Ayrton Fund

Congratulations to BURN for being named one of the TIMES 100’s most influential companies for 2024! 👏   As an innovator in clean cooking technology, BURN has been transforming lives and local environments since its initial investment from Acumen in 2015, through support from Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities and Energy Catalyst (an Innovate UK programme) Round 9, as well as MECS programme - as part of the Ayrton Fund.   To date, BURN has sold over 4.5 million stoves, significantly reducing reliance on wood and charcoal and improving household health across Africa.   To add to this huge achievement, the company has just launched its first assembly plant in Nigeria. This facility will revolutionise and accelerate access to affordable clean cooking appliances to bring fuel-efficient appliances to every household in Nigeria.   Read the full announcement on the company’s new operations in Nigeria below ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dggbjKyP 🚀 #CleanCooking #EnergyInnovation Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

📢 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬 📢 Are you (or do you know) a talented mid to senior academic passionate about #CleanEnergyTransition working in: 🌍#Ethiopa, #Ghana, #Lesotho, #Rwanda, #SierraLeone, #Tanzania, #Uganda, #SouthAfrica 🌎#Bangladesh, #Pakistan 🌏#PapuaNewGuinea Check out the opportunity of being a Battery Ambassador as part of the Ayrton Challenge on Energy Storage, in partnership with the Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership (TEA-LP) ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eKq8Kkdm Applications close 2nd June. 🔊𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬! The opportunity offers: ✈ Financial support to attend the Faraday Institution Annual Conference 2024 🤝 Introductions to a wealth of subject specialists and industry partners 🔋 Networking opportunities with the Faraday Institution community of over 500 researchers in the UK 💻 Online webinar series on relevant topics delivered by experts Ayrton Fund, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Carbon Trust, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Business and Trade, Francesca Long, Andrew Deadman, Energy Catalyst (an Innovate UK programme)

🗓 Tomorrow, as part of the Ayrton Challenge on Energy Storage, The Faraday Institution's public engagement event: ‘Batteries for Emerging Economies’, will dive into the research, systems engineering, and logistical challenges (and their solutions) of accelerating the deployment of batteries for micromobility and static energy storage.🔋 Last chance to register for the event here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e5BDUzzb To learn more about lithium-ion batteries, check out the video below 🎥 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office The Faraday Institution 

⌛️ There's still time to apply to be a Battery Ambassador as part of the Ayrton Challenge on Energy Storage🔋 Applications close on 12th May ⏰ Find out more and apply ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dVMbjsiq Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office The Faraday Institution Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership (TEA-LP)

👏 Great to see Globeleq championing the crucial issue of #energystorage and securing preferred bidder status for the biggest standalone Battery Energy Storage System project in Africa🔋

📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡: 5 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 As part of the Ayrton Challenge on Energy Storage, backed by UK international development funding, The Faraday Institution is investing £610k to advance battery technologies tailored for deployment in emerging economies to support the clean energy transition. Find out more in our latest blog 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4mKPuWq 1. 𝐑𝐞𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑: 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 🔬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 In ReSTOR, a collaborative effort by the University of Strathclyde and StorTera the focus is on developing simplified processes for formulating and reconditioning the active catholyte in StorTera’s single liquid flow batteries. 🧪 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 Led by Edward Brightman and his team, the project involves not only simplifying the catholyte processes but also developing methods for catholyte and cell characterisation. These methods aim to identify key metrics for battery state-of-health. 🎯 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 1. Enable in-country battery activities by local engineers, focusing on installation, repairs, and recovery 2. Identify key metrics for battery state-of-health 3. Find a suitable partner country and site for a field demonstrator 4. Assess recycling process capabilities #EnergyStorage #CleanEnergy #BatteryResearch Transforming Energy Access The Carbon Trust Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Ayrton Fund Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Department for Business and Trade, Steven Hunt, Paul Monks, Anthony K., Andrew Deadman, Shell Foundation, Energy Catalyst (an Innovate UK programme), CrossBoundary Energy, Tombo Banda, ESMAP - Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, Gary Almond, Mercedes de la Vega, Alice Goodbrook, James Coombs OBrien Jon Lane

