EMROD’s viable long-range wireless power project game changer for Africa

EMROD, an innovative energy company that describes itself as a tele-energy company is set to present a commercially-viable long-range wireless power transmission at the upcoming African Energy forum slated to hold on 21st October, 2020.

This was made known in a recent statement made available to Business The wireless power transmission, a first of its kind, utilises electromagnetic waves to transmit power over long distances efficiently adhering to ecofriendly standards.

Traditionally, electricity is transmitted all around the world over vast distances using copper line technology. With the wireless transmission already operational in New Zealand, EMROD is looking to position its project as an alternative power plan in Africa; a continent besieged with power issues.

Simon Gosling, managing director of EnergyNet, reacting to the development noted the possibilities that wireless energy transmission over long distances could mean for Africa. He said, “Being able to transmit high-power electricity without any cables is game-changing for the continent. It means barriers to energy-access are smashed and Africa could be fully electrified within ten years. This is the technology millions of people have been waiting for.”

Commenting on the power project, Greg Kushnir, the founder of EMROD said, “We have an abundance of clean hydro, solar, and wind energy available around the world but there are costly challenges that come with delivering that energy using traditional methods, for example, offshore wind farms or the Cook Strait here in New Zealand requiring underwater cables which are expensive to install and maintain.”

Emrod’s technology is poised to help governments and organisations spend significantly lesser on power as it helps reduce the cost of power infrastructure since it eliminates the need for copper wires and poles.

We are talking about a potential 50 per cent increase in sustainable energy uptake, up to 85 per cent reduction in outages and up to 65 per cent reduction in electricity infrastructure costs due to the Emrod solution,” Kushnir noted.