Project GANESHA - Getting power Access to rural-Nepal through thermally cooled battery Energy storage for transport and Home Applications

Partners: P.A.K. Engineering

Country: Nepal

Technology: Energy storage including batteries and mechanical storage

Stage: Mid

Stage: Round 10

Project GANESHA aims to develop and implement an innovative battery module solution for powering rural small passenger vehicles and off-grid home energy systems in Nepal. The project will use solar-power installations to pilot the innovation in two rural sites with marginal/no grid access.
The project consortium includes three UK and two Nepalese organisations, led by NEVI, a pioneer in retrofitting ICE-rickshaws to EV and renting batteries to low-income communities. The project will overcome the limitations of Nepal’s power grid and distribution by using a removable solution similar to products in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, but with lower cost and higher efficiency.

This project will involve the design, manufacture, and mobilisation of a new module with heat exchanger technology, state-sensor/communications technology, and a specialised payment systems platform reducing capital investment requirements and enabling an optimised rollout.