Renewables

The infrastructure for public electric vehicle charging in the United Kingdom has recently exceeded 6,000 locations, all provided by a variety of providers and networks with different forms of payment and chargers. Unfortunately, this still makes it necessary for the EV driver to handle more than one solution to access different charging stations.

We live in an age of eco-conscious consumers; over the last decade, people have become more aware of the harmful effects of their daily habits on the environment. With news of just how much plastic is floating in the world’s oceans and how carbon emissions are affecting our cities (with the city of London surpassing its limit for air toxins in just under a month earlier this year), it’s clear that action needs to be taken on a global ...

Over 40% of UK solar installers are considering leaving the industry entirely, while 78% of installers are considering reducing staff levels due to recent Government proposals relating to closing the Feed-in Tariff and removing the Export Tariff, according to a new survey of solar installation companies conducted by the Renewable Energy Consumer Code (a subsidiary of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) with over 1,500 installer member companie...

From airplane wings to overhead powerlines to the giant blades of wind turbines, a buildup of ice can cause problems ranging from impaired performance all the way to catastrophic failure. But preventing that buildup usually requires energy-intensive heating systems or chemical sprays that are environmentally harmful. Now, MIT researchers have developed a completely passive, solar-powered way of combating ice buildup.

Solar energy technology provider Midsummer, has announced its financial results for the period January to June of 2018. The company has experienced a record high volume of orders received during the first half of the year, about SEK 153m, and good profits.

JDR Cables has won a multi-million pound contract to supply inter-array cables and termination work for Ørsted’s record-breaking offshore wind farm, Hornsea Project Two. When operational in 2022, the wind farm will supply clean electricity to over 1.3 million homes, and surpass its sister project Hornsea One, as the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The contract includes 100km (around the same distance as Hartlepool...

Since HEV/EVs operate at high voltages in very harsh environments, high-performance isolated voltage and current measurement solutions are critical for maintaining powertrain efficiency and long-term reliability. To meet these performance and isolation requirements, Texas Instruments has released the AMC1311-Q1, an AEC-Q100 qualified, high-accuracy, reinforced isolation amplifier. AMC1311-Q1 for Isolated Vo...

Recently BYTON celebrated the US debut of the BYTON K-Byte Concept in Pebble Beach. Meanwhile on the other side of the pacific in Nanjing, China, the first BYTON M-Byte test vehicles are already being put through their paces as part of application runs under actual traffic conditions and on test tracks.

  Manufacturer of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, UnitedSiC has opened an office in Shenzhen, China, and appointed Henry Jiang as Senior Sales Manager for the South China region. Jiang joins the company from STMicroelectronics, where he was the team leader of the power division.

Solar energy technology provider Midsummer, developer and supplier of advanced solar solutions, has received a repeat order from Asia for production equipment worth about 30 MSEK. A partial payment will be made within 30 days. The production equipment will be delivered to the customer during the first half of 2019.