{"id":10971,"date":"2021-02-16T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/renergen-to-start-production-of-ultra-cold-covid-19-vaccine-storage-20210216\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:51:43","slug":"renergen-to-start-production-of-ultra-cold-covid-19-vaccine-storage-20210216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/renergen-to-start-production-of-ultra-cold-covid-19-vaccine-storage-20210216\/","title":{"rendered":"Renergen to start production of ultra-cold COVID-19 vaccine storage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_335459ef\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Storage\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10937\/7bb8a4880f944a98b55c4c094cfc4117.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10937\/ac41c17cdc1a4079ab34943cc2d7826e.jpg\" title=\"SA natural gas and helium producer Renergen will start production of its helium-powered ultra-cold mobile freezer in the next few days. Photo: Pixabay\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">SA natural gas and helium producer Renergen will start production of its helium-powered ultra-cold mobile freezer in the next few days. Photo: Pixabay<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>SA natural gas and helium producer Renergen will start<br>\nproduction of its helium-powered ultra-cold mobile freezer in the next few days<br>\nand has started discussions to sell the units to logistics companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies and governments around the world are working on<br>\nways to establish cold-chain storage and delivery systems for vaccines such as<br>\nthe Pfizer Inc and BioNTech shot, which must be shipped and stored at<br>\nultra-cold temperatures and can only last at standard fridge temperatures for<br>\nup to five days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a solution, Renergen on Monday launched its prototype<br>\ncold-chain storage called Cryo-Vacc, which has a temperature range of -150\u00b0C to<br>\n8\u00b0C and can store vaccines for periods of up to 30 days without the need for<br>\nany power supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already started to take orders for this product. So<br>\nwe\u2019re ready to start going into production in the next few days,\u201d Renergen CEO<br>\nStefano Marani told journalists at the demo-launch event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has partnered with local distributor DPD Laser,<br>\njointly owned, and controlled by The Laser Group and European DPDgroup, which<br>\nwill buy the units from Renergen and then rent them out to its health-care<br>\nwarehousing and logistics clients in SA and the Sadc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marani said the company had also received multiple<br>\nexpressions of interests and order requests from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cryo-Vacc uses liquid helium to transport by air, and liquid<br>\nnitrogen to transport by road. Current cold-chain solutions use dry ice \u2014<br>\nfrozen carbon dioxide \u2014 or cold plates, but this has not been sustainable for<br>\nSA said DPD Laser CEO Anton Visagie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur biggest challenges; we\u2019ve got very high ambient<br>\ntemperatures in SA, we\u2019ve got long distances to travel and often when you get<br>\nto the point of vaccination there is a lack of infrastructure. 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