Category: Energy
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Electric Future: Battery production facilities bloom on both sides of the Atlantic
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…
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Electric Future: MIT showcases electric autonomous boat technology
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…
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Electric Future: Siemens providing software platform to support nascent electric airplane market
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…
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Electric Future: Stalled car revolution
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).…
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Aerones raises $30 million to develop wind turbine maintenance robot
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…
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Best MPPT or PWM solar controller for the camper
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…
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What are the components of a Solar Panel System?
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…
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Global report finds 1 in 3 manufacturers on track to meet sustainability targets
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…
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300,000 tons in carbon emissions ‘could be saved by autonomous oil and gas operations’
ABB has published another of its Energy Transition Equation reports that shows how industrial customers can reduce carbon emissions and manage the energy transition for a more sustainable future. Based on nine months of research and modelling, the report highlights how early adoption and integration of automation, digitalization, and electrification technologies to enable autonomous operations…
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5 Benefits of Green Alternatives to Fossil Fuel Generators
Having a backup power source for your home during power outages or long road trips is essential for keeping you safe and connected. And while generators have long relied on gas and fuel, there’s no reason to keep using generators that rely on harmful toxic fossil fuels. That’s especially true when you get more from…