Renewables

Milestone marks transition into commercial manufacturing phase Smith Electric Vehicles Corp today announced that it has now produced over 700 of its all-electric Edison and Newton trucks, which have cumulatively generated over five million miles on the road. This is a significant milestone for the Company and shows that the adoption rate of commercial electric vehicles by major global blue chip corporations continues to expand.

Three years ago, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) was asked to demonstrate the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the consortium has proven just that with a Honda Civic HEV retrofitted with lead-carbon UltraBattery modules (provided by East Penn Manufactu...

All electric vehicles have at least one traction motor, so the market for electric vehicle traction motors is one of the largest markets for electric vehicle parts and a primary determinant of the performance and affordability of a given vehicle. Indeed, IDTechEx Research find in a new report, Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles 2013-2023: Forecasts, Technologies, Players, that in 2013 44.6 million electric motors will be needed for vehicles, r...

Bosch is betting on the future of the electric drive. “Electromobility is currently still a niche business, but after 2020 it could very well become a mass market,” said Dr. Volkmar Denner, the chairman of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH, at a panel discussion on the topic of “research and development perspectives in electromobility” in Berlin on Monday evening. To accommodate this development, Bosch is bringing the technolog...

Vishay release 11 new Gen2 650 V FRED Pt Ultrafast diodes. The “H” family of bare die devices, suitable for applications working above 40 KHz, combine extremely fast and soft recovery time with low forward voltage drop and reverse leakage current to reduce switching losses in solar inverters, UPS, electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, welding machines, servers, and continuous conduction mode power factor correction.

AEG Power Solutions introduce the new modular photovoltaic solar inverter, with leading-edge power electronics in a transformerless, modular design. Engineered for optimum efficiency and availability, the three-phase, transformerless central inverters deliver efficiencies greater than 97 percent in a compact, lightweight modular package. Made in America and built in units of 15 kW, they scale economically from 15 kW to 150 kW, making them perfect...

DEK Solar was delighted to launch the breakthrough Fine Line Stencil at this year’s Shanghai New International Expo Centre Photovoltaic Power Expo in China. Having worked extensively with PV manufacturers to understand their print process needs, DEK Solar developed this brand new enabling technology for ultra fine line solar cell metallisation.

As oil prices increase each year, renewable energy research and development becomes more of a concern for researchers. Since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, solar energy has become one of the leading candidates for an alternative energy source in the future.

At this year’s Intersolar in Munich, Germany, SMP shows inductive components or solar power inverters. The chokes are compact and low-loss with low stray fields and facilitate outstanding inverter efficiency.

Standex-Meder Electronics announces its KT Series of high isolation reed relays. The KT Series is ideal for use in green applications, such as photovoltaic technology or hybrid vehicles. It is particularly helpful in measuring isolation resistance across several components in a solar energy system prior to grid connection, preventing injury or further current leakages.