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Five Reasons Home Solar is a No-Brainer

February 1, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Currently, home solar panels have become very popular worldwide. Renewable energy seems to be the best solution for all those who have concerns about unpredictable fluctuations in the natural gas market, rising prices, and a possible crisis.

Solar panels can provide a private home with at least partial independence from fluctuations in the energy market. In addition, it is the most environmentally friendly solution, and its owner will have more control over costs.

The active use of solar panels to provide electricity to buildings (in which solar energy is converted into electrical energy) and of heating buildings (in which thermo-solar devices are used in the heating systems of houses) started about 35 years ago. [Read more…] about Five Reasons Home Solar is a No-Brainer

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: electricity, energy, panels, power, solar

Electric Future: Two wheels good, four wheels not so much

January 30, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

If you want to get anywhere fast in any developing country in the world, the best way is by motorbike. While most European and North American countries have relatively good-quality road networks that cover most if not all their regions, the same cannot be said of countries in Asia and elsewhere.

Even inside a typical Asian city, the traffic congestion is so bad that you can expect to be sitting in a four-wheeler for several hours to make a few km from one side of an urban sprawl to another. And outside these built-up areas, in rural settings, you’re highly unlikely to be complete your journey unless you’re on two wheels because either roads simply don’t exist or they’ve fallen into serious disrepair.

For these reasons and more, motorcycles are a massively popular mode of transport in Asia. In fact, when it comes to the number of electric motorcycles and scooters worldwide, the vast majority – 90 percent – are in the Asia Pacific region alone, according to Global Market Insights, which values the market now at $30 billion in total across the lithium-ion and sealed lead acid battery types. Annual growth is forecast at more than 5 percent. [Read more…] about Electric Future: Two wheels good, four wheels not so much

Filed Under: Energy, Features Tagged With: batteries, electric, market, motorcycles, scooters

Electric Future: Battery production facilities bloom on both sides of the Atlantic

January 30, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Battery production plants are popping up and blooming on both sides of the Atlantic, with one or two exceptions, such as BritishVolt, which went into administration recently

Viridi Parente, a developer of battery storage technology, has selected Bright Machines to digitally transform the company’s US electric battery manufacturing facility.

Bright Machines Microfactories, the company’s full-stack assembly automation solution, modernizes manufacturing by leveraging data and artificial intelligence, providing Viridi with new capabilities to meet the increasing demands for its zero-carbon emission energy battery solutions.

Viridi manufactures battery energy storage systems on a 42-acre campus in Buffalo, New York. Its efforts have and will continue to lead to significant job creation in the historically disadvantaged East Buffalo community where its facility is situated. [Read more…] about Electric Future: Battery production facilities bloom on both sides of the Atlantic

Filed Under: Energy, Features Tagged With: battery, bright, eleo, facility, machines, opening, production, viridi

Electric Future: MIT showcases electric autonomous boat technology

January 30, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

If you like the idea of zero-emissions travel on the water, an electric autonomous boat might be the right mode of transportation for you.

Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Senseable City Laboratory, together with Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) in the Netherlands, have been showcasing the final project in their self-navigating trilogy: a full-scale, fully autonomous robotic boat that’s ready to be deployed along the canals of Amsterdam.

“Roboat” has come a long way since the team first started prototyping small vessels in the MIT pool in late 2015. Last year, the team released their half-scale, medium model that was 2 meters long and demonstrated promising navigational prowess.

This year, two full-scale Roboats were launched, proving more than just proof-of-concept: these craft can comfortably carry up to five people, collect waste, deliver goods, and provide on-demand infrastructure. [Read more…] about Electric Future: MIT showcases electric autonomous boat technology

Filed Under: Energy, Features Tagged With: amsterdam, boat, boats, candela, control, electric, institute, mit, project, roboat

Electric Future: Siemens providing software platform to support nascent electric airplane market

January 30, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace has selected the Capital product lifecycle management suite from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software and services to support its design, development, and certification of zero emission electric aircraft.

Siemens’ Capital will provide electrical and electronic (E/E) system design and support as Heart Aerospace addresses the market and regulatory demands of escalating performance and commercial certification requirements.

