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https://twitter.com/luckoechlin/status/1372657928314961927?s=20

https://edf-re.co.za

https://edf-re.co.za/

US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm Tweet

https://twitter.com/SecGranholm/status/1372288127965003776?s=20

DOE Announces $24.5 Million for Manufacturing Innovation to Build a Clean, Resilient Electric Grid

https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-245-million-manufacturing-innovation-build-clean-resilient-electric-grid

https://www.energy-storage.news/news/us-secretary-of-energy-flow-batteries-are-good-for-grid-storage

Venue: GCIS – Ronnie Mamoepa Press Room, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield in Pretoria
Media Participation:
Journalists may view the briefing via live streaming on the South African Government social media channels on the links below:?
Facebook: http://facebook.com/GovernmentZA?

Twitter: http://twitter.com/GovernmentZA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GovernmentZA

https://businesstech.co.za/news/energy/476238/these-six-municipalities-are-moving-off-eskoms-grid-and-away-from-load-shedding/

The Western Cape has announced a new project which will see six candidate municipalities in the province move off of Eskom’s grid in favour of other power options.
In its provincial budget published on Tuesday (16 March), the provincial government said that load shedding costs the local economy about R75 million per stage, per day.
“When it comes to the economy, Covid-19 is a ‘left hook’, and load shedding is a ‘right hook’, which together often results in a knock-out blow that risks compromising economic recovery,” it said.
“Which is why we will spend R48.8 million over the medium term, and provide a further R20 million in the provincial reserves, for the Municipal Energy Resilience project.”
The province said that this is a ‘bold and ambitious project’ to support municipalities to generate, procure and sell their own power so that they can beat load shedding.
The six candidate municipalities participating in the Municipal Energy Resilience Project in this financial year are:
* Drakenstein Municipality;
* Mossel Bay Municipality;
* Overstrand Municipality;
* Saldanha Bay Municipality;
* Stellenbosch Municipality;
* Swartland Municipality.
The provincial government said that it will also be collaborating with the City of Cape Town on the project.
Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter has warned that South Africans can expect another five years of load shedding as the country faces a shortfall of 4,000MW. He added that this shortfall could increase if the economy grows.
De Ruyter said that this threat of disruption means that South Africa will have to accelerate the addition of new capacity to the grid, and that the shortfall could be reduced as more renewable energy options are approved.
“We all want an economy that is not constrained from growing due to a lack of available electricity generation capacity and, therefore, we believe that bringing forward new generation capacity as soon as possible will be positive for the economy and will avoid a downside risk of further shortfalls in generation capacity.”

Maybe proceedings are dependent on this BESF Code being approved by NERSA due in the next few weeks.

The Draft Grid Code for Battery Energy Storage Facility (‘BESF Code’) has been developed with the primary objective of specifying minimum technical and design grid connection requirements for battery energy storage facilities connected or seeking connection to the South African Transmission System or Distribution System.
https://www.nersa.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/BESF-Consultation-Paper-1.pdf

Process started on the 12th November 2020 when NERSA received a Draft BESF Code from the GCAC
Indicative Timelines for the Approval of the BESF Code on Page 22
(Closing date for comments was the 26th February 2021)

Annexure A
https://www.nersa.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Annexure-A_-Battery-Energy-Sorage-Facility_Connection_Code-1.pdf

Clip of Sir Mick Davis speaking about Vanadium Battery Storage.
Streamed live on 6 Feb 2021

https://youtu.be/k9rnxTUQCX8?t=4194

Renewables for Mines
https://africa.energyandmines.com

https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/energy-and-mines-africa-virtual-summit/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfMzE5NDg2

Case Study & Live Q&A:
Optimising Mine Power with Hybrid Solutions Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Main Stage

Peter Oldacre - Head of Origination and Investment - Bushveld Energy

- The drivers behind the hybrid microgrid power plant for Vametco Alloys mine

- Lessons learned in assessing different power solutions for the site 

- Next steps for implementing solar power and vanadium flow storage   

Electricity regulations to be amended to raise licence-exemption cap for distributed generation projects
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/state-of-the-nation-2021-2021-02-11/rep_id:4136

Meridian Economics Industry Survey Jan 21
https://meridianeconomics.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19-Briefing-note-survey-results.pdf

https://www.esmap.org/energystorage

ESP Partner
South Africa Energy Storage Association (SAESA)

Event
Stakeholder Consultation of the Energy Storage Partnership (ESP) November 18, 2020

https://www.esmap.org/esp_stakeholder-consultation_november_2020

Presentations on new projects and technology updates on long duration energy storage, and its applicability to developing countries.

Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries - Mikhail Nikomarov, Bushveld Energy

https://esmap.org/sites/default/files/ESP/3_VRFB_Bushveld.pdf

Proposal for the Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstration innovation competition
Published 3 March 2021

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/longer-duration-energy-storage-demonstration/proposal-for-the-longer-duration-energy-storage-demonstration-innovation-competition

Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy

Deploying the Clean Energy Revolution

https://www.energy.gov/articles/deploying-clean-energy-revolution#.YEa1O3RPOLQ.twitter

Hubei Xiangyang signed three energy storage projects: 100MW photovoltaic + 100MW energy storage, an annual output of 50MW vanadium battery energy storage system
https://z44e7f6gqf576hizs2whzkjuxa-jj2cvlaia66be-chuneng-bjx-com-cn.translate.goog/news/20210304/1139708.shtml
Polaris Energy Storage Network News : On March 3, Xiangyang City, Hubei held a signing ceremony for key investment projects in the vanadium energy storage industry. Three projects including 100 MW photovoltaic and 100 MW energy storage and solar storage integrated power stations were signed together, creating hundreds of billions for our city The vanadium energy storage industry cluster has laid a solid foundation. City leaders Cheng Jiagang, Wang Zhongyun, Ge Xiuquan and Luo Qiongjiu attended the signing ceremony.
In recent years, the development environment of the domestic clean energy industry represented by the energy storage industry has been improving. Energy storage is the key to vigorously develop clean energy and realize the comprehensive utilization of wind, light, and electricity. Our city is rich in mineral resources and has unique conditions for the development of the energy storage industry.
The three projects signed this time are: Beijing Puneng Century Technology Co., Ltd., Hubei Pingfan Ruifeng New Energy Co., Ltd., and Gaoxin SDIC signed the "100 MW photovoltaic and 100 MW energy storage and solar storage integrated power station (the first phase of 100 MW photovoltaic and 40 MW energy storage and solar energy storage integrated power station)” project cooperation agreement; High-tech Zone Management Committee and Beijing Puneng Century Technology Co., Ltd. signed an agreement to enter the zone for the “50 MW annual output of vanadium battery energy storage system ” project; High-tech Zone The Management Committee and Hubei Pingfan Ruifeng New Energy Co., Ltd. signed an agreement to enter the zone for the "Vanadium Energy Storage Smart Energy Research Institute" project.
Cheng Jiagang pointed out that the municipal party committee and the municipal government attach great importance to building a 100 billion vanadium energy storage industrial cluster and have high hopes. It is necessary to seize opportunities, and use greater intensity and more effective investment promotion and project construction to form a " Competitive advantages of the two new industries. He requested that the High-tech Zone Management Committee and relevant municipal departments and units should take the "service year" activity as an opportunity to take the initiative to serve the vanadium energy storage project and provide strong service guarantees for the smooth implementation of the vanadium energy storage project.
They are confident in the future development of Xiangyang. Next, they will seize the opportunity, accelerate the pace of project implementation, and build a first-class domestic and world-leading vanadium energy storage industry cluster.

Erongo visualisation by courtesy of The Bushveld Perspective

https://www.thebushveldperspective.com/slides/slide/bushveld-minerals-in-a-minute-50

Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about South Africa's plans to resume the procurement of renewable energy after a six-year stall, what commitments have been made by government and the potential for industrialisation around the programme?

https://youtu.be/pokXRI-si9k

IRP 2019 Table 5 Page 42

http://www.energy.gov.za/IRP/2019/IRP-2019.pdf

https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/xlon/bmn/ownership

Buying/Institutions
IPConcept (Luxemburg) SA
Date (Feb 28, 2021)

Embedded generation: Key to supporting SA's energy intensive industries

https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/704/213653.html

“Given the sharp declines in cost levels, it is expected that most of the newly installed embedded generation will take the form of solar PV capacity. As a result, we may see a significant increase in intermittent generating capacity connected to the country’s distribution network over the coming years.

Therefore, it will be important for those considering investment in large embedded generation facilities to explore options such as battery energy storage to avoid technical issues such as power instability, network overloading, power quality deviations and forced curtailment during periods of load shedding to comply with safety requirements. Larger battery storage solutions may also support with energy shifting which could reduce grid consumption during peak tariff hours and further reduce energy costs”

https://science.tamu.edu/news/2021/02/texas-am-chemist-sarbajit-banerjee-leads-collaborative-nasa-funded-project-for-extraterrestrial-construction/

To the seat with the clearest view.....

"Five of the six Apollo landings had issues with dust blocking the astronauts' view of the surface, forcing them to guess at the final landing location and sometimes landing on slopes dangerously close to the maximum tolerance — one time, precariously close to a major crater. If NASA and its commercial partners are to mount a sustained presence on the Moon and Mars and land on outer solar system bodies, we need to find a way to tame surface materials for landing and mobility."
Dr. Sarbajit Banerjee, Texas A&M chemist and NASA NIAC Fellow

https://twitter.com/SarbajitBanerj1/status/1365505374665601024?s=20

Lemur Resources : Is it a Distraction?
Clip from the CRUX Interview
https://youtu.be/AX_WdScGDVw?t=2043

RNS Number : 7756Q
23 June 2020

https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/bushveld_minerals/news/rns/story/x8l2p5r

Johannesburg Stock Exchange listing
 
The Company continues to monitor market conditions and engage with South African institutional investors. Timing of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange listing has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bushveld Minerals' growth strategy will benefit South Africa by using the country's natural strengths to become a leader in our industry.
 
The rationale for our proposed listing on the JSE is based on the following considerations:
 
§ our resources are located on the world-renowned Bushveld Complex in South Africa, the world's largest primary vanadium resource base;
§ our vertical integration aligns with the country's push for increased local beneficiation of its mineral resources;
§ our downstream energy storage proposition aligns with the government's stated goals of downstream mineral beneficiation and adopting stationary energy storage; and
§ a listing will allow us to access a significant pool of local investors who have an affinity with our story.

Other operating and administration costs
Johannesburg Stock Exchange listing preparation costs US$1 million