Renewables

The IDTechEx report on electric motors, which has become a reference for suppliers and users of EV's, has been revised. The report, Electric Motors for Hybrid and Pure Electric Vehicles 2015-2025: Land, Water, Air, has found that there will be a $144bn market for multi-motor EV's by 2025. Contributing to this is the 8.9m more motors that will be available for multi-motor vehicles.

A junction box claimed to save on cable costs has been released by Multi-Contract. The TwinBox is an individual junction box with an inbuilt connector. It's compact design with integrated MC4 connector means cables can be shorter, with consequent savings on cable costs. It also reduces the amount of potting compound needed.

The introduction of a high voltage recuperation heater, the REOHM BWD330, has brought significant efficiency improvements to the vehicle thermal management systems used in electric vehicles. The heater, introduced by REO, reduces energy consumption and offers increased cooling efficiency during emergency braking.

Perpetuum's self-powered wireless condition monitoring sensor solutions are powered via green energy harvesting technology that converts train vibration into electricity, providing maintenance teams with the information they need, when and where they need it.

Linear Technology announces the LTC3331, a complete energy harvesting solution that delivers up to 50mA of continuous output current to extend battery life when harvestable energy is available. A simple 10mA shunt enables charging of a rechargeable battery with harvested energy while a low battery disconnect function protects the battery from deep discharge.

New semiconductor materials could mean 50% less energy loss in switched-mode power supplies for PCs, flat-screen televisions, servers and telecommunications systems and could make solar inverters even more compact and cost-efficient. The partner companies of the research project “NeuLand” have developed highly-integrated components and electronic circuits which made it possible to reduce energy loss in circuits by 35% as early as duri...

Scaleo chip and IFPEN have announced “FlexHybrid powered by OLEA”, the first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) driven by OLEA microcontrollers. Scaleo chip has recently introduced OLEA, its new family of powertrain microcontrollers embedding two unique technologies surpassing the current market solutions: AMEC (Advanced Motor Events Control) and SILant (Safety Integrity LeveL agent) technologies provides unprecedented hardware fl...

Hanwha SolarOne has announced the completion of a 9.5 MWp delivery of high quality solar modules to Belgian headquartered solar company Ikaros Solar. The modules have been installed in a 3 MWp solar park in Hampshire and a 6.5 MWp in Oxfordshire, both UK. In January, Hanwha SolarOne had already completed a 11.5 MWp delivery to a solar park realized by Ikaros in Norfolk County, UK.

With the ESO 10.3x38, SCHURTER introduces a multifunctional fuse cover for use on printed circuit boards. The ESO 10.3x38 can be used simultaneously as an inserter, extractor and cover for fuses. Designed for use with SCHURTER’s CSO fuse clips, and the ASO 10.3x38 fuse, the combination provides touch-safe circuit protection up to 1500V DC.

Schaefer is proud to announce the SCS family of air or liquid cooled energy storage solutions for mission critical or remote location requirements that need to perform under extreme environmental conditions in alternative energy, military and rail. The SCS has a maintenance-free design that offers the ability to provide highly reliable energy storage as a standalone solution or to extend the battery life of your present storage solution.