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Octopus Energy Enters German Renewable Market with First Wind Farm

Octopus Energy Group's generation arm has signed its first renewable generation deal in Germany, helping to boost the country's energy security.

CorPower Ocean to Launch'Next-Generation' C4 Wave Energy Converter

CorPower Ocean is set to officially launch its next-generation C4 wave energy converter alongside its new 'CorPack Concept' providing the building blocks for future wave energy farms. It comes as the wave energy developer prepares to deliver its flagship HiWave-5 Project in northern Portugal, with ocean deployment planned later this year.

Transphorm

Transphorm are a global semiconductor company, specialising in high performance, reliable GaN devices for high voltage power conversion applications.

Stratasys

Stratasys are an American-Israeli manufacturer of 3D printers and materials, and are one of the oldest and most well-known 3D printing companies in the world.

Wematter

Wematter are a Swedish manufacturer of SLS printers. At TCT 3Sixty 2022 in Birmingham, UK, Wematter launched the latest version of their flagship SLS printer called the Gravity 2022 Mk II.

WAAM3D

In June 2022 at TCT 3Sixty, WAAM3D launched their flagship RoboWAAM printer after years of beta testing.

Novamont

Novamont is a sustainable bioplastics manufacturer. Novamont attended the Renewable Materials Conference 2022.

NASA to Set Up Independent Study on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

NASA is commissioning a study team to start early in the fall to examine unidentified aerial phenomena - that is, observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena - from a scientific perspective. The study will focus on identifying available data, how best to collect future data, and how NASA can use that data to move the scientific understanding of UAPs forward.

'Ugly' Reef Fishes Are Most in Need of Conservation Support

Machine learning enables largest study to date on aesthetic preferences and fish ecology. What's the relationship between people's perception of beauty and animals' conservation needs? According to a machine-learning study, the reef fishes that people find most beautiful tend to be the lowest priority for conservation support.

Deep Nerve Stimulation Consistently Reduces Blood Pressure

A biomedical engineer is expanding the study of wireless electrodes to treat hypertension and is reporting that blood pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity is controlled by bioelectronic treatment. Renal sympathetic nerve activity is often increased in hypertension and renal disease.

Upcoming Webinar- Battery Swapping: Repower Your EV In Under 5 Minutes

Thursday 16 June 2022 - This webinar presented by Shazan Siddiqi, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, will address the benefits and scepticism brought about by battery swapping. Webinar attendees can expect to learn about the window of opportunity for swapping.

Lithium-ion Batteries That Last Longer in Extreme Cold

When temperatures fall below freezing, cellphones need to be recharged frequently, and electric cars have shorter driving ranges. This is because their lithium-ion batteries' anodes get sluggish, holding less charge and draining energy quickly. To improve electrical performance in the extreme cold, researchers have replaced the traditional graphite anode in a lithium-ion battery with a bumpy carbon-based material, which maintains its rechargeable storage capacity down to -31 F.

TotalEnergies Corbion PLA

TotalEnergies Corbion are a PLA manufacturer. IDTechEx spoke with TotalEnergies Corbion at the Renewable Materials Conferences 2022.

StoreDot

StoreDot are an Israel-based company developing ultra-fast charging battery technology, in particular lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

Levidian

Levidian specialize in the production of graphene and hydrogen using microwave technology. IDTechEx spoke with Rebecca Zeitlin (Marketing Director) and Guy Downie (Director of Sales and Business Development).

Planetary Technologies

Planetary Technologies is a Canadian carbon removal start-up developing an electrochemical process that draws alkalinity from rocks to de-acidify ocean waters, sequestrating carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and producing hydrogen as a by-product. In May 2022, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Hydra Rodrigues spoke to Jason Vallis, Vice-President of External Relations at Planetary Technologies.

Metis Engineering

Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed Joe Holdsworth, Founder of Metis Engineering, about its latest sensor for electric vehicle battery monitoring.

E-Nose Sniffs Out Mixtures of Volatile Organic Compounds

As paint thinner, ink and adhesives dry, they can release volatile organic compounds, which can negatively impact health. Typically, one of those VOCs is xylene, which exists as three isomers with the same elements but slightly different arrangements. Because the isomers are so similar, they're hard to monitor separately. Now, researchers have developed an electric nose with porous metal-organic framework films that can accurately distinguish xylene isomer mixtures.

Conversion Efficiency of 32.65% in Flexible, Lightweight Solar

Sharp Corporation has achieved a conversion efficiency of 32.65%, the world's highest, in a lightweight, flexible, practically sized solar module developed as part of the "Research and Development of Solar Cells for Use in Vehicles" project.

Swap2drivE

Swap2drivE is an electric mobility concept based on the battery swapping technology created by Jacques De Kegel. IDTechEx spoke to Jacques and discussed the concept, along with general opportunities and challenges brought forth by swapping.