News In Brief May 8- GEAPP, Battery Smart, AEROCOMPACT, ESRI

GEAPP Launches Climate Africa Warsha to Advance Renewable Energy Reporting

The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and its alliance partners hosted the inaugural Climate Africa Warsha on World Press Freedom Day. The “Warsha” which means ‘workshop’ in Swahili creates a platform where journalists can connect with key renewable energy stakeholders, equipping them with the insights and skills required to elevate their reporting on the climate crisis, and energy access and transition solutions.

AEROCOMPACT presents the COMPACTWALL mounting system for PV façades

PV mounting system expert AEROCOMPACT is tapping into another market segment with its COMPACTWALL system. The new solution is based on the COMPACTMETAL product portfolio, which AEROCOMPACT has expanded and adapted for this purpose. In addition to sheet metal façades, PV systems can be installed on concrete – including sandwich façades on request. AEROCOMPACT will be presenting the new system, which will be available throughout Europe starting in June, for the first time at its stand at the world’s leading solar trade fair, Intersolar Europe.

Battery Smart Sets New Milestone: Inaugurates its 1000^th EV Battery Swap Station

Battery Smart, India’s largest and fastest growing battery swapping network for electric two and three-wheelers, today inaugurated its 1000^th swap station in Delhi – the first company in India to achieve this milestone. The station was inaugurated by Sudhendu Sinha – Advisor (Infrastructure Connectivity & Electric Mobility), NITI Aayog, Govt of India. This achievement solidifies Battery Smart’s commitment to building the densest network of swap stations and ensuring EV users are within a 1 km radius of a station, with zero wait time.

ESRI India Achieves 1 Million Users Milestone

Esri India, the leading provider of Geographic Information System (GIS) software and solutions in India, today announced that it has reached the 1 million users mark. With encouragement from the Geospatial Data Guidelines 2021, Esri India, as an Indian entity now offers more than 900 layers of geospatial data through the Indian edition of ArcGIS Living Atlas. These data layers are available through Indo ArcGIS to all its users. Indo ArcGIS also provides 200+ solution products for solving various India-centric challenges. Increased usage of these products in the country has led to the culmination of the 1 million user base.