Renewables

  At the Advanced Clean Technology Expo, Allison Transmission and Alexander Dennis announced a collaboration aimed at bolstering the electrification of transit buses. The duo are working together to develop efficient, powerful electric buses.

  In order to tackle climate change, emissions from road transport must also be reduced. There are many ways to cut down transport-related emissions - could combustion engines be part of the solution?

  At the Advanced Clean Technology Expo, Allison Transmission is introducing the new ABE Series, the first e-axle advanced ultra-low floor electric bus powertrain system in the market. The ABE Series e-axles are powerful and compact fully integrated electric axles for the transit bus market.

At the Advanced Clean Technology (ACT) Expo, Allison Transmission is introducing the new AXE Series, a powerful e-axle system for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. A fully integrated electric powertrain system designed to fit inside a standard frame along the axles of commercial trucks; the AXE Series features electric motors, a 2-speed gearbox, oil coolers and pumps. The offering also includes power electronics for a complete powertrain soluti...

Siemens has announced that Japanese EV systems provider PUES Corporation has selected Capital electrical design software from Mentor, a Siemens business, to help speed and simplify the development of next-generation automotive electrical/electronic (E/E) systems. PUES turned to Siemens’ Capital software after years of using discrete point solutions across multiple engineering domains. 

The global CSP capacity is estimated to increase significantly from 5.6 gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to 22.4GW in 2030 following significant capacity additions by China, Chile and countries in Middle East North Africa (MENA) region according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

  Global manufacturer of medium and heavy duty fully automatic transmissions, Allison Transmission Holdings has announced that it has purchased Vantage Power and AxleTech’s Electric Vehicle (EV) systems division.

  Renewable or energy efficient appliances? How long does it take to start seeing a return? MoneySuperMarket has revealed the costs and savings associated with the most readily available renewable energy sources and efficiency-improvers around the home.

At SiliconPV 2019, research and innovation hub, imec, announced that its n-PERT (Passivated Emitter and Rear Totally diffused) solar cells developed with Jolywood, have reached a certified front-side conversion efficiency of 23.2%. With cost-efficient processing and a clear path to higher efficiencies, this makes these n-PERT cells a serious contender to p-PERC technology.

Swedish solar energy technology provider, Midsummer, has launched a new energy producing metal sheet roof ‘Midsummer solar roofs’. This signals a broader effort to expand from mainly selling production equipment for thin film solar panels into the end market for solar panels for various roofs, facades, and vehicles, through in-house production and via contract manufacturers.