State-owned entity the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on March 23 hosted the Belgium’s King Philippe at its Indoor Energy Storage Testbed facility, in Pretoria. South Africa’s Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande was also in attendance at the facility, which equips the CSIR to test the performance and reliability of batteries, as expressed by their storage capacity, life cycle and depth of charge.
