Renewables

PREMO presents a new version of its HPC series, a high power choke with planar technology for DC/DC converters applications for electric traction and high density power electronics, especially recommended in hybrid and electric vehicles.

POD Point, the UK’s leading electric vehicle charging company is offering free home charging units to electric and hybrid vehicle owners in East Anglia, the East and West Midlands.

Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier, along with Saxony's Prime Minister, Stanislaw Tillich, visited Heliatek GmbH in Dresden on August 17, 2012. Heliatek's innovative products will support the energy transformation towards sustainability in new ways never thought possible before.

As more and more flexible devices are becoming available, the need for better performing barriers and encapsulation materials at lower cost points intensifies. The stringent requirements make this a difficult task for some applications, although others, with less intensive demands are already appearing in the market. Examples include flexible electrophoretic displays (e-paper) currently being commercialized as e-book readers, smart labels, etc.

NanoKTN is today pleased to reveal the significant progress that one of its members, Perpetuum, has made in the energy harvesting market. At a recent workshop hosted by the NanoKTN as part of S2K 2012, Perpetuum provided an update on the energy harvesting market and the breakthroughs it is making.

Transducer specialist LEM announces the CAB high-accuracy current transducer that enables makers of battery packs for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) to achieve a new level of precision when measuring current flow into and out of the battery. Car makers need this data to maximise the range of the vehicle, to keep the battery in good condition, and to enable use of the optimum size of battery pack.**

Ecarconnectors announces the introduction of a range of 63 amp fast charging plugs and sockets and the latest “Type 2” connectors to suit Europe’s electric vehicles.

Qualcomm Incorporated and Renault s.a.s, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning their co-operation on the Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) London trial and preliminary studies of the integration of Qualcomm Halo WEVC technology into some Renault vehicles. Renault will also join the London trial steering committee.

The CF1010g series of solar voltaic power fuses offer current limiting super fast blow and are rated for 1000V operation with 11 types available from 1 to 20A. These IEC 60269 10.3 x 38mm gPV fuses feature breaking capacity of 20kA at 1000V DC and have UL and TUV approval pending. They are suitable for the protection of photovoltaic modules and their conductors in solar power systems.

At this week’s Intersolar Show in San Francisco (July 9-12, 2012), imec presents a 20.04% large-area industrial-level silicon solar cell (certification results from Fraunhofer ISE-Callab). The cell combines a high efficiency with a low-cost industrial process.