The VoltaView®Powerhouse plant provides both clean energy in the form of electricity and clean drinking water, both of which are fundamental to successful economic development and achieving quality of life in rural areas of the sub-Saharan region. The Power2Go concept, also developed by VoltaView®, offers the possibility to take electricity home as mobile and portable electric power supply solution or to be used in the field of e-mobility as exchangeable energy packs, e.g. in e-scooters or e-fishing boats. Elaborate and costly house-to-house network installations are no longer necessary. The transportable Power2Go packs can be recharged regeneratively at the VoltaView®Powerhouse station or be exchanged for already charged Power2Go cases. With this simple concept, 10-15 households can easily be supplied with electricity or, alternatively, an equal number of e-scooters or e-fishing boats can be operated. With increasing energy requirements, the VoltaView®Powerhouse can be expanded with additional photovoltaic modules and battery storage units thanks to its modular building architecture (Bauhaus building block concepts) and thus easily be adapted to the specific needs of the community. What yesterday was the diesel generator and the power grid network are today the VoltaView®Powerhouse and the Power2Go packs.

Especially in The Gambia, the smallest African country, there are currently intensive efforts in the transport sector to promote e-mobility. The company Sub-Saharan United Vehicles Ltd. (SUV) is a local manufacturer of e-scooters applying 48 VDC battery modules. The first roll-out will take place in summer 2023. One of the VoltaView®Powerhouse systems already ordered by SUV will therefore be used as regenerative charging and/or exchange station for the batteries serving e-scooters and/or e-fishing boats. In 2023 three VoltaView®Powerhouse plants will be set up as a reference/pilot project in The Gambia, supported by the German DENA-RES program. They will serve the following fields of application: training and further education, charging stations for e-mobility and decentralized energy and drinking water supply in remote rural regions. Due to its geographical compactness, The Gambia offers the best conditions for demonstrating this new technology and for a first market launch. An expansion of VoltaView®Powerhouse plants to other parts of West Africa as a next step is planned for the second half of 2023