Lead-acid (mostly) podcast with Gerrit Barnard of Trojan and C&D

Take a trip to the summer of 2025, since Gerrit Barnard is in Cape Town South Africa (Where it is now summertime). He is the Director of Sales for EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) for C&D Technologies / Trojan Battery Company. Trojan is well known by people in the solar and storage industry for a long time and many old-timers used Trojan L16 batteries for their first PV system, back when grid-tied PV was a dream, illegal or both.

 

Trojan has become one (merger/bought by) C&D Technologies, who has also been making batteries for a long time, especially in the more industrial applications.

 

Trojan and C&D mostly specialize in reliable lead-acid systems, but also make golf cart batteries that use the lithium-ion technology. There are many people still using lead-acid batteries and when you listen to this podcast, you will know why, and you will likely use NEC Article 480 Stationary Standby Batteries (formerly Storage Batteries) rather than Article 706 Energy Storage Systems.

 

Remember that although lead tastes good, it is more filling🤣

 

(Don’t taste lead, they say it was the downfall of the Roman Empire, since it was used to sweeten wine and made those emperors go nuts).

 

Topics covered:

EMEA = Europe Middle East and Africa

C&D Technologies www.cdtechno.com

Trojan Battery www.trojanbattery.com

Lithium-Ion Battery

Lead-Acid Battery

EV = Electric Vehicles

Golf Carts

Battery Recycling (98% – 99%)

SOC = Stated of Charge

DOD = Depth of Discharge

Equalization on Sealed Batteries

Sealed Lead Acid Batteries

World Changers Academy

SMA Solar Technology

Cape Town

Climate Reality Project

Battery Manufacturing of C&D

Article 706 = Energy Storage Systems

Article 480 = Storage Batteries/Stationary Standby Batteries

Nuclear Power Plant

Trojan 2,460 Amp Hour Cell Battery

Bumi Hills Safari Lodge

Megawatt Hour Lead-Acid Battery System

ESCOM Utility

Inverter

Anti-Islanding

Distilled Water for Batteries

Intersolar in Munich

Smarter E

 

Reach out Gerrit Barnard here:

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/gerrit-barnard

C&D Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/c&d-technologies

C&D Website: www.cdtechno.com

Trojan Battery Website: www.trojanbattery.com

 

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