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Africa’s Energy Revolutionized: Nuclear Partnerships and E-Brick Breakthrough
Africa’s Energy Revolutionized: Nuclear Partnerships and E-Brick Breakthrough
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As Africa battles energy poverty while navigating geopolitical tensions, AfroVerdict examines two groundbreaking developments: NJ Ayuk's push for Russian... 04.04.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Africa’s Energy Revolutionised: Nuclear Partnerships and the E-Brick Breakthrough
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As Africa battles energy poverty while navigating geopolitical tensions, AfroVerdict examines two groundbreaking developments: NJ Ayuk's push for Russian nuclear cooperation despite Western sanctions, and Peter Hamilton's revolutionary e-brick battery technology that could redefine Africa's energy sector.
The recent meeting on Monday between the Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Roman Marshavin and NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, yielded plans for Russia-Africa energy cooperation.Dismissing Western sanctions on Russia's nuclear exports as illegitimate barriers to development, Ayuk stressed the importance of working with all partners to power up Africa.NJ Ayuk also highlighted the importance of in-house African solutions to the continent's energy security, stressing that "African funds, African financing needs to be going into that".An example of such innovations is a transformative battery technology recently showcased at the BRICS+ Agriculture Investment and Trade Summit held in Durban, South Africa on March 27-29.The South African inventor of the product, Peter Hamilton, founder and CTO of EnergyLab XT, describes his technology as a "structural battery", which can "store energy while serving as building material".The batteries can also convert waste heat into electricity. "When you heat up the cell, you end up with a voltage potential. We are achieving 1.5 volts per layer from low-grade heat," Hamilton noted, suggesting applications from data centers and agricultural infrastructure to housing and cooling equipment.Unlike lithium-ion batteries, they're non-flammable and environmentally friendly. "The active materials are excellent fertilizers for plants. We've tested it," he added.Another application the battery tech can be useful in is cellphones by combining existing lithium-ion batteries and the post-lithium invention, so as "not to disrupt the existing cellphone market".To hear more about the potential of nuclear in Africa or the technical characteristics of the solid-state battery, check out the entire episode of the AfroVerdict podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.In addition to the website, you can also catch our episodes on Telegram.► You can also listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Castbox, Pocket Casts, Deezer, Podcast Addict and Afripods.► Check out all the episodes of AfroVerdict.
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Africa’s Energy Revolutionized: Nuclear Partnerships and E-Brick Breakthrough
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As Africa battles energy poverty while navigating geopolitical tensions, AfroVerdict examines two groundbreaking developments: NJ Ayuk's push for Russian nuclear cooperation despite Western sanctions, and Peter Hamilton's revolutionary e-brick battery technology that could redefine Africa's energy sector.
The recent meeting on Monday between the Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Roman Marshavin and NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, yielded plans for Russia-Africa energy cooperation.
Dismissing Western sanctions on Russia's nuclear exports as illegitimate barriers to development, Ayuk stressed the importance of working with all partners to power up Africa.
"Nuclear energy is a cleaner, better source of base load energy that you need for African industrialization and also [to] provide long-terms energy security for Africans. If we have to work with all parties to seek exemptions so that we can get Russian companies that have some of the best technologies in nuclear energy [...] we should be able to use that," he says.
NJ Ayuk also highlighted the importance of in-house African solutions to the continent's energy security, stressing that "African funds, African financing needs to be going into that".
"The pattern of always relying on others to come drive that where Africans are really not playing a big role - that is a problem," he states.
An example of such innovations is a transformative battery technology recently showcased at the BRICS+ Agriculture Investment and Trade Summit held in Durban, South Africa on March 27-29.
The South African inventor of the product, Peter Hamilton, founder and CTO of EnergyLab XT, describes his technology as a "structural battery", which can "store energy while serving as building material".
"It can be an office desk, a wall, a floor tile... it can take any form," Hamilton explained.
The batteries can also convert waste heat into electricity. "When you heat up the cell, you end up with a voltage potential. We are achieving 1.5 volts per layer from low-grade heat," Hamilton noted, suggesting applications from data centers and agricultural infrastructure to housing and cooling equipment.
Unlike lithium-ion batteries, they're non-flammable and environmentally friendly. "The active materials are excellent fertilizers for plants. We've tested it," he added.
Another application the battery tech can be useful in is cellphones by combining existing lithium-ion batteries and the post-lithium invention, so as "not to disrupt the existing cellphone market".
"If you had a cellphone that was actually constructed out of a solid-state battery, and you wanted to charge your phone up quickly, you just charge it for a minute, and then that battery, which is the actual housing of the phone, will in turn charge your internal lithium-ion battery. Or keep it charged once it is fully charged," Hamilton suggests.
To hear more about the potential of nuclear in Africa or the technical characteristics of the solid-state battery, check out the entire episode of the AfroVerdict podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.
In addition to the website, you can also catch our episodes on
Telegram.
► Check out all the episodes of AfroVerdict. 