As part of the extensive electrification in these aircraft, Heart Aerospace must address the complexity of the Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS) while also addressing electrical system compliance risk. [Read more…] about Electric Future: Siemens providing software platform to support nascent electric airplane market

Filed Under: Energy, Features Tagged With: aerospace, aircraft, airplane, capital, certification, coastal, design, development, digital, electric, electrical, heart, high-speed, portfolio, regent, seaglider, siemens, software, support, system, vehicle, water, xcelerator

Electric Future: Stalled car revolution

January 30, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

How green are electric vehicles?

Believe it or not, if you had been walking through Manhattan in 1900, there is a good chance you would have seen an electric car. Roughly one third of cars on the road in New York back then were electric, while the city’s taxi fleet had 30 electric vehicles (EVs). It was to be a brief heyday.

It was Henry Ford’s Model T – first produced in 1908 – that signalled the beginning of the end of the electric car. Suddenly, petrol-fuelled cars were relatively affordable and, thanks to Ford’s pioneering use of the production line, ubiquitous.

Improved roads and cheaper petrol prices saw the electric car all but disappear by the mid-1930s, and it wasn’t until the 1970s – amid soaring oil prices and gasoline prices – that the potential of EVs began to be seriously considered again. [Read more…] about Electric Future: Stalled car revolution

Filed Under: Energy, Features Tagged With: batteries, battery, car, cars, cobalt, countries, electric, ev, evs, issue, issues, paltsev, production, road, transportation, vehicles

Aerones raises $30 million to develop wind turbine maintenance robot

January 16, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Aerones, a Latvia-based company specializing in robot-enabled wind turbine maintenance and inspection, has secured $30 million in growth capital to scale its business globally.

The capital will be used to help the Company meet surging demand in a market which is expected to reach $50 billion in value by 2028.

The funding round was co-led by Lightrock, the global growth equity investor, and Haniel, the European family-owned purpose-driven investor. [Read more…] about Aerones raises $30 million to develop wind turbine maintenance robot

Filed Under: Energy, News Tagged With: aerones, capital, company, equity, global, growth, inspection, investor, maintenance, market, power, robot-enabled, robotic, round, services, turbine, wind

Best MPPT or PWM solar controller for the camper

December 16, 2022 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

PWM and MPPT charge controllers are both devices widely used to charge batteries using energy produced by solar panels on campers and boats and, of course, in fixed installations.

The PWM controller is a switch connecting the solar panels to your service battery. This device can substantially reduce the voltage of the meetings until it reaches that of the battery bank.

The MPPT controller, on the other hand, is more sophisticated (and more expensive): it regulates its input voltage to harvest the maximum possible power from the solar panels. [Read more…] about Best MPPT or PWM solar controller for the camper

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: °c, battery, charge, controller, current, maximum, mppt, panel, panels, power, pwm, solar, temperature, voltage

What are the components of a Solar Panel System?

December 3, 2022 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Solar panel manufacturers in India offer a wide range of solar power systems and components. Solar panels range from monocrystalline to hybrid solar cells and today, there are many solar panels manufacturers in India who have access to various types of silicon wafers, substrates and semiconductors required for making solar cells.

Solar panels are a great way to supply electricity to homes, buildings and businesses. Solar power is one of the fastest growing industries in India and there is a demand for solar panel manufacturers in India as well.

Loom Solar is a leading solar panel manufacturer in India, offering you premium quality solar panels at competitive price. They have been providing quality products with the customer satisfaction on priority basis to many customers across the world. [Read more…] about What are the components of a Solar Panel System?

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: power, solar, solar panel manufacturer

Global report finds 1 in 3 manufacturers on track to meet sustainability targets

November 21, 2022 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Schneider Electric, a company which specialises in digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Omdia, a technology research and advisory group, have found that while industrial companies are setting ambitious sustainability targets, roughly half (48 percent) have yet to take the necessary steps to meet them.

The finding was part of a study to better understand manufacturers’ sustainability goals and the maturity of their sustainability initiatives.

Over half (57 percent) of respondents to the survey are aiming for net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They are most likely to name reduced energy consumption as the key factor in their decision to invest in operational sustainability initiatives, and 49 percent also expect improved performance and cost savings. [Read more…] about Global report finds 1 in 3 manufacturers on track to meet sustainability targets

Filed Under: Energy, Features Tagged With: goals, initiatives, manufacturers, sustainability

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