Concluding the inspiring week of #TEAForum24 activity, attendees had the opportunity to join one of six site visits to projects in and around Kigali. These included:  🔋 Energy storage innovation, e-waste processing and battery recycling with SLS Energy 🛵 Clean transport and e-mobility solutions with #Ampersand 💧 Efficient, solar-powered residential water heating solutions with SolarisKit Ltd | Certified B Corp and its partner Munyax Eco 🔌 A visit to ARC Power's mini-grid, led by CEO Karl Boyce and Arc Lead Nicole BAHATI 🧰 Off-grid products and services supplier, Bboxx who recently announced the company’s strategic relocation of its HQ to #Rwanda.  Each site visit offered attendees a first-hand view of these incredible projects, insights into the local ecosystem, and a chance to meet with the staff driving progress in inclusive, clean energy innovation. 📸 Below are some highlights from the visits, including TEA Forum attendees meeting with Ampersand staff, to learn more about the electric bikes transforming Rwanda’s e-mobility market.  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD), Acumen, Energy 4 Impact, Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities Greenmax Recycling, Shell Foundation, SLS Energy, Soleil Power, CrossBoundary Access, CLASP, PowerUP, Kijani Testing Ltd, Farm Warehouse, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), 60 Decibels, Precise Consulting, The Carbon Trust, Ashden, Practical Action, Solektra Rwanda Ltd, Munyax Eco, SureChill, Koolboks, Efficiency for Access, ENERGIA, Innovate UK, Access to Energy Institute, MECS programme, ESMAP - Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, ICLEI, Power for All, British International Investment

💥🇷🇼 Today marked the end of an exciting week of activities for the TEA platform in Kigali, Rwanda. #TEAForum24 ⚡Starting with the TEA Delivery Review Workshop - the annual opportunity to bring our partners together to share lessons, programme updates and exchange knowledge to inform future activities and make connections.  🏭It was a packed agenda as there was a lot to squeeze in. The day kicked off with a welcome Steven Hunt from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office followed by a series of updates from the ecosystem of partners delivering activity across key intervention areas; foundational research and training, open calls, tech accelerators, market building and Leave no One Behind. 🤝 We closed with reflections from the TEA platforms' esteemed external advisors which was an opportunity to say a heartfelt thank you to Elizabeth Rasekoala for her years of support as an external advisor and welcome Sheila Oparaocha and Joel Abraham as new external advisors each bringing deep experience in gender, inclusivity, and the Pacific Islands – important areas for the TEA platform.  The Carbon Trust ESMAP - Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership (TEA-LP) Chevening Awards Energy Saving Trust Energy Catalyst (an Innovate UK programme) Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities Acumen Global Platform for Action (GPA) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Shell Foundation Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Global Distributors Collective (GDC) Energy 4 Impact CLASP Practical Action ICLEI Africa Efficiency for Access CrossBoundary Group The Faraday Institution Innovate UK Global Refugee-led Network (GRN)  

Looking back on an incredible and inspiring time in Rwanda at the Transforming Energy Access Forum last week. 🌍 United by a shared commitment to supporting the acceleration of a just transition and clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Indo-Pacific region, over 350 sector experts and high-profile individuals convened in Kigali, the ‘land of a thousand hills’. We also welcomed nearly 200 participants online, with representation from over 40 countries. 🎤 The eagerly anticipated #TEAForum24 opened with a series of distinguished guest speakers including keynotes from the British High Commissioner to Rwanda and non-resident Ambassador to Burundi, His Excellency Omar Daair OBE, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), Damilola Ogunbiyi, with the official opening by the Government of Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure Dr Jimmy Gasore. ACEF’s Victoria Chelangat Sabula, the University of Rwanda’s Dr. Emmanuel Ufiteyezu, and Bboxx’s Amaury Franklin Fastenakels then delved into the topic of ‘Powering Inclusive Growth: Maximising the clean energy transition for climate compatible socio-economic development’, moderated by Dr. Albert Butare. Following the inspiring opening plenary the day continued with a packed agenda full of insightful panel discussions and speakers covering #finance, #innovation and #technology tracks, report launches, announcements, networking opportunities and a buzzing innovation marketplace, which featured 14 leading innovators and initiatives all contributing to progress on SDG7. 🤝 The TEA platform’s impact to date is down to the dedicated individuals, projects and programmes committed to improving #energyaccess and the Forum provided an opportunity to strengthen partnerships, create new connections and explore how TEA can support the wider energy access ecosystem. A huge thank you to all who contributed to making it such a positive, constructive and memorable event.

Live updates from #TEAForum24 in Kigali Rwanda. Bringing together clean energy innovators, decision-makers and governments dedicated to advancing an inclusive clean energy transition in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.   Key topics on the agenda: 🔋 Energy storage 🔌 Mini-grid market enablement 💵 Innovative finance mechanisms ❄️ Sustainable cooling 🤝 Ensuring inclusivity in clean energy innovation   Listen live to hear esteemed keynote speakers, from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and so much more.   350+ attendees 3 tracks - #technology #innovation #finance 14 exhibitors