External press release
18 Jan 2021

Acquisition of Interest in Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm UK
The Board of TRIG is pleased to announce that the Company has exchanged contracts to acquire an equity interest of 17.5% in Beatrice offshore wind farm from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
External press release
11 Jan 2021

How Many Offshore Wind Turbines to Power Europe's Largest Cities?
The UK has the largest wind farm market, beating other world leaders such as Germany and China - so much so, that 20% of the UK's energy comes from wind turbines. However, there is currently an even bigger drive to increase wind energy use in Europe.
23 Dec 2020

India's First Fleet of Electric Boats
India's first greenfield and largest shipbuilding yard, Cochin Shipyard Ltd, has selected Siemens Energy to provide advanced marine solutions for the country's first fleet of 23 boats to be equipped with electric propulsion drive trains with energy storage integration and vessel automation technologies.
Topic overview
22 Dec 2020

Electric Aircraft for Flier Health
Progress is rapid with fixed-wing manned electric aircraft. The Bye Aerospace 2 and 4 seat battery-only e-Flyer got over $400 million in orders in one year and it is scalable.
Event summary
16 Dec 2020

Thermal Management Online Conference - IMAPS/IEEE-EPS
This IDTechEx Premium article covers some of the highlights from the presentations at the IMAPS-UK Thermal Management Online Conference event including presentations on electric vehicles, thermal interface materials and industrial power electronics.
2 Dec 2020

3D Printed Magnets Help Create More Efficient Electric Motors
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is leading a European consortium 3DREMAG which is developing a new material suitable for 3D printing of permanent magnets, which can be utilised in electric and hybrid vehicle motors. The aim in the long run is to develop a fully 3D printable electric motor, one that would be approximately 30% lighter than today's motors.
Background
23 Nov 2020

M&I Materials and Faraday Future: Immersion Cooling
Faraday Future has partnered with M&I Materials to design an immersion-cooled battery pack for their electric vehicles.
External press release
17 Nov 2020

Renewable Energy Solutions to Decarbonise Buildings
Cranfield University and EGB Engineering UK have been successful in securing co-funding from the UK's innovation agency, Innovate UK, for industrial research into low-carbon renewable heating and cooling systems to decarbonise buildings.
Background
28 Oct 2020

Akasol
Akasol is an energy storage startup emerging as the leading supplier for heavy-duty battery packs. In an interview, IDTechEx learned of the company's interesting answer to emerging solid-state technologies.
External press release
23 Oct 2020

Honeywell To Provide Pipistrel With Advanced Flight Control Technology
Honeywell To Provide Pipistrel With Advanced Flight Control Technology For Unmanned Cargo Aircraft. Honeywell's fly-by-wire system will be the "brains" of Pipistrel's Nuuva V300, providing the capability required for safe and efficient autonomous operation
External press release
21 Oct 2020

PARC selects AlphaSTAR GENOA 3DP for Additive Manufacturing Simulation
AlphaSTAR Corporation announces their additive manufacturing (AM) simulation solution, GENOA 3DP, was selected by Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a Xerox Company, to be used on the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's (ARPA-E) DIFFERENTIATE Program.
External press release
8 Sep 2020

Industrial Hydrogen Fuel Cell System
Siemens Energy, lead contractor for the construction of National Grid's Viking Link interconnector project in Lincolnshire, has installed a zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell to provide off grid power to the project's construction site for the first time.
Full profile interview
24 Aug 2020

Electroimpact
Electroimpact are the largest integrators of aircraft assembly lines. In 2020, they showcased their developed of a continuous fiber 3D printer. IDTechEx spoke with Cody Brown (Project Manager).
11 Aug 2020

NZ Launches World-First Long Range Wireless Power Transmission
Kiwi start-up EMROD has developed the world's first long-range, high-power, wireless power transmission as an alternative to existing copper line technology.
6 Aug 2020

AI Accelerates Materials Science From the Lab to Market
Nearly every sector is proposing the use of artificial intelligence. Materials science R&D is relatively late to this trend, and there are many industry-specific hurdles, but the opportunities are beginning to be realized and the potential impact is significant.
Topic overview
26 Jun 2020

Reversing relationships between design engineers & materials companies
On 24th July, Siemens and Citrine Informatics displayed their collaboration in bringing materials informatics and generative design together for the first time.
Full profile interview
24 Jun 2020

Chiron
Chiron Group specialize in CNC vertical milling and turning machine centers. They have announced work in laser metal deposition for additive manufacturing. IDTechEx spoke with Axel Boi (Head of additive manufacturing).
Full profile interview
17 Jun 2020

BeAM Machines
BeAM's Directed Energy Deposition (DED) technology is used for repairing components, adding features to existing parts and building near net shape parts with minimal post processing.
Full profile interview
26 May 2020

Optomec
Optomec is a capital equipment manufacturer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They offer two products: Aerosol Jet and a laser based Direct Energy Deposition (DED) system for 3D printing metals named LENS. This profile focuses on the aerosol jet printer, and its applications in printed electronics.
Full profile interview
21 May 2020

DpiX
dpiX is both a manufacturer of x-ray image detectors and a foundry for (primarily) backplanes. It has a Gen 4.5 line spanning 239,000 sq ft, which is the largest outside Asia. It has recently extended its capability to make flexible image sensors using amorphous silicon on flexible polyimide substrates.