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Key Drivers Behind Global Energy Transitions
Key Drivers Behind Global Energy Transitions
Key Drivers Behind Global Energy Transitions
transitions
Techno-economic
Socio-technical
Political
Main motivation: Unsustainability of current mass mobility models in Africa’s urban areas (envir.
damage and health hazards)
Market opportunity for an electric bus-based business model (to replace capacity-limited van
transporters)
Associated with some technological challenges of cascading the innovation (product and service
aspects)
Need to sustainably embed use of the e-bus into the transport sector of a fast-growing African city
Building on existing capabilities (upto prototype) and developing new ones (e.g. Battery
repurposing and retrofitting)
Describing status of prototype
PESTLE points (incl. ref to Horizon tool; Using Kpla and UG for the Africa situation; EAC; GLR; )