR, at CEA Tech and LoCEL-H2\u2019s project coordinator said, \u201cCEA looks forward to coordinating this exciting and challenging 4-year project which will bring sustainable energy and green hydrogen to challenged communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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