The ZE-Gen Demonstrator is a £2m competition supporting the capability, applicability, and scalability of innovations aimed at advancing renewable energy-based alternatives to fossil fuel generators in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Indo-Pacific regions.
The competition has received additional funding from the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Two projects have been selected for funding through the ZE-Gen Demonstrator.
Funded projects
- Aegis Energy
A project in Côte d’Ivoire and Fiji for wind-generator technologies to charge approximately 400 e-mobility batteries a day, for electric motorbikes, scooters, small boat outboards, and drones. Led by British e-mobility charge-point developer Aegis Energy, the Zephattan project will showcase wind-powered generators’ readiness to meet remote and off-grid African and Pacific Island Country electricity needs.
- BioLite
An expandable, solar generator for Nigerian businesses from off-grid renewable developer BioLite. Building on BioLite’s deep technical expertise in solar generators the company will develop EverPower, an expandable, zero-emissions solar generator, to replace fossil fuel generators to meet the energy needs of weak grid or off-grid Nigerian SMEs.