Renewables
Electric vehicles equipped with optical connectivity
Supplier for automotive gigabit connectivity over POF (Plastic Optical Fibre), KDPOF, has provided its Automotive Gigabit Ethernet POF (GEPOF) for electric and autonomous driving to solve the electrical challenges and interferences of new powertrain architectures. Carlos Pardo, CEO and Co-founder of KDPOF, stated: "We are happy to announce that several car makers and Tier-1 suppliers have adopted our optical technology for electrical po...
UK Power Networks to trial EV to grid projects
UK Power Networks is part of a consortium that has won £11m government funding for four electric vehicle demonstration projects as part of a series of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) innovation bids. Vehicle to Grid technology enables energy stored in an electric vehicle’s battery to be fed back into the electricity network at times of peak demand.
Duo collaborate on EV battery development
The University of South Wales’ Centre for Automotive and Power System Engineering and Ricardo have announced that they intend to collaborate on Electric Vehicle (EV) battery systems research and development.
High demand for less trucks in urban peak hour traffic
Next year, Volvo Trucks will start selling electric trucks in Europe, with the first units being put into operation with selected reference customers later this year. Electric trucks drastically reduce noise and exhaust emissions and will open up new ways to manage logistics. More goods will then be carried at night, meaning fewer trucks need to compete for road space during peak daytime hours.
Wind chasers fly high with a new initiative
A new initiative will test scientific minds with the latest technology options to increase the quality, accuracy and access to data used in monitoring and predicting wind trends.
Agreement signed to support production of new TX Electric Taxi
A long-term agreement (LTA) has been signed between Optimas Solutions and LEVC (London EV Company), with the two businesses now collaborating to deliver optimised fasteners to enable the production of the new TX - the advanced electric taxi. The agreement was signed at the new £325m LEVC production plant in Coventry on the 6th September. Optimas has already been heavily involved in the project, providing specialised and standard fasten...
Bio-renewable process could help make sustainable plastic
When John Wesley Hyatt patented the first industrial plastic in 1869, his intention was to create an alternative to the elephant tusk ivory used to make piano keys. But this early plastic also sparked a revolution in the way people thought about manufacturing: What if we weren’t limited to the materials nature had to offer? Over a century later, plastics are an abundant part of daily life. But these plastics are often derived from petr...
Making sense of climate change through data mining
Big data and data mining have provided several breakthroughs in fields such as health informatics, smart cities and marketing. The same techniques, however, have not delivered consistent key findings for climate change. There are a few reasons why. The main one is that previous data mining work in climate science, and in particular in the analysis of climate teleconnections, has relied on methods that offer rather simplistic 'yes or no' answ...
'Hot electrons' could improve solar cell efficiency
Photons with energy higher than the 'band gap' of the semiconductor absorbing them give rise to what are known as hot electrons. The extra energy in respect to the band gap is lost very fast, as it is converted into heat so it does not contribute to the voltage. University of Groningen Professor of Photophysics and Optoelectronics Maria Antonietta Loi has now found a material in which these hot electrons retain their high energy levels for much l...
EV charging infrastructure receives a boost
With the announcement of Rapid Electronics and ICEE Managed Services entering a partnership to introduce a fully integrated EV charging installation service, the EV charging infrastructure has received a boost. The new service is aimed at the commercial, B2B and local authority markets. Spanning the entire planning, procurement and delivery process, it includes equipment selection, supply, installation, commissioning and lifetime m